Gender Equality, Couple Equity: The Road Ahead 20-21 May

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Organisers

Content Monica Costa Dias (IFS)

Claudia Olivetti (Boston College)

Uta Schonberg (UCL)

List of confirmed participants include:

Oriana Bandiera (LSE)
Richard Blundell (UCL)
Valentin Bolotnyy (Harvard University)
Michela Carlana (Harvard University)
Monica Costa Dias (IFS)
Claudia Goldin (Harvard University)
Brian Jacob (University of Michigan)
Hyejin Ku (UCL)
Claudia Olivetti (Boston College)
Jessica Pan (National University of Singapore)
Barbara Petrongolo (Queen Mary)
Anna Raute (Queen Mary)
Heather Sarsons (University of Toronto)
Uta Schönberg (UCL) 

Day 1: May 20, 2019

10:00-10:30    Registration

10:30-11:30:   Brian Jacob (University of Michigan) “The Return to Hours Worked Within and Across Occupations: Implications for the Gender Wage Gap” (joint with J. Denning, L. Lefgren and C. vom Lehn)

11:30-12:30    Monica Costa Dias (Institute for Fiscal Studies) “The careers and wages of women: labour supply, sorting and human capital accumulation” (joint with A. Norris-Keiller and F. Postel-Vinay)

12:30-13:30    Lunch

13:30-14:30    Jessica Pan (National University of Singapore) “Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors” (joint with P. Cortes, L. Pilossoph, and B. Zafar)

14:30-15:30    Valentin Bolotnyy (Harvard University) “Why Do Women Earn Less Than Men? Evidence from Bus and Train Operators” (joint with N. Emanuel)

15.30-16:00    Coffee break

16:00-17:00    Oriana Bandiera (London School of Economics) “Why do people stay poor?”

17:30-19:00    Gorman lectures Part 1 by Claudia Goldin

19:00               Gorman Lectures Reception

Day 2: May 21, 2019

09:00-10:00    Barbara Petrongolo (Queen Mary University) “Economic incentives, home production and gender identity norms” (joint with A. Ichino and M. Olsson)

10:00-11:00    Anna Raute (Queen Mary University) “Like mother, like daughter? Societal Determinants of Maternal Labor Supply – Evidence from the German reunification” (joint with B. Boelmann and U. Schönberg)

11.00-11:30    Coffee break

11:30-12:30    Heather Sarsons (Chicago Booth) “Interpreting Signals in the Labor Market: Evidence from Medical Referrals”

12:30-13:30    Lunch

13:30-14:30    Michela Carlana (Harvard Kennedy School) “Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence from Teachers’ Gender Bias”

14.30-15:00    Coffee break

15:00-16:00    Claudia Olivetti (Boston College) “Why Firms Offer Paid Family Leave: An Exploratory Study” (joint with C. Goldin and S. Pekkala Kerr)

16:00-17:00    Hyejin Ku (University College London) “Paternity Leave, Rank-order Tournaments and the Careers of Young Men” (joint with J. Johnsen and K. Salvanes)

17:30-19:00    Gorman lectures Part 2 by Claudia Goldin