Course Catalogue - Ashoka University

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Ashoka University’s undergraduate course curriculum is taught across three semesters: Spring, Summer and Monsoon (Fall). Courses are broadly divided into three categories – Foundation Courses (core curriculum), Major & Minor Courses and Co-Curricular Courses.

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Economics of Gender

Code: ECO-3660-1

Faculty: Bipasha Maity

This course aims at undertaking an economic analysis of the issues affecting women in the economy. The discrimination faced by women in market scenarios, such as those of labour and credit as well as the impact of globalization on women will be studied. Further, the course will explore issues that women face in non-market situations such as bargaining within the household, marriage and fertility and how market and non-market scenarios interact to in uence women's well-being. Lastly the roles of education, healthcare, property rights, birth control, political franchise and representation in mitigating gender-based inequalities will be studied. Students would be able to understand and appreciate both market and non-market factors that result in or promote gender based inequalities. They would also be able to critically understand why some policies succeed while others may fail to mitigate gender-based inequalities.

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