SI 2026 Gender in the Economy
Organized by Taryn Dinkelman, Jessica Goldberg, Claudia Goldin, Claudia Olivetti, and Melanie Wasserman
Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
July 28-29, 2026
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Tuesday, July 28
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning session joint with Labor Studies in Ballroom A
9:00 am

Gender Targeting in U.S. Newspaper Ads: 1940-2000

Enghin Atalay, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Lisa B. Kahn, University of Rochester and NBER
9:45 am

Women in Law and the Draft

Thomas Helgerman, University of Minnesota
Benjamin Pyle, Boston University
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Workplace Amenities and the Gender Pay Gap

Nabanita Datta Gupta, Aarhus University
Yana Gallen, The University of Chicago
Kerstin Holzheu, Sciences Po
Kristian S. Hedeager, Kraka
11:30 am

Intergenerational Consequences of Parental Employment Under Childcare Scarcity

Arash Nekoei, Stockholm University
Ehsan Sabouri Kenari, Stockholm University
Josef Sigurdsson, Stockholm University
12:15 pm
Lunch
Resume presentations in Skyline CDE
1:30 pm

The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct

Sarah Cohodes, University of Michigan and NBER
Katherine B. Leu, University of Michigan
2:15 pm

Learning to Harm: The Intergenerational Transmission of Gender-Based Violence

Bilge Erten, Northeastern University
Susan Niknami, Stockholm University
Emily E. Nix, University of Southern California and NBER
Anna Sandberg, Stockholm University
3:00 pm
Break
3:15 pm

Co-Parenting and Careers after Divorce

Katarina Kuske, Bocconi University
4:00 pm

Happily Under-Insured Ever After? The Role of Beliefs in Household Specialization

Ana Costa-Ramón, University of Zurich
Ursina Schaede, Tufts University
Michaela Slotwinski, University of Zurich
Johannes Stupperich, Stanford University
4:45 pm
Break
Eggtimer Sessions:
5:00 pm

Masculinity Norms, Occupational Choice, and Reallocation: Micro and Macro Evidence

Rachel J. Schuh, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Martina Uccioli, University of Nottingham
5:15 pm

What Drives Child Penalties? Evidence from a Global Organization

Jessica Bracco Sra, Universidad Nacional de La Plata (UNLP)
Yves Froude, The World Bank
Maria F. Pinto, Center for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies (CEDLAS)
Bob Rijkers, The World Bank
Michele Valsecchi, New Economic School
5:30 pm

Understanding the Congestion Child Penalty: Can Remote Work Attenuate It?

Ilaria D'Angelis, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Keren Horn, University of Massachusetts, Boston
5:45 pm
Adjourn
6:00 pm
Reception and Dinner
Wednesday, July 29
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Child Penalties in Time Use: A Global Perspective

Gabriela Deschamps, University College London
Amory Gethin, The World Bank
Camille Landais, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Gabriel Leite-Mariante, CUNEF Universidad
9:45 am

The Fertility, Marriage, and Gender Equality Quandary

Anson Zhou, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Informality and Motherhood Penalties over the Life Cycle

Karolina Andrade, Yale University
Diogo Britto, Bocconi University
Lucas Finamor, São Paulo School of Economics
Alexandre A. Fonseca, Federal Revenue of Brazil
Fernando Mattar, University of Florida
Breno Sampaio, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
Gabriel Ulyssea, University College London
Eggtimer Sessions
11:30 am

Cinderella No More: Night Shift Bans and Women’s Employment in India

Anshika Arora, Plaksha University
Sarvnipun Kaur, Plaksha University
Prakarsh Singh
11:45 am

Breadwinning Norms: Experimental Evidence from India

Kailash Rajah, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ishaana Talesara, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm

A Free Lunch? How Changing Childcare Defaults Increases Parental Labor Supply

Justus Bamert, Princeton University
2:00 pm

Family Planning, Now and Later: Infertility Fears and Africa's Stalled Contraceptive Revolution

Natalie Bau, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
David J. Henning, University of California, Los Angeles
Corinne Low, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Bryce Steinberg, Brown University and NBER
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Sowing Seeds of Mobility: The Gendered Impact of Land Reform

Ting Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU)
Jiajia Gu, International Monetary Fund
L. Rachel Ngai, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Jin Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
3:45 pm

Female-Targeted Hiring Subsidies, Firm Learning, and Women’s Employment

Mimosa Distefano, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Lorenzo Incoronato, University of Naples Federico II
Anna Raute, Queen Mary University of London
4:30 pm
Adjourn