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Dreaming of Financial Incentives for Grad Students

August 27th, 2014 | 26 Comments

Dreaming of Financial Incentives for Grad Students

Last night I literally dreamed about how my progress through my PhD might have been different if there were financial incentives in place.  In the last few weeks I’ve been reflecting on what I wish I had done differently during grad school; I’m in that super-jaded place that a lot of people get to around the time that they defend.   I have found myself wishing that there had been clearer expectations set out by my advisor, … Read entire article »

Filed under: grad school

Proposed Series: Literature Review of Joint and Separate Accounts

April 30th, 2012 | 28 Comments

Proposed Series: Literature Review of Joint and Separate Accounts

  During a conversation with my officemate about the diversity of comments concerning joint and separate money within marriage, she told me that during college she had read a sociology paper on the ideal number of accounts for a married couple (as she recalled, 5).  It had not occurred to me that such topics would have been studied by researchers but I was immediately excited about the prospect of learning about such work.  During college I … Read entire article »

Filed under: budgeting, marriage, the literature