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ECON140 HM - Economics of Gender, Work, and Family


Credit(s): 3

Instructor(s): Sullivan

Description: An introduction to research and theory in the rapidly growing field of work and family studies. Inherently interdisciplinary, the study of work/family intersections involves the literatures of sociology, anthropology, psychology, legal studies, and history, as well as economics. Topics to be considered include: the relationship between parental work and child development; the economic effects of care-giver status; gender differentials in the workplace; family-related public policy; the division of household labor, and work and health. Taught in seminar style and largely discussion-based.

HSA Course Area(s): Economics; Gender Studies
HSA Writing Intensive: No