Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
SECS-P/01 (POLITICAL ECONOMY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Course
POLITICAL SCIENCE AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (26/09/2022 - 16/12/2022)
Lesson hours
40 lesson hours
Prerequisites
No prerequisites
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students to the ongoing debates on gender issues, with a particular focus on gender economics. It discusses the state of the art of the international debate on women, gender and development, highlighting some specific topics such as gender discrimination in labor and credit market, economic behavior, intra-household inequality, gender disparities in resources and opportunities’ distribution, women’s empowerment.
Course contents
The main topics addressed are:
Gender Indicators
Gender in the labor market
Women-led enterprises and gender bias in the credit markets
Globalization and gender
Women, gender and development
Do women and men behave differently? What the economic theory says
Bargaining power and intrahousehold inequality. What the economic theory says
Gender poverty and inequalities: resources, opportunities, outcomes. What empirical evidence shows
Women’s agency and empowerment
Teaching methods
The course will be taught over 2 Teaching Blocks: one taught by Prof. Rabellotti and the second one by Prof. Chiappero. There will be lectures and seminars in both blocks. The students will be involved in group work and presentations, which will take place during the class hours. They will be assessed and contribute 40% towards the final mark.
Reccomended or required readings
All the course materials will be available in KIRO.
Assessment methods
Written exam and group work for attending students.
Written exam for those who will not regularly attending the class
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa