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The fifth edition of the Gender and Economics Workshop will be held at the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ, Luxembourg City, on 21–22 May 2026. The workshop is organised by the Department of Economics and Management of the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity) 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 (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversitat 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 (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of Trier)
  4. The Earnings Premium for Long Hours: A Directed Search Approach Tom Potoms (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversität 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 / ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of Copenhagen)
  4. The Other Side: Immigrant Women and Native Women’s Work in the ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõted States, 1910–1930 Aurélie Gillen (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ)

• 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity Bratislava)
  3. Female Political Leaders and Public Funding Attraction: Evidence from Italian Municipalities Raffaella Santolini (Marche Polytechnic ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity)
  4. Socio-Political Upheavals and Marriage Payments: Evidence from Egypt’s Arab Spring Karine Moukaddem (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversité 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 (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity)
  4. Urbanization and Interethnic Marriages in Sub-Saharan Africa Ariane Gordan (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ)

• 13.10 – 14.15

  Lunch Break

• 14.15 – 15.30

  Keynote Lecture by Johanna Rickne Stockholm ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity

  Sexual harassment and women’s academic careers

• 15.30 – 15.45

  Coffee break

• 15.45 – 17.45

  Poster Session I

  1. Afia Akbar (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity 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 (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of Copenhagen) The Hidden Child Penalty
  4. Inés Guillemyn (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity 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 (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity)
  2. International Tourism and Local Religiosity Anastasia Litina (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity 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 (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ)

  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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversität Linz)
  3. Harsher Punishment and Juvenile Crime: Evidence from India Harpreet Singh Chawla (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity College London)
  4. Retargeting an Anti-Poverty Cash Transfer Program Increases Intimate Partner Violence Clotilde Mahé (Vrije ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversiteit Amsterdam)
  5. The Impact of Overtime Limits on Firms and Workers: Evidence from Japan’s Work Style Reform
     Gabriel Burdin (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversità degli Studi di Siena)

• 11.00-12.30

  Poster Session II & Coffee Break

  1. Charlotte Middelhoff (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of Goettingen) Female Empowerment and Male Backlash: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis on the Role of Gender Equality Trajectories
  2. Agnese Sechi (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity of Genoa)
     The Gender Side of Trade Shocks: Evidence from the Italian Labor Market
  3. Manzura Jumaniyazova (Technical ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity 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 (³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversitat 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity
  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, The ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity 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 ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõversity Rotterdam)

  Session 4B – Family, Marriage, and Child Penalties

  Chair: Anastasia Litina
  

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