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Instructors: Dr. Luise Görges
Event type:
Interactive class
Displayed in timetable as:
Hours per week:
3
Credits:
6,0
Language of instruction:
English
Min. | Max. participants:
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Comments/contents:
How do individuals decide on important questions related to the family, such as whether to marriage or to divorce, whether and when to have kids and how many, or how to divide labour and ressources among family members? This course presents the economic approach to analysing these questions, and provides an overview of current topics in the economics of the family. We will discuss the theoretical foundations and empirical methodology of recent studies in the field, as well as their key insights and implications for public policy.
Didactic concept:
- Introduction: Stylized facts on the family
- The gains from marriage
- Marriage & divorce
- Preferences & decision making
- Norms & family decisions
- Fertility
- Parental investment
- Domestic violence
- Female labour supply
- Political economy & development
Literature:
- Browning et al. (2014). Economics of the family, Cambridge University Press. [e-book available from the library.]
- Eswaran (2014). Why gender matters in economics, Princeton University Press. [copies available from the library]
- Greenwood et al. (2017). Family economics writ at large, Journal of Economic Literature, 55(4), 1346-1434, https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.20161287 [free access via library.]
Additional examination information:
The course grade will be based on several short assignments, a term paper and an oral presentation.
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