Link to the paper - joint with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social - here:

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

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Joint work with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social

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.

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...

Really very happy to see our paper covered in Nature Magazine

Full paper here cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...

📚 📣 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!

@yotamsofer.bsky.social

🔷 The second part includes a panel discussion and Q&A with audiance. Together, we will explore actionable strategies to enhance diversity in innovation, foster inclusion, and address inequities that hinder societal progress.

🔷 The first part of the PDW feature 5 keynotes by our speakers. They will discuss the stock of knowledge in their respective topics and their current research

The speakers are Michaël Bikard (INSEAD), Gaia Dossi (University College London), Laurel Smith-Doerr (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Carolin Lerchenmüller (University of Zurich) and Olav Sorenson (UCLA Anderson). Rem Koning (Harvard Business School) will be the session moderator.

📝 The PDW explores how the composition of scientific and innovation workforce shapes scientific and innovation outcomes and highlights the systematic barriers for underrepresented groups in science and innovation.

📢 Join us at AOM in CPH for our PDW “Innovating For All: The Role Of Diversity In Shaping Research And Innovation Outcomes”.

📅 📍 Sunday 27th July 2025, 10:45am-1:15PM CEST, Bella Center in Hall C-C2-M3.

Organizers: Yotam Sofer, Sofie Cairo, Alice Arusyak Zakaryan
#GenderGap#RacialGap

This is wonderful news! Congrats Paul🎊🎈❤️🇩🇰🤸‍♂️💃

I am heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Ghazala Azmat. A wonderful economist and AEJ: Economic Policy Board member, she was generous with her time and a vital contributor to many areas within applied economics and economic policy. She will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her family.

I am so sorry for your loss! Her work and person will continue to inspire our field.

So sad news!

I read this paper multiple times pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...

Extremely sad to receive news from EEA that Ghazala Azmat - an excellent scholar of gender economics - has passed on June 7 2025. Her work on gender gaps in career aspirations have inspired so many in people in our field. My thoughts go to her loved ones!

Why? I still rely on my early days student job network in Ministry of Finance (my thesis partner), Ministry of Economics, and the Centralbank in my research. I think engaging with practioners and policymakers is valuable to university learning and research (3 childbirths perhaps less so)

Such relevant analysis! DK abortion rights have just been expanded from 12 to 18 weeks (June 1), and young women of 15-17y no longer need their parents' consent.

What happens to women when they are denied an abortion?

Short run: their risk of death rises.

A full 15 years later, they experience:

more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance

Yes, younger/lower or same earnings as partner fathers really seem to get a productivity boost, but fathers with a private sector partner, see productivity penalties.

Link to the full paper is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

@p-hunermund.com Thx for sharing (still wonder about that algorithm🙃!)

All credit on that title goes to @valentinatartari.bsky.social

Along with everything else, Trump has threatened to put 50 percent tariffs on the EU, which would basically shut down trans-Atlantic trade. Many people have noted that (a) the EU has very low tariffs on US goods (b) much of the EU surplus in goods is offset by a deficit in services. But ...

#Parenthood shapes scientists — but it should not limit scientific discovery and recognition. We need a #research system where no one has to choose between science and #caregiving.

Read @cairosofie.bsky.social ‘s paper:
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#AcademicSky

#ScienceForAll #EquityInScience #STEMCareers #ParenthoodAndScience #InclusiveInnovation
#EconomicsOfScience #GenderEquity #STEMMothers #ParenthoodPenalty #AcademicResearch #SciencePolicy #WorkLifeBalance #Innovation #ResearchProductivity

👶👶🧪 Parenthood shapes scientists — but it should not limit scientific discovery and recognition. We need a research system where no one has to choose between science and caregiving. Let’s make science truly inclusive.