SIS 2020 - Gender Roles in the Economy

Credits: 4.00
Explores the gender dimensions of economic life, including the different roles of women and men in the community, the market, and within the household, and how these are affected by economic and social change. Topics of study will include: Human capital, the household (including: allocation of resources, divorce, bargaining, and time-use in paid and unpaid work), labor force activity (including participation, earnings, discrimination, and occupational choice), poverty and development issues in emerging economies.
McDaniel Plan: Social, Cultural, and Historical Understanding, Sophomore Interdisciplinary Studies