M.A. ECONOMICS (SEMESTER-WISE) - Dr BR Ambedkar University

DR. BHIM RAO AMBEDKAR UNIVERSITY, AGRA .M.A. ECONOMICSSEMESTER WISE - DETAILED SYLLABUSFOURTH SEMESTEROPTIONAL PAPER – 404 (A)ECONOMICS OF GENDER AND DEVELOPMENTUNIT 1: Introduction to Gender Studies & Demographic AspectsImportance and concepts of women studies — Women in patriarchal and matriarchal societies andstructures, patrilineal and matrilineal systems and relevance to present day society in India; Economicbasis and functioning of patriarchy in developed and LDCs, particularly India; Gender Bias in the theoriesof value, distribution, and population. Demography of female population: Age structure, mortality rates,and sex ratio — Causes of declining sex ratios and fertility rates in LDCs and particularly India — Theoriesand measurement of fertility and its control; Women and their access to nutrition, health, education,and social and community resources, and their impact on female mortality and fertility, economic status,and in work participation rate.UNIT 2: Women in Decision Making & Conceptualization of Women’s WorkFactors affecting decision making by women; property rights, access to and control over economicresources, assets; Power of decision making at household, class, community level; Economic status ofwomen and its effect on work-participation rate, income level, health, and education in developingcountries and India; Role of kinship in allocating domestic and social resources. Concept and analysis ofwomen’s work: Valuation of productive and unproductive work; visible and invisible work; paid andunpaid work; economically productive and socially productive work — Economic status, private property,and participation of women in pre-industrial and industrial societies — Female contribution to NationalIncome.Page 68