COURSE INTRODUCTION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION


Course Name
Economics of Gender
Code
Semester
Theory
(hour/week)
Application/Lab
(hour/week)
Local Credits
ECTS
ECON 444
Fall/Spring
3
0
3
6
Prerequisites
None
Course Language
English
Course Type
Elective
Course Level
First Cycle
Mode of Delivery -
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course
Course Coordinator -
Course Lecturer(s)
Assistant(s) -
Course Objectives This course is intended to find out the relationship between social development indicators and economic theory with an interdisciplinary approach. Particularly, one of the aims of this course is to ascertain the concept of gender equality-inequality in economic, social and political activities, the socio-economic, institutional and economic factors to which it is affected by, and to investigate its economic implications. The other purpose of the course is to provide the students with the analysis of economic policy issues.
Learning Outcomes The students who succeeded in this course;
  • Will be able to investigate the relationship of economics with other disciplines and social values.
  • Will be able to explain the bidirectional causal relationship between social development indicators of a society and economic development.
  • Will be able to comment on economic implications of gender equality in educational attainment and the labor market.
  • Will be able to analyse articles/working papers in gender in educational attainment and the labor market and economics literature.
  • Will be able to make analyses and write scientific project reports in this area.
  • Will be able to express their ideas and research findings in this area by utilizing their oral presentation skills.
Course Description This course is intended to introduce the students the concept of gender equality-inequality and their indicators. The course covers the factors that affect supply of women workers (educational attainment, social norms, marriage and fertility decisions), and that affect demand for women workers (the changes in the sectoral distribution of employment, institutional changes due to competition in a globalized world), gender-based occupational segregation in the labor market (vertical and horizontal segregation), the impact of efficient allocation of labor on overall productivity gains, the bidirectional causal relationship between women’s educational attainment and labor market participation and economic growth and development.
Related Sustainable Development Goals

 



Course Category

Core Courses
Major Area Courses
X
Supportive Courses
Media and Managment Skills Courses
Transferable Skill Courses

 

WEEKLY SUBJECTS AND RELATED PREPARATION STUDIES

Week Subjects Required Materials
1 Introduction and overview of the course
2 The Definition of the Concept of Gender and Economics of Gender
3 Gendered Language and Economic Outcomes
4 The Decisions of Women to Participate in the Labor Market: Supply-Side Factors
5 Female Labor Market Participation: Demand-Side Factors
6 The Statistical Analysis of Gender Equality in the Labor Market, a Case for Turkey
7 Causes of Earning Differences
8 Gender in Household Economics
9 Ecology, Sustainability, and Gendered Economic Relations
10 Gender in Macroeconomics
11 Race, Ethnicity and Class Considerations in Interpreting Gender Differences
12 Midterm
13 Student Presentations
14 Student Presentations
15 Student Presentations
16 Review of the Semester  
Course Notes/Textbooks Instructor’s notes and PowerPoint presentations
Suggested Readings/Materials

The Economics of Gender, Joyce P. Jacobsen

 

EVALUATION SYSTEM

Semester Activities Number Weigthing
Participation
Laboratory / Application
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
10
Presentation / Jury
2
30
Project
1
20
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterm
Final Exam
1
40
Total

Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade
3
60
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade
1
40
Total

ECTS / WORKLOAD TABLE

Semester Activities Number Duration (Hours) Workload
Course Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
3
48
Laboratory / Application Hours
(Including exam week: 16 x total hours)
16
Study Hours Out of Class
16
3
48
Field Work
Quizzes / Studio Critiques
Portfolio
Homework / Assignments
1
10
Presentation / Jury
2
20
Project
1
15
Seminar / Workshop
Oral Exam
Midterms
Final Exams
1
30
    Total
191

 

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROGRAM QUALIFICATIONS RELATIONSHIP

#
Program Competencies/Outcomes
* Contribution Level
1
2
3
4
5
1

To be able to acquire a sound knowledge of fundamental concepts, theories, principles and methods of investigation specific to the economic field.

X
2

To be able to apply adequate mathematical, econometric, statistical and data analysis models to process economic data and to implement scientific research for development of economic policies.

X
3

To be able to participate in academic, professional, regional, and global networks and to utilize these networks efficiently.

X
4

To be able to have adequate social responsibility with regards to the needs of the society and to organize the activities to influence social dynamics in line with social goals.

X
5

To be able to integrate the knowledge and training acquired during the university education with personal education and produce a synthesis of knowledge one requires.

X
6

To be able to evaluate his/her advance level educational needs and do necessary planning to fulfill those needs through the acquired capability to think analytically and critically.

X
7

To be able to acquire necessary skills to integrate social dynamics into economic process both as an input and an output.

X
8

To be able to link accumulated knowledge acquired during the university education with historical and cultural qualities of the society and be able to convey it to different strata of society.

X
9

To be able to take the responsibility as an individual and as a team member.

X
10

To be able to attain social, scientific and ethical values at the data collection, interpretation and dissemination stages of economic analysis.

X
11

To be able to collect data in economics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1)

X
12

To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently.

13

To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of economics.

*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest