Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/272513 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 15886
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into labor economics courses based on standard textbooks is both beneficial and straightforward. An undergraduate course in labor economics presents an ideal opportunity to introduce students to the importance of gender differences in economic outcomes. We provide a prototype of such a course, and we show how gender-aware content and pedagogical tools can complement a course based on a standard textbook or set of articles. We also review the most popular textbooks in labor economics and show how gender issues are mostly contained in a single chapter on labor market discrimination rather than thoroughly integrated throughout the text. In addition to exposing students to more diverse content and methodologies, mainstreaming gender into an undergraduate labor economics class can help cultivate inclusivity and belongingness in the discipline.
Subjects: 
labor economics
gender
women
curriculum
COVID-19
JEL: 
A2
J1
O1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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