SI 2023 Gender in the Economy
Organized by Jessica Goldberg, Claudia Goldin, Claudia Olivetti, Jessica Pan, and Alessandra Voena
Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
July 24-25, 2023
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Monday, July 24
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

The Dynamics of Abusive Relationships

Abi Adams, University of Oxford
Kristiina Huttunen, Aalto University
Emily E. Nix, University of Southern California and NBER
Ning Zhang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
1:50 pm

Sex, Power, and Adolescence: Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Behaviors

Manisha Shah, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jennifer Seager, The George Washington University
Joao Montalvao, The World Bank
Markus Goldstein, The World Bank
2:40 pm
Break
2:55 pm

Terms of Engagement: Migration, Dowry, and Love in Indian Marriages

Andrew W. Beauchamp, Wright State University
Rossella Calvi, Rice University
Scott Fulford, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
3:45 pm
Break
4:00 pm

The Economics of Caste Norms: Purity, Status, and Women’s Work in India

Arielle Bernhardt, New York University
Patrick Agte, Stockholm School of Economics
4:50 pm

Quota vs. Quality? Long-Term Gains from an Unusual Gender Quota

Ursina Schaede, Tufts University
Ville Mankki, University of Turku
5:40 pm
Adjourn
6:30 pm
Conference Dinner - Royal Sonesta (Skyline AB)
Tuesday, July 25
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

The Transparency Gap (slides)

Christine L. Exley, University of Michigan
Raymond Fisman, Boston University and NBER
Judd B. Kessler, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Louis-Pierre Lepage, Stockholm University
Corinne Low, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Xiaoyue Shan, National University of Singapore
Mattie Toma, University of Warwick
9:50 am

Understanding Gender Discrimination by Managers (slides)

Christina L. Brown, University of Chicago
10:40 am
Break
10:55 am

Salary History and Employer Demand: Evidence from a Two-Sided Audit

Amanda Y. Agan, Cornell University and NBER
Bo Cowgill, Columbia University
Laura K. Gee, Tufts University
11:45 am
New Fellows (15 minutes each)

Inflexibility, Social Skills, and the Allocation of Talent (slides)

Savannah G. Noray, Harvard University

The Quiet Revolution and the Automation of Routine Jobs (slides)

Lindsey M. Uniat, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

House for Two: Empowering Women with Property Rights (slides)

Akanksha Vardani, Columbia University
12:35 pm
Lunch
1:45 pm

Dual Earner Migration, Earnings, and Unemployment Insurance

Joanna Venator, Boston College
2:35 pm

Fertility and Family Labor Supply

Katrine Jakobsen, University of Copenhagen
Thomas H. Jorgensen, University of Copenhagen
Hamish Low, University of Oxford
3:25 pm
Break
3:40 pm

Swaying Gender Norms Around Women’s Work in Indonesia: Evidence from an Online Intervention

Lisa Cameron, University of Melbourne
Diana S. Contreras, University of Melbourne
Diahhadi Setyonaluri, University of Indonesia
4:30 pm
Adjourn