ECON-674 Gender Economics I (3)

This course explores the gender dimensions of economic life drawn from a rich body of gender-aware analyses in micro- and macro-economics. Using analytical models, empirical studies, case histories, and ethnographic research, it examines the history of gender and feminist economics, theories of the household and household bargaining, care work and unpaid work, gendered dimensions of labor markets, the role of gender in agriculture and environmental conservation, fiscal policy, macroeconomic modeling, and trade. Usually Offered: alternate falls (even years). Prerequisite: ECON-600 or ECON-803, and ECON-601 or ECON-802; or ECON-603.