Study in various fields of economics. Topics will vary from semester to semester and will be announced at the beginning of each semester.

Gender and Family Economics from an Israeli Perspective Visiting Professor from Ben-Gurion University: Shirlee Lichtman-Sadot The course will assess topics related to gender and family within the economics discipline through theoretical models and empirical studies based on data from Israel. We will study economic models of marriage, divorce and birth, with the objective of understanding changes that occurred to family structures in developed countries and in Israel’s diverse population over the past few decades. We will then progress to economic models of labor market discrimination. The empirical studies evaluated will exploit some unique settings Israel offers to evaluate various topics in gender and family economics, including the quantity-quality tradeoff with respect to the number of children families choose to have, the effects of intrauterine shocks or prenatal care, the effects of fertility on marital and human capital investment decisions, gender-based labor market disparities, and more. Unit amount for Fall 2023: 3 units must be selected Perquisite required: Econometrics

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