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The fifth edition of the Gender and Economics Workshop will be held at the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, Luxembourg City, on 21–22 May 2026. The workshop is organised by the Department of Economics and Management of the 91¶ÌÊÓƵ and LISER. The event aims to bring together scholars presenting cutting-edge research in economics, with a particular focus on gender, culture, family, fertility, and diversity.

CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
We have the great honor to welcome the following keynote speakers:
Johanna Rickne (Stockholm University) and Klaus Desmet (SMU)

ORGANIZING AND SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Luisito Bertinelli, Anastasia Litina, Hillel Rapoport, Eva Sierminska, Skerdi Zanaj

Thursday, 21 May 2026

• 08.30 – 9.00

  Welcome and Registration

• 9.00 – 11.00

  Parallel sessions 1A and 1B

  Session 1A – Labor Markets and Gendered Work Choices

  Chair: Luis Bertinelli

  1. What Do Women Want in a Job? Kenza Elass (Center for Economic Research on Governance, Inequality and Conflict)
  2. Production Heterogeneity in Collective Labor Supply Models with Children Charles Gauthier (Universitat de Barcelona)
  3. Up to the Top or Stuck in the Middle: Does Gender Influence How Far Machiavellian Personalities Climb the Corporate Ladder? Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier)
  4. The Earnings Premium for Long Hours: A Directed Search Approach Tom Potoms (University of Susse

  Session 1B – Female Labor Supply and Mobility Constraints

  Chair: Eva Sierminska

  1. Environmental Shocks and Female Labor Supply: Evidence from the Dust Bowl Max Steinhardt (Freie Universität Berlin)
  2. Public Transport: A Route to Reduce Employment Gap? Viktor Veterinarov (Sciences Po)
  3. Family-friendly Jobs and Occupational Sorting across Gender Kathrine Aaby Lorentzen (EQUALNovaERA / University of Copenhagen)
  4. The Other Side: Immigrant Women and Native Women’s Work in the United States, 1910–1930 Aurélie Gillen (91¶ÌÊÓƵ)

• 11.00 – 11.10

  Coffee Break

• 11.10 – 13.10

  Parallel sessions 2A and 2B

  Session 2A – Gender Norms and Politics

  Chair: Emma Thill

  1. How Fathers Take Leave: Gender Norms or Economic Incentives? Irene Brusini (Norwegian School of Economics)
  2. Can Social Media Campaigns Help Female Politicians in Gender-Unequal Countries of the EU? Evidence from Czech Republic Sofia Karina Trommlerová (Institute of Public Policy, Comenius University Bratislava)
  3. Female Political Leaders and Public Funding Attraction: Evidence from Italian Municipalities Raffaella Santolini (Marche Polytechnic University)
  4. Socio-Political Upheavals and Marriage Payments: Evidence from Egypt’s Arab Spring Karine Moukaddem (Université Catholique de Louvain)

  Session 2B – Identity and Gendered Household Decisions

  Chair: Ariane Gordan

  1. Faith, Interrupted: Identity and Behavior After Forced Atheism Sofiana Sinani (CERGE-EI)
  2. Ethnic Composition, Identity, and Assimilation Vincenzo Lombardo (University of Naples Parthenope)
  3. Droughts and Women’s Intra-household Bargaining Power in Rural Ethiopia: Who Decides When the Rains Fail? John Owusu (Queen’s University)
  4. Urbanization and Interethnic Marriages in Sub-Saharan Africa Ariane Gordan (91¶ÌÊÓƵ)

• 13.10 – 14.15

  Lunch Break

• 14.15 – 15.30

  Keynote Lecture by Johanna Rickne Stockholm University

  Sexual harassment and women’s academic careers

• 15.30 – 15.45

  Coffee break

• 15.45 – 17.45

  Poster Session I

  1. Afia Akbar (University of Massachusetts Boston) Childcare Policy and the Motherhood Penalty: Evidence from a High-Cost U.S. City—Boston
  2. Elard Amaya (Collegio Carlo Alberto) When Extreme Weather Hits Home: Huaicos and Gender-Based Violence in Peru
  3. Simon Andersen (University of Copenhagen) The Hidden Child Penalty
  4. Inés Guillemyn (University of Antwerp and KU Leuven) Beyond Wages: The Child Penalty in Retirement Savings
  5. María Camila Jiménez Amaya (Gran Sasso Science Institute) Austerity and Gender-Based Violence: Insights from England and Wales
     Gender, Birth Order, and Child Growth: Evidence from Central Asia
  6. Pawandeep Kaur (University of Goettingen) Who Benefits from Affirmative Action? Sub-Caste Inequality in India
  7. Zhijie Wang (KU Leuven) Fertility Timing and Intrahousehold Allocation: The Role of Anticipated Specialization

