Required Readings:

Day 1

Abbott, Andrew. 2001. Time Matters. On Theory and Method. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Chapter 8 & Epilogue.

MacIndoe, Heather and Andrew Abbott. 2004. “Sequence Analysis and Optimal Matching Techniques for Social Science Data.” Pp. 387-406 in Handbook of Data Analysis, edited by M. Hardy and A. Bryman. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Gabadinho, Alexis, Gilbert Ritschard, Nicolas S. Müller, and Matthias Studer. 2011. "Analyzing and Visualizing State Sequences in R with TraMineR." Journal of Statistical Software 40(4):1-37.

Day 2

Aisenbrey, Silke and Anette E Fasang. 2010. “New Life for Old Ideas: the ‘Second Wave’ of Sequence Analysis.” Sociological Methods & Research 38: 420-462.

Bras, Hilde, Aart C. Liefbroer, and Cess H. Elzinga. 2010. “Standardization of Pathways to Adulthood? An Analysis of Dutch Cohorts Born Between 1850 and 1900.” Demography 47: 1013-1034.

Lesnard, Laurend. 2008. “Off-scheduling within Dual-Earner Couples: An Unequal and Negative Externality for Family Time.” American Journal of Sociology 114: 447-490.