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Economics

Gendered Economics: Gender from an Economic Perspective

When:

11 August - 15 August 2025

School:

Maastricht Summer School

Institution:

Maastricht University

City:

Maastricht

Country:

Netherlands

Language:

English

Credits:

2 EC

Fee:

399 EUR

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Gendered Economics: Gender from an Economic Perspective

About

Starting with the "founding fathers" economics was a male dominated field and it still remains so today as the majority of academic staff and undergraduate students are male compared to other disciplines. This large gender gap and slow change rate, leads the economics field to be shaped by men for men. Hence, the issues that females face get ignored and are often treated as social problems. This course aims to focus the attention of the students back to these problems and re-introduce them as economic problems that should matter to all rather than just half the population. The course will introduce the basic economic concepts and theories with relation to gender (such as tax, poverty, GDP, income effect, labour force participation rate, unemployment etc) and utilise statistics from different countries to portray a realistic picture of the world. By the end of the course, students will have a better understanding of economic concepts and understand how to incorporate gender inequality data to support their arguments. Students are not expected to have any prior knowledge of economics or gender, but an interest in gender equality or a fairer world is a must. Importantly, this course will be approaching gender as binary with respect to the data used. However, discussions on how to achieve a more diverse and fair world for all remains the primary goal.

Course leader

Irem Apaydin

Target group

Students are not expected to have any prior knowledge of economics or gender. All students with an interest in gender equality is welcome.

Course aim

By the end of this course, students are expected to be able to:
• Describe the shortcomings of using Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a way to measure economic growth with regards to gender equality;
• Identify the difference between a public good and a private good;
• Define Period Poverty and explore the effect of taxes in product accessibility;
• Examine the relationship between education, income and gender;
• Discuss the role of population growth vs birth control in economic growth;
• Use real-life data to strengthen the arguments of gender equality.

Fee info

Fee

399 EUR, Tuition Fee

Interested?

When:

11 August - 15 August 2025

School:

Maastricht Summer School

Institution:

Maastricht University

Language:

English

Credits:

2 EC

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