Friday, 22 May 2026

• 22 May 2026

• 08.30-09.00

  Welcome and Registration

• 09.00-11.00

  Parallel sessions 3A and 3B

  Session 3A – Culture, Education, and Gender Equality

  Chair: Skerdi Zanaj

  1. The Gendered Effects of Negative Shocks in Science: Evidence from Retractions Alessandra Casarico (Bocconi University)
  2. International Tourism and Local Religiosity Anastasia Litina (University of Macedonia)
  3. Female Representation in School Boards Aleksa Uljarević (LISER)
  4. Secularism in Public Education: Evidence from a Ban on Religious Symbols in Belgium Skerdi Zanaj (91¶ÌÊÓƵ)

  Session 3B – Policy Evaluation and Gendered Outcomes

  Chair: Maria Krelifa

  1. Female Genital Mutilation Bans: Natural Experiments from 19 Countries Sandrine Mesplé-Somps (DIAL, UMR LEDa, Paris-Dauphine-PSL / IRD / CNRS)
  2. The Right to Parental Part-Time Work in Austria Johanna Reuter (Johannes Kepler Universität Linz)
  3. Harsher Punishment and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from India Harpreet Singh Chawla (University College London)
  4. Retargeting an Anti-Poverty Cash Transfer Program Increases Intimate Partner Violence Clotilde Mahé (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  5. The Impact of Overtime Limits on Firms and Workers: Evidence from Japan’s Work Style Reform
     Gabriel Burdin (Università degli Studi di Siena)

• 11.00-12.30

  Poster Session II & Coffee Break

  1. Charlotte Middelhoff (University of Goettingen) Female Empowerment and Male Backlash: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Role of Gender Equality Trajectories
  2. Agnese Sechi (University of Genoa)
     The Gender Side of Trade Shocks: Evidence from the Italian Labor Market
  3. Manzura Jumaniyazova (Technical University of Munich, School of Social Sciences and Technology
  4. Guanyi Wang (KU Leuven) Inequality at Home: Parental Gender Gaps and Intrahousehold Allocation
  5. Alicja Wejdner-Cichy (SGH Warsaw School of Economics) Equal Pay in Unequal Systems: A Comparative Analysis of Policy Approaches in the EU
  6. Yushao Ye (Norwegian School of Economics) Spillover Effects of Public Childcare on Firms
  7. Barbara Ama Zelu (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Impact of Educational Attainment on Gender Norms Formation

• 12.30-13.30

  Coffee break

• 13.30-14.45

  Keynote Lecture by Klaus Desmet Southern Methodist University
  Using Social Media Data to Examine the Gender Equality Paradox in Preferences

• 14.45-16.45

  Parallel Sessions 4A and 4B

  Session 4A – Women’s Agency and Labor Supply

  
  Chair: Gauthier Fontanive Room

  1. Female Leaders and Women’s Labor Supply: Evidence from India Angel Pandit (LIDAM, UCLouvain, Belgium)
  2. Medals and Mindsets: How Women’s Olympic Competitiveness Advances Gender Equality Henry Chen (Business School, 91¶ÌÊÓƵ of Hong Kong)
  3. Twice the Heat: Gender, Labor Supply, and Time Use in Urban Colombia Natalia Labrador Bernate (AMSE)
  4. The Effects of Nurse Home Visits on Grandparental Childcare, Employment, and Maternal Well-Being Ilse van der Voort (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

  Session 4B – Family, Marriage, and Child Penalties

  Chair: Anastasia Litina
  

  1. Child Penalty in the Extended Family Alex Jenni (University of Zurich)
  2. Work From Home and Child Penalties Lennart Ziegler (Central European University)
  3. When Father Likes Son and Mother Likes Daughter: Rules of Descent and the (In)Efficient Household Stefan Klonner (Heidelberg University)
  4. Co-Parenting and Careers after Divorce Katarina Kuske (Bocconi University)