Announcements:

General information:

• Regular meetings: Thursday, 15.00-17.00, Seminarroom II, Department of Economics, Hohenstaufengasse 9
• Start: Thursday 08.10.2009
• Schedule: here
• Aimed for: students of Economics or Gender Studies
• Language: English
• Registration: login via univis online

Course description:

• Topics covered in this course include wage diffferences and wage discrimination; theories of discrimination; discrimination and competition; preferences, segregation and discrimination; investment into human capital; and behavior in negogiations and competitions.
• Aim of this course is to explore the determinants of wage differences in particular between women and men. Based on the identified determinants we analyze policies to reduce the gender wage gap. We also discuss how to implement such polices. For that purpose we discuss empirical, experimental and theoretical papers.
• Requirements: knowledge of microeconomics and applied econometrics
• Grading: class participation (30%), presentation and seminar paper (40%), take home final (30%)

Literature: here

Handout(s): here

Grades: here