ECON 320 The Economics of Gender

Prerequisites: ECON 205 or ECON 206 or by permission of the instructor. This course analyzes the activities of women and men in the economy. While women are the core economic producers, their work remains outside the neoclassical definition of economic activity. This class examines women’s and men’s economic contributions as employed workers, care providers, subsistence producers, volunteer workers, and homemakers, emphasizing feminist economics.