Shows
InequaliTalksEpisode 36: Trade and Foreign Labor -- with Mathilde MuñozIn this episode, Mathilde studies whether jobs supplied locally are protected from globalization and how trade liberalization interacts with labor market regulations and affects wage inequality.
Working Paper:
“International Trade Responses to Labor Market Regulations”
Most recent version (February 2023):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tuVIbzn9QbplrtmfQalpVGcP3QfC-Xal/view
Recommendation:
“Has Globalization Gone Too Far?” (1997) Dani Rodrik
2023-07-1933 minInequaliTalksEpisode 35: Gender Inequality in Peruvian Trade -- with Pamela Medina QuispeIn this episode, Pamela Medina Quispe explores the idea that trade liberalization in Peru negatively impacts women’s participation in the labor market. She points to the increasing presence of the manufacturing industry as a force which is pushing women into an unstable, informal sector.
Working Paper:
"When Women's Work Disappears: Marriage and Fertility Decisions in Peru”, with Hani Mansour and Andrea Velás
Most recent version (January 2023):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qq1f6prrx84q4jr/Draft_MMV_Jan23_topost.pdf?dl=0
Recommendation:
“Paco Yunque” (1951) by César Vallejo
2023-07-0523 minInequaliTalksEpisode 34: The Effects of Trade on Wages -- with Mayara FelixDoes trade reduce wages? Why? In this episode, Mayara Felix considers the impact of trade liberalization on workers’ wages, and their ability to find gainful employment. Using the example of Brazil, Mayara argues that trade affects a key economic variable: labor market concentration, and explores its consequences on wage inequality.
Working Paper:
“Trade, Labor Market Concentration, and Wages”
Most recent version (October 2022):
https://www.mayarafelix.com/papers/Felix_JMP.pdf
Recommendations:
“The Second Mother,” by Anna Muylaert (2015)
"This Earth of Mankind” (1980) by Pramoedya Ananta Toer
2023-06-2123 minInequaliTalksEpisode 33: Intergenerational Trauma in the Antilles -- with Marie BeigelmanIn this episode, Marie Beigelman speaks about the intergenerational traumas and economic gaps borne of slavery and forced labors in the Caribbean—Guadeloupe and Martinique, specifically. She tells us about her ongoing research exploring the effects of slavery on family units’ development and access to economic opportunity.
Working Paper:
“Intergenerational Impact of Labor Coercion”
https://mariebeigelman.github.io/research/
Recommendation:
“Les Rivières”, by Mai Hua (2019)
https://lesrivieres.maihua.fr/en/
2023-03-0127 minInequaliTalksEpisode 32: Persistent Economic Inequality in China -- with Marlon SerorIn this episode, Marlon Seror explores how one of the most radical social transformations in recent human history affected economic inequality in China. He demonstrates that inequality persisted despite two revolutions in the same century.
Working Paper:
“Persistence Despite Revolutions”, with Alberto Alesina, David Y. Yang, Yang You and Weihong Zeng
Most recent version (August 2022): https://marlonseror.github.io/papers/Persistence_Despite_Revolutions.pdf
Recommendation:
“To Live” (1992) by Hua Yu
2023-02-1520 minInequaliTalksEpisode 31: How Air Pollution Creates Economic Inequality – with Jonathan ColmerIn this episode, Jonathan Colmer explores the intergenerational effects of environmental pollution on economic opportunity. He tells us about his work as co-founder of the Environmental Inequality Lab where he uses census data to determine the link between exposure to air pollution pre-birth and in early childhood of an individual and the economic outcomes of their offspring.
Working Paper:
“Air Pollution and Economic Opportunity in the United States”, with John Voorheis and Brennan Williams
Most recent version (July 2022): https://drive.google.com/file/d/19zLlSTaSJgs1c3FSHo2_l1xUmgSBJuq2/view
Recommendations:
“From t...
2023-02-0125 minInequaliTalksEpisode 30: The Gender Ask Gap -- with Nina RoussilleOver the past few decades, the raw gender pay gap in the U.S. has decreased significantly. Nonetheless, the residual pay gap, or the chunk of the pay gap that cannot be explained by gender differences, remains the same. Meanwhile, there is extensive research showing that women continue to have lower salary expectations than men - a fact that raises questions about the relationship between women’s salary expectations and the residual pay gap. In this episode, Nina Roussille talks to us about the ask gap, a concept that measures the extent to which women ask for lower salaries in...
2022-10-1219 minInequaliTalksEpisode 29: The Minority Trap -- with Xiaoyue ShanIn this episode, Xiaoyue Shan discusses her research on the ways in which minority status causes women to leave male-dominated fields. She tells us about a field experiment as part of which she examined how gender impacted dropout rates in an introductory economics course, and how she found that female students with higher math achievement and academic potential were nonetheless more likely than male students to drop out of the course.
Working Paper:
« The Minority Trap: Minority Status Drives Women Out of Male-Dominated Fields »
Most recent version
https://sites.google.com/view/xiaoyueshan/research...
2022-09-2824 minInequaliTalksEpisode 28: Female-Friendly Jobs: the Power of Unions -- with Lorenzo LagosIn recent decades, gender-based discrimination in the workplace has become a symbol of women’s fight for equality. In parallel, the role of unions in supporting underrepresented workers has grown into an unmatched tool to address inequity and intolerance. In this episode, Lorenzo Lagos tells us about his ongoing work on the power of unions in creating more female-friendly jobs. Looking at the bargaining strategy of Brazil’s largest trade union federation, he finds that including more gender-based quotas and female-centric amenities (childcare, maternity leave, etc.) highly contributes to making workplaces more accessible to women.
Working Paper:
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2022-09-1423 minInequaliTalksSeason 3 Trailer: The Gender Inequality SeriesStarting Wednesday, September 14th, InequaliTalks is starting its first spotlight series. To begin, we will be looking at gender inequality and interviewing three scholars whose research looks at the intersection of economics and patterns of gender inequality: Lorenzo Lagos, Xiaoyue Shan and Nina Roussille. Make sure to tune in!
2022-09-0900 min
What Now?What Is The Cost?Randy Boyagoda and Clémentine Van Effenterre dive deep into economic policies and protests, privilege and class divisions, and the new shape of work across the globe.
2022-08-1715 minInequaliTalksEpisode 26: What happens when big companies increase wages? -- with Ellora DerenoncourtIn recent years, decreasing federal minimum wage, low unionization rates and growing outsourcing trends have had some important effects on wage growth in the US low wage sector. As major firms throughout the world come under scrutiny for their failure to compensate their workers fairly, it is becoming increasingly necessary to better understand what motivates companies to mirror other larger firms’ wage changes. In this episode, Ellora Derenoncourt explains that when it comes to wage changes, just a few large employers in the labor market can have substantial ripple effects. Using the examples of firms like Amazon, Walmart and Ta...
2022-02-1625 minInequaliTalksEpisode 25: Carbon