Research slam: (un)equal opportunities
Jun
14
12:00 PM - 01:15 PM
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We contributed to the 2nd Swiss National Women's Strike with an initiative in which we have a comparative advantage: rigorous research. On a topic that is often dominated by anecdotes and opinions, we share empirical evidence on issues of (un)equal opportunities by gender (and we had some fun at the same time!).
As background, the first Swiss Women's Strike happened on June 14th 1991, at the occasion of 10th anniversary of "equal rights for men and women" in the Swiss constitution. It was the largest political mobilization in the history of Switzerland (followed by the General Strike of 1918). Women and men across Switzerland organized a second day of action for gender equality on June 14th 2019.
Research papers
Ralph Ossa - Equal but Inequitable: Who Benefits from Gender-Neutral Tenure Clock Stopping Policies? by Heather Antecol, Kelly Bedard and Jenna Stearns download
Anne Ardila Brenøe - Brothers Increase Women's Gender Conformity by Anne Ardila Brenøe download
David Yanagizawa-Drott - Misperceived Social Norms: Female Labor Force Participation in Saudi Arabia by Leonardo Bursztyn, Alessandra L. Gonzalez and David Yanagizawa-Drott download
Andrea Hofer - The Dynamics of Discrimination: Theory and Evidence by J. Aislinn Bohren, Alex Imas and Michael Rosenberg download
Florian Schneider - Acting Wife’: Marriage Market Incentives and Labor Market Investment by Leonardo Bursztyn, Thomas Fujiwara, and Amanda Pallais download
Dina Pomeranz - Interpreting Signals in the Labor Market: Evidence from Medical Referrals by Heather Sarsons download
Luca Bagnato - Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence from Teachers’ Gender Bias by Michela Carlana download
Miguel Garcia - The Gender Earnings Gap in the Gig Economy: Evidence from Over a Million Rideshare Drivers by Cody Cook, Rebecca Diamond, Jonathan Hall, John A. List, and Paul Oyer download
Roberto Weber - Gender Differences in Recognition for Group Work by Heather Sarsons download
Giuseppe Sorrenti - Gender Identity and Relative Income within Households by Marianne Bertrand,Emir Kamenica and Jessica Pan download
Dora Simon - Do Tax Cuts Produce More Einsteins? The Impacts of Financial Incentives vs. Exposure to Innovation on the Supply of Inventors by Alexander M. Bell, Raj Chetty, Xavier Jaravel, Neviana Petkova and John Van Reenen download
Ernst Fehr - Gender Differences in Accepting and Receiving Requests for Tasks with Low Promotability by Linda Babcock, Maria P. Recalde, Lise Vesterlund and Laurie Weingart download
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Organizer: Dina Pomeranz, University of Zurich - contact
We contributed to the 2nd Swiss National Women's Strike with an initiative in which we have a comparative advantage: rigorous research. On a topic that is often dominated by anecdotes and opinions, we share empirical evidence on issues of (un)equal opportunities by gender (and we had some fun at the same time!).
As background, the first Swiss Women's Strike happened on June 14th 1991, at the occasion of 10th anniversary of "equal rights for men and women" in the Swiss constitution. It was the largest political mobilization in the history of Switzerland (followed by the General Strike of 1918). Women and men across Switzerland organized a second day of action for gender equality on June 14th 2019.
Venue
University of Zurich
RAA-G-15, Rämistrasse 59, 8001 Zürich
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