Course # 46610 Section Number 2 Day(s) Tu- Th Time(s) 11:00am-12:20pm Term Spring 2025 Specialization Gender and Policy Course Instructor Yukiko Asai Syllabus Syllabus 2/25/25 The topics covered in the course will include: the demographic transition, human capital accumulation, gender wage and employment gaps, discrimination in the workplace, family leave and childcare policies, tax policies including subsidies like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and related welfare policies. We will draw on the theory of static and dynamic labor supply, theories of labor demand, and labor market equilibrium to guide its investigation, and use empirical tools to answer research questions. For each topic covered in this course, I will introduce an elementary treatment of the canonical theoretical model and give examples of its empirical application. In studying empirical applications, we will often draw on analysis from international experience. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Spring 2025 Workplace and Family Policy Yukiko Asai Tuesday, Thursday 9:30am-10:50am Syllabus Spring 2025 Workplace and Family Policy Yukiko Asai Tuesday, Thursday 11:00am-12:20pm Syllabus Recent News More news Alumni Profile: Daisuke Kageyama, MPP'23 Thu., June 26, 2025 Inside the Machinery of Misinformation: Konstantin Sonin Explores How Authoritarian Regimes Manipulate Minds Wed., June 25, 2025 Rohen Shah, PhD’25, Receives Horowitz Foundation Award for Education Research Tue., June 24, 2025 Upcoming Events More events Harris Alumni and Admitted Students Summer Send-off Brunch in Seoul Sat., June 28, 2025 | 11:30 AM AL NUOVO 83, Wausan-Ro 29GA-Gil Mapo-gu Seoul 04054 South Korea Harris Public Policy Coffee Chat in Seoul Sun., June 29, 2025 | 10:00 AM Starbucks Euljiro 4(sa)-ga Station 170 Eulji-ro Jung-gu Seoul 04548 South Korea Harris Summer Campus Visit Mon., June 30, 2025 | 10:00 AM Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States
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