(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply* Abstract. Does information about the long-run financial costs of reduced labor supply increase mothers’ working hours? We document descriptively that long-

#QJE May 2026, #8, “(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply,” by Costa-Ramón (@anacostaramon), Slotwinski, Schaede (@ursina), and Brenøe: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Recently accepted by #QJE: “The Effects of Gender Integration on Men: Evidence from the U.S. Military,” by Greenberg, Wasserman, and Weber: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

📕 NEW from @anacostaramon.bsky.social, Michaela Slotwinski, @ursina.bsky.social and Anne Ardila Brenøe:

'Do Mothers Respond to Information About the Long-Term Consequences of Part-Time Work?'

Quota vs. Quality? Long-Term Gains from an Unusual Gender Quota (Forthcoming Article) - We evaluate equity-efficiency trade-offs from admissions quotas by examining effects on output once beneficiaries start producing in the relevant industry. We estimate the impact of abolishing a 40% quota for male primary school teachers on their pupils’ long-run outcomes. We combine this reform with the timing of union-mandated teacher retirements to isolate quasi-random variation in male quota teachers. Pupils exposed to male quota teachers transition more smoothly to post-compulsory education and have higher educational attainment and labor force attachment at age 25. Evidence suggests that the quota improved the allocation of talent by mending imperfections in the unconstrained selection process.

Forthcoming in the AER: "Quota vs. Quality? Long-Term Gains from an Unusual Gender Quota" by Ursina Schaede and Ville Mankki.

Workshop on Economics of Families, Gender, and Work Find papers, speakers, and the call for the next edition of the BSE Summer Forum Workshop on Economics of Families, Gender, and Work

📣 New workshop on the Economics of Families, Gender and Work at the Summer Forum, June 2026, organized together with @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social and @anacostaramon.bsky.social .
Please submit your papers by February 28.
bse.eu/workshop/eco...

(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply* Abstract. Does information about the long-run financial costs of reduced labor supply increase mothers’ working hours? We document descriptively that long-

Recently accepted by #QJE: “(Not) Thinking About the Future: Financial Information and Maternal Labor Supply,” by Costa-Ramón (@anacostaramon), Slotwinski, Schaede (@ursina), and Brenøe: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Join my outstanding research team in Zurich as a #predoc research associate in early 2026! We conduct empirical analyses of labor markets, globalization, technology and politics. More info and link to application: ddorn.net

It was an honor to organize a workshop celebrating Josef’s career with Rafael Lalive and to host brilliant researchers in the region that adopted me a few years ago 🇨🇭. Big thanks to all the participants!

UZH: Professorship in the Sociology of Child and Adolescent Development The University of Zurich invites applications for a professorship in the sociology of child and adolescent development, starting on 1 February 2027. The future holder of the position will be affiliate...

#PositionAlert: The @jacobscenteruzh.bsky.social and the Department of Sociology at the University of Zurich are inviting applications for a Professorship in the Sociology of Child and Youth development, starting on 1 February 2027: jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancie...

📢 Next research seminar: Ana Costa-Ramón
@anacostaramon.bsky.social
(University of Zurich ) will present "(Not) Thinking about the Future: Inattention and Maternal Labor Supply" on June 25, 12.00 CET #bdeResearch www.bde.es/wbe/es/areas... 1/2

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El Gobierno implementó en 2007 un cheque-bebé que concedía 2.500€ a cada madre por hijo nacido, independientemente de su renta.

Estimaciones causales encuentran que NO tuvo efecto sobre la salud y/o la educación de los niños.

En cambio, aumentó el gasto en electrodomésticos y reformas del hogar.

Forthcoming in JOLE: "The Causal Effect of an Income Shock on Children’s Human Capital" by Cristina Borra, Ana Costa-Ramón, Libertad Gonzalez, and Almudena Sevilla www.journals.uchicag... #EconTwitter

Junior Researcher in Economic and Social Policy Evaluation

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We're looking for

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to work with us on several, very exciting, large-scale field-experiments in Switzerland with a real and direct policy-impact

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Labor markets, gender and fertility - Looking for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships candidates

Looking for a postdoc for next year? I'm looking for candidates for a Marie Curie fellowship, please apply if you're interested in labor markets, gender and fertility: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...

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The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and Their Children* Abstract. This paper examines the impact of denying a wanted abortion on women and children in Colombia using high-quality administrative microdata and cre

Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Impact of Being Denied a Wanted Abortion on Women and their Children,” by Londoño-Vélez (@jlondonovelez.bsky.social) and Saravia: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

RUSTDEC Pre-Doctoral Research Associate/Data Collection Specialist We are looking for a full-time pre-doctoral Research Associate / Field Work Specialist to support the ERC-funded project – "Rural Structural Transformation in Developing Countries" (RUSTDEC).

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Tomorrow, Thurs 5 Dec at 10 am (CET) we are thrilled to welcome Ana Costa-Ramón @anacostaramon.bsky.social from @uzh-econ.bsky.social who will present "(Not) Thinking about the Future: Inattention and Maternal Labor Supply". More info and abstract: www.su.se/institute-fo...

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The "child penalty" significantly reduces women’s lifetime earnings and pension savings, but it remains unclear whether these gaps are the deliberate result of forward-looking decisions. This paper provides novel evidence on the role of information constraints in mothers’ labor supply decisions. We first document descriptively that mothers are largely inattentive to the long-term financial consequences of reduced hours. In a large-scale field experiment that combines rich survey and administrative data, we then provide mothers with objective, individualized information about the long-run costs of reduced labor supply. The treatment increases demand for financial information and future labor supply plans, in particular among women who underestimate the long-term costs. Leveraging linked employer administrative data one year post-intervention, we observe that mothers who underestimate the long-term costs increase their labor supply by 6 percent over the mean.

New CEPR Discussion Paper
DP19543 (Not) Thinking about the Future: Inattention & #Maternal Labor Supply
@anacostaramon.bsky.social ,@ursina.bsky.social , M Slotwinski, A Brenøe
Novel evidence on the role of information constraints in mothers’ #labor supply decisions
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