ECON 152Women, Men, and Economy
Economics · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to using tools of economics to understand gender-related issues. Review of economic models of household, fertility, and labor supply. Discussion of how they help interpret long-term trends in marriage and divorce, fertility, and women’s labor-force participation. Review of economic models of wage determination, with focus on explanations of and policy remedies for earnings differentials between women and men. Examination of new research in economics on gender-related topics.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses 11, 101, 103. Corequisite: course 152L.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
ECON 152
- ECON 11Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 101Microeconomic Theory
- ECON 103Introduction to Econometrics
- ECON 41Probability and Statistics for Economists
- MATH 170EIntroduction to Probability and Statistics 1: Probability
- ECON 103LEconometrics Laboratory
- STATS 100AIntroduction to Probability
- MATH 170SIntroduction to Probability and Statistics 2: Statistics
- STATS 100BIntroduction to Mathematical Statistics
- ECON 152LWomen, Men, and Economy Laboratory
4 direct requisites. Showing 34 courses over 3 levels; the branches marked with a count carry on past it. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.