One in three women leave academia as a result of parenthood, compared to one in six men. @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @ansolassen.bsky.social @valentinatartari.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social draw on a new study to explain why on @lseimpactblog.bsky.social

💥New | The lack of women at the top of the academic ladder is driven by unequal childcare responsibilities ✍️ @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @ansolassen.bsky.social & @valentinatartari.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Childcare #Motherhood (@cep-lse.bsky.social)

Hver tredje kvinde forlader en forskningskarriere, efter hun er blevet mor, viser nyt dansk studie. Imens fortsætter fædres karriere stort set uændret. Læs eller lyt til hele artiklen her: www.information.dk/indland/2026... Tekst: Laura Friis Wang Foto: Jakob Dall/BAM/Ritzau Scanpix

Latest in academia 📚 In “Parenthood and the Career Ladder: Evidence from Academia,” the authors examine how parenthood shapes academic careers. Their key finding: parenthood marks a sharp turning point with around 1 in 3 women leaving academia. #womenineconomics #academia #genderequality

This morning, our study made it to French radio 🥐 Listen - in French - to the conversation with @alexandradelbot.bsky.social about the gender gaps in academia and what children have to do with it + a bit about the benefits of admin data (I cannot help it 🫶) for answering these types of questions

Grateful to be one of the recipients of the Early Career Research Award Together with Valeria Zurla and @jonasjessen.bsky.social, we study when and why parental leave policies help mothers and reduce the gender gap We start with Denmark, Germany, and Italy, and will add more countries. Exciting ✨

A third of women no longer work in academia eight years after having a child, according to new research that suggests extra childcare responsibilities are hindering women’s abilities to climb the career ladder. Juliette Rowsell reports #EduSky #leakypipeline https://ow.ly/nhXa50Yzicp

A new Copenhagen Business School article highlights evidence that Denmark’s 2022 paternity leave reform changed leave-taking patterns, social attitudes & gender earnings gaps. Featuring research by Camille Landais & co-authors. via.ritzau.dk/pressemeddel...

On the bright side, departments matter 👇 Women who do their phd in departments with senior women face smaller penalties Competitive, highly productive department increases the size of the penalty This and more details in our CEP WP cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/downloa...

Reducing optionality in leave division reduces satisfaction with the leave scheme BUT Paternity leave also leads to more support towards fathers’ involvement and less gender inequality ➡️ An inherent trade-off More about our paper below 👇 @jakobsogaard.bsky.social @philrose88.bsky.social

Really very happy to see our paper covered in Nature Magazine Full paper here cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...

Next week, @riaivandic.bsky.social will present our paper at the WE_ARE @cepr.org seminar series More info and register here 👉 cepr.org/events/event...

Only one in four professors is a woman. We show that motherhood is a key driver of the leaky pipeline, particularly at early career stages. More details in the summary and working paper below👇 Sign up to hear my presentation of the research in the CEPR Applied Economics Seminar on 23 March.

💼 Parenthood can be a turning point in #academic careers. 💡 A new INSIGHTS piece revisits the study on parenthood and the academic career ladder and what it reveals about motherhood, fatherhood, and career paths in academia and beyond. berlinschoolofeconomics.de/insight/pare... #genderinequality

Yesterday, it was Women’s Day Today, you can read our paper on parenthood and women’s under-representation in academia Parenthood leads to women leaving academia - not just career slowdown 👇👇👇 Joint work with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social

Can family policies shift gendered beliefs, social norms, and ultimately gender gaps in the labor market? Yes! Read our new WP for all the details

Happy to finally see our new working paper on the effect of earmarked paternity leave out. Joint work with: Henrik Kleven, Camillie Landais, @ansolassen.bsky.social, Philip Rosenbaum and Herdis Steingrimsdottir.

Using data from the US & 10 European countries, the OECD LinkEED 2.0 Team analysed the role of firms in the gender wage gap. They find firms account for 10-30% of the gap, mainly reflecting women being more likely to work at firms that pay less to all employees. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

The gender wage gap and what firms have to do with it 👀 Read the column, covering our paper We use harmonized data across 11 countries, producing truly comparable results

Working on the gender wage gap? We have a new call for papers for a Special Issue of IR Berkeley. Check it out here: irle.berkeley.edu/publications... @ucberkeleyirle.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social

Join us for the workshop "Gender Gaps and Social Norms" 📅 December 4 📍 @upf.edu (Barcelona) Organized with @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social as part of #MSCA project #Leave4NextGen Full program with lineup of leading researchers: tinyurl.com/yh62scdj 📧 Register by email: [email protected]

📚 📣 Are you in the Stockholm area on September 22nd? Come discuss new research about gender gaps in academia at Stockholm University! Email me to sign up. Program below!

Join us at Copenhagen Business School on Sept 29, 2025 for a full-day workshop on Gender Norms, Family Dynamics, and Labor Market Outcomes 🔗 Registration: cbs.nemtilmeld.dk/1289/ Featuring: @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social, @esmeezwiers.bsky.social, @jakobsogaard.bsky.social and more 👇👀

Attention Berlin-based PhDs & early-career researchers! On 18–19 September, join the RFBerlin Masterclass with Barbara Petrongolo and get the chance to deepen your understanding of The Evolution of Gender in the Labor Market. Apply by 15 August: www.rfberlin.com/event/rfberl...

