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Teaching time use in economics classes: introducing students to time poverty and inequality in unpaid work

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  • Sarah F. Small

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  • Laura Beltran Figueroa

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This article describes a brief module for economics courses in which students learn about inequality through the lens of time-use data. Economic research on time use is common in feminist, gender, New Home, and development economics and has been pivotal for understanding inequality in unpaid work. This course module provides an opportunity for economics instructors to enhance students’ understandings of inequality as well as data collection. We offer a roadmap for instructors that includes (1) an introduction to time-use data, (2) an exercise for students to record their own time-use diaries and compare these with national averages, and (3) an exercise for students to consider measures of time poverty. We offer this module specifically for instructors searching for opportunities to infuse feminist economic perspectives in their courses.

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  • Sarah F. Small & Laura Beltran Figueroa, 2024. "Teaching time use in economics classes: introducing students to time poverty and inequality in unpaid work," Advances in Economics Education, Edward Elgar Publishing, vol. 3(2), pages 148-163, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:aeejrn:v:3:y:2024:i:2:p148-163
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    time use; inequality; economics teaching;
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    JEL classification:

    • A22 - General Economics and Teaching - - Economic Education and Teaching of Economics - - - Undergraduate
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • B54 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Feminist Economics

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