Work, Family, and Gender

Undergraduate

Examines how work in both formal and informal economies have been gendered over time and across societies. Topics explored may include the gender wage gap, occupational sex segregation, balancing work and childcare, the outsourcing of housework, and worker, state, and employer responses to these changing dynamics. Cross-listed with WGST. Prerequisite(s): 3h of 1000-level SOCI and second-year standing, or permission of the instructor.