Welcome to my webpage

Susan L. Averett

Charles A. Dana Professor and Head

Department of Economics and Business

Lafayette College

Easton, PA 18042

voice: (610)330-5307

fax: (610)330-5715

email: averetts@lafayette.edu

click here to view my CV

Click here to view my papers on SSRN (currently under construction)

Click here to see the pictures from INDS250 January 2007

Go to the Department of Economics and Business homepage at Lafayette College

Click here to go to the "Women in the Economy: Family Work and Pay" webpage

On May 4, 2006, I was a guest on the Today Show to talk about my joint research on birth order (my longtime collaborators on this project are Laura Argys and Dan Rees of the Univesity of Colorado at Denver).

Click here to see my Today Show debut .

 

 

I spent my sabbatical in Paris from June 10, 2004 to August 22, 2005

We lived at 48 rue de Rome. Here are two pictures of our building.

 

Our daughters went to school at the Ecole Active Bilingue. Here are some pictures of the school. If you would like more information on the school click here

Below are scenes from Becky's class with Madame Noel at the EAB and in front of the door on her first day of school.

Becky with her teacher, Madame Noel

Here are some pictures from Natalie's kindergarten (Grande Section) class at the EAB

Class picnic at Versailles .................Dancing at the Spectacle..................... Natalie working in class

Scenes from my favorite city: Paris

Parc Monceau in Paris is lovely. I ran here most mornings and the girls had recess here and lunch at school here.

This is the entrance on the Blvd. de Courcelles .....These are the flowers in bloom

Click below to get the latest on the weather in Paris, France

  Click for Paris Le Bourget, France Forecast

 

 

 

Click here to go to my daughter Rebecca's, website (under construction)

 

Other useful links:

Stata Website

BLS website

Blackboard at Lafayette College

New York Times

Zappos.com (best web shoe store ever!)

 

My dear friend and colleague Leslie Whittington died on 9/11. She and her family were on the plane that crashed into the Pentagon. Click here to go to a website full of wonderful pictures of her and her family.

Click here to see the webpage for my dear friend and collaborator Michele C. McLennan who passed away on October 10, 2005 after a brave battle with ovarian cancer (sign in is michelemclennan) (click here for information on how to detect this deadly disease) . Michele taught economics at Ursinus College, click here to see a page in tribute to her.

This page was updated on November 30, 2006