Really very happy to attend the NBER SI, and for our paper on the role of firms in explaining the gender wage gap - with harmonized data from 11 countries - to be included in the joint Gender & Labor session this morning! Come say hi and enjoy @marcogpalladino.bsky.social's presentation!

Such a cool paper! When I think about interruption at work (and mental load on which we know even less), this is my first reference!

📆 Join us on June 11 at our economics research seminar with Anne Sophie Lassen (@ansolassen.bsky.social), who will present "Earmarking Parental Leave to Fathers: Effects on Beliefs, Norms, and Childcare." More info and abstract: www.jku.at/en/departmen... #EconSky

🚉 —> NBER Spring Meeting on Investments in Early Career Scientists Looking forward to see some cool projects (www.nber.org/conferences/...) and get feedback on our project ‘Parenthood and the Academic Ladder’ (with @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @valentinatartari.bsky.social)

📚 People are more accepting of men falling behind in work and education—and less supportive of policies to help them. The reason? Many believe it’s due to lack of effort. 🔗 academic.oup.com/jeea/advance... @nhhnor.bsky.social @nhhecon.bsky.social

🚨🚨 Does labor market discrimination drive economic gaps? Can market competition eliminate discrimination like economic theory suggests? What *kind* of discrimination are we talking about. In a new paper, Alex Willen & I explore the question. #Econsky

Excited to be at @princetonecon.bsky.social for the next month 🌸🌸 If around, please reach out!!

🚨🆕 In a new NBER working paper out today (tinyurl.com/2vv3vnhf), with @wsandholtz.bsky.social we ask a 🔥question: Can controversial public policies end up being political successes even when they cause lots of backlash? And if the answer is yes, what drives pol success? A thread 👇

Teaching boys home economics in school in Japan increased the amount of housework they did 20 years later www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Do men increase their support for gender equality if they have daughters? Some papers suggest so! Join this meta-science project as a co-author, work with SOEP data and help us all learn more!

Have you ever wondered how social networks differ by gender? Check out my team's new dataset, which uses Facebook data to measure regional differences in social networks by gender all across the world! A 🧵 with examples, a description of our methodology, and a link to download the data:

Looking back on our Lab² Applied Microeconomics Workshop last Friday. 📖 Thank you to all attendees who joined our half day of presentations, networking and discussions and big thanks to our invited speakers Valeria Zurla and Antoine Bertheau.🎙️

Does parenthood influence career trajectories of academics? 🥁🥁 YES! Celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by looking at our striking graphs 👀

Why is there a gender gap in management promotions? Is it due to families’ or firms’ decisions? In a new paper with Frederik Almar, Ben Friedrich, Ana Reynoso and Rune Vejlin, we show that the interaction between families' and firms' career investments is key! www.nber.org/papers/w33438 #Econsky

Join us for a mix of gender economics and meta-science @wzb.bsky.social @bseberlin.bsky.social and beyond, sign-up below

Babies are small. Macroeconomies are big. Put 'em together and you get an absolutely fascinating paper from Claudia Goldin. TLDR: Economic growth that outpaces social growth can dramatically lower fertility rates.

CEP in 2024 October: The impact of parenthood on academic careers was explored in this CentrePiece article by Ria Ivandic and Anne Sophie Lassen. cep.lse.ac.uk/pubs/d...

🚨 Job opportunity for econ students in Berlin Come work with me, @felix-holub.bsky.social and @jonasjessen.bsky.social on topics in gender and labor Deadline Jan 5. Details here; wzb.eu/en/jobs/stud... Please help spread the word @bseberlin.bsky.social

Hi #econsky 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️ I would like to organize a session on the labor market of health care workers at the 2025 @ashecon.bsky.social conference I need one more paper (abstract) that fit this theme! If this is you, respond here or email me so we can connect!

FELLOWSHIPS for Scholars at Risk Applications until 20.01.2025 at 23:59 (CET). #SAFE offers 60 fully-funded fellowships (up to 24 months) for doctoral & postdoctoral researchers of non-EU nationality. Read the call carefully, contact potential supervisor in your academic field. saferesearchers.eu

Late to the 🦗🐜 party but I liked the Good on Paper episode (also the parts about @andreamatranga.bsky.social research production function) podcasts.apple.com/dk/podcast/g...

Hi #econsky What are your favorite papers on recruitment and retention of public sector workers (ideally in high income countries)? 🙏

Do women earn less than men because they are less competitive? This awesome paper by @ErnestoReuben, Paola Sapienza, and @zingales shows that once we measure earnings some years after graduation, competitiveness does not explain the gender gap (or predict earnings) 🧵 1/7

Read Alexander's 🧵 on our OECD working paper on the gender wage gap We compare France to Denmark, Hungary, Portugal, and Sweden Women are concentrated in low wage firms and high wage firm send to have a higher gender gap in wage premium Stay tuned for the longer working paper!

Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about 1) (How) Does paternity leave shape gender norms? 2) Why are so few men nurses?

5 days left to apply! Join our group in Berlin 🟩 quantitative macro with a focus on labor/gender/intergen mobility/growth (if this is not you, check out other positions in @bseberlin.bsky.social) 🟦 3+3 year position 🟪 no teaching obligations and lots of support Happy to answer any questions!