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This syllabus was originally taught in Winter 2015
Instructor: Dr. Cristina Echevarria
An examination of women's changing economic roles. Includes an analysis of labour force participation, wage inequality, gender differences in education, intra-household distribution of resources, economics of reproduction, and how technological change affects women.
0 - Why a course on women in the economy?
1 - The family as an economic unit
2 - The value of household production
3 - The economics of reproduction: boys and girls.
4 - Intra-household distribution of resources
5 - Changing family structure
6 - Labour market participation
7 - Wages and occupations
8 - Human capital theory
9 - Discrimination
10 - Labour issues: Unemployment, unions and part-time jobs
11 - Developed countries
12 - Developing countries
United Nations. The World's Women 2010: Trends and Statistics. New York: United Nations, 2001. Executive summary. http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/Worldswomen/WW2010pub.htm
13 - Economic development and gender differences
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This syllabus is part of the Syllabi collection on International Association for Feminist Economics. This course is suitable for undergraduate students.