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Welcome to Econ 325 Economics of Gender
Week 6Beginning February 26
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Monday, February 26
• Papers?• Part Two is Due March 9 (20 points)
• Observed similarities and/or differences. • Show me what you have• Let me help you
• Study Chapters 4• You are responsible for the entire Chapter
• Study Chapter 5
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Let’s revisit Table 4-3 Page 106
• Example• 1960• Population under study
• Married women with husband present• Suppose this population = 100• Let’s do a tree diagram
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Collect OCA2
1. # 1, page 1342. # 4, page 134. Draw a separate
graph for each part and explain. 3. # 5, page 134. Draw a separate
graph for each case and explain. 4. Jackie receives a raise but her
hours of work remain unaffected. Why? Draw a graph and explain.
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• What is W ?• Wage per hour• Opportunity cost of _________
• What affects W?• Education• Experience• Productivity
• All else equal, the higher W, the _______ the opp. cost of home good, the ________likely you will stay home.
Home good
higher
less
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• What was W*?• Value of one hour of home good
• What affects W*?• Individual Preferences
• Number of children• Age of children• Availability of child care
• All else equal, the higher W*, the ________likely you will stay home. more
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Use the economic theory to explain
• Figure 4.8b, Page 109• Figure 4-10, Page 112
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A Few Applications of the Economic Theory (choose a number between 1 and 4 for ICA)
1. Jackie, a full-time housewife, decides to take a part-time job as her husband loses his job due to economic recession. Show this graphically and explain fully.
2. Bryan, a discouraged worker, decides to rejoin the labor force because of expanding economy. Show this graphically and explain fully.
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A Few Applications of the Economic Theory
3. Chris, who used to live and share expenses with his girlfriend Emily, marries Emily and resigns from his job. Show this graphically and explain fully.
4. Heidi, a mother of 2 who was not working before, finds out that she can receive a child care subsidy of $3 an hour for every hour that she works. Hence, she decides to find a job. Show this graphically and explain fully.
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Wednesday, February 28
• Collect OCA3• Part 2 of paper due March 9• Study Chapter 5
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A Few Applications of the Economic Theory (Collect OCA4: Answer one of the following 4 questions.)
1. Jackie, a full-time housewife, decides to take a part-time job as her husband loses his job due to economic recession. Show this graphically and explain fully.
• What happens to W?• Nothing no substitution effect
• What happens to W*?• Declines income effect work more
• Is Jackie as happy as before?• No, lower indifference curve
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A Few Applications of the Economic Theory
2. Bryan, a discouraged worker, decides to rejoin the labor force because of expanding economy. Show this graphically and explain fully.
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A Few Applications of the Economic Theory
3. Chris, who used to live and share expenses with his girlfriend Emily, marries Emily and resigns from his job. Show this graphically and explain fully.
4. Heidi, a mother of 2 who was not working before, finds out that she can receive a child care subsidy of $3 an hour for every hour that she works. Hence, she decides to find a job. Show this graphically and explain fully.
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Return and discuss OCA2
1. # 1, page 1342. # 4, page 134. Draw a separate
graph for each part and explain. 3. # 5, page 134. Draw a separate
graph for each case and explain. 4. Jackie receives a raise but her
hours of work remain unaffected. Why? Draw a graph and explain.
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Are the following statement true or false?
• 1) Men tend to be more attracted to clerical jobs than women.
• 2) Men tend to be more attracted to manufacturing jobs than women.
• 3) Black men tend to be more attracted to farming, forestry, and fishing jobs than white men.
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Tables
• 5.1, page 137• 5.2, page 139• 5.3, page 140
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Friday, March 2
• Return OCA3• Part 2 of paper due next Friday• Study Chapter 5
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The Segregation Index
• SI = 100 * |Xi/X- Yi/Y|/2• where• Xi is the number of male workers in
occupation i• X is total number of male workers• Yi is the number of female workers in
occupation i• Y is total number of female workers
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Calculate SI in each case (white, red, blue)Occupation Women Men
Farmer 40, 0, 30 40, 50, 30
Cooker 50,100, 60 50, 0, 20
Hunter 10, 0, 10 10, 50, 50
Total 100 100
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Segregation index• Takes a value between 0 (complete
integration) to 100 (complete segregation)
• If SI = 40, either 40 percent of women have to switch to male dominated jobs or 40 percent of men have switch to female dominated jobs to have complete integration
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Tables
• 5.4, page 142• 5.5, page 145• 5.6, page 148• 5.7, page 149• 5.8, page 151• 5.9, page 152• 5.10, page 153
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OCA4
• 1) #2, page 157 • 2) #4, page 157, give as many
reasons as you can.