Gender in the Economy: Structural Transformation and Women’s Time Use
Organized by Claudia Olivetti, Taryn Dinkelman, and Claudia Goldin
Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
March 27, 2026
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA

Thursday, March 26

6:00pm

Dinner

Friday, March 27

8:30am

Continental Breakfast

9:00am

The Gender Division of Work across Countries

Charles TL. Gottlieb, University of Geneva
Cheryl Doss, Tufts University
Douglas Gollin, Tufts University and NBER
Markus Poschke, McGill University

9:30am

Global Working Hours

Amory Gethin, The World Bank
Emmanuel Saez, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

10:00am

Global Labour Hours in Paid and Unpaid Work: Inequality, Productivity and Structural Transformation, 1800-2100

Marie Renée Andreescu, Paris School of Economics
Romaine Loubes, Paris School of Economics
Thomas Piketty, Paris School of Economics

10:30am

Break

10:45am

The New Economics of Home Production: Insights from Tax Data on Childcare, Remote Work, and Labor Supply

Yana Gallen, University of Chicago
Dmitri K. Koustas, University of Chicago
Ithai Lurie, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Stephanie A. Karol, U.S. Department of the Treasury

Eggtimer Sessions

11:15am

How did the Remote Work Revolution Change our Work and Leisure Time?

Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Victoria Vernon, Empire State University

11:30am

Sick Days, Snow Days, and the Labor Market Impacts of Caretaking Inequities

Garrett Anstreicher, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Rebecca Jack, University of Nebraska–Lincoln

11:45am

Things Take the Time They Take: Lessons on Measurement Error from High-frequency Time Use Surveys

Tamara McGavock, Grinnell College
Ellen B. McCullough, University of Georgia
Thomas W. Assefa, Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

12:00pm

Lunch

1:15pm

Women, Motherhood, and Structural Transformation. Insights from Rural Latin America.

Mariana Marchionni, Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS)
Julian P. Pedrazzi, Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS)
Maria F. Pinto, Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS)

1:45pm

To Have It All? Navigating Career and Family Across Generations of College-Educated Indonesian Women

Elghafiky Bimardhika, The Australian National University
Daniel Halim, The World Bank

2:15pm

Barristers and Baristas: A Study of Working Hours and Occupations

Rachel E. Scarfe, University of Stirling

2:45pm

Break

3:00pm

Structural Transformation or Marketization? The Role of Household Production in Consumption Expenditure

Benjamin R. Bridgman, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Ákos Valentinyi, University of Manchester

3:30pm

The Burden of Putting Food on the Table: Cuisine Complexity and Women’s Labor Force Participation

Steve Berggreen, Stanford University
Girija Borker, The World Bank
Margarita Gáfaro, Banco de la República, Colombia

4:00pm

Childhood Investments and the Gendered Division of Chores

Alexander P. Frankel, University of Chicago
Savannah G. Noray, Harvard Kennedy School
Heather Sarsons, University of Chicago and NBER

4:30pm

Concluding Remarks and Adjourn