Course # 46610 Section Number 2 Day(s) M- W Time(s) 1:30pm-2:50pm Term Spring 2025 Specialization Gender and Policy Course Instructor Yukiko Asai Syllabus Syllabus 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 Monday, Wednesday 10:30am-11:50am Syllabus Spring 2025 Workplace and Family Policy Yukiko Asai Monday, Wednesday 1:30pm-2:50pm Syllabus Recent News More news Koichiro Ito Awarded Two Prestigious Prizes for Excellence In Research Wed., January 15, 2025 Remembering Daniel Levin, AB’50, JD’53 Tue., January 14, 2025 Alumni Profile: Laya Sumithra, SDG Challenge Program for High School Students’24 Tue., January 14, 2025 Upcoming Events More events Get to Know Harris! A Virtual Information Session Wed., January 22, 2025 | 8:00 AM Policy Outlook: Trump’s Second-Term Foreign Policy Vision Wed., January 22, 2025 | 5:30 PM University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E. 60th St. The Keller Center CHICAGO, IL 60637 United States Harris Campus Visit Thu., January 23, 2025 | 9:45 AM Harris School of Public Policy 1307 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 United States
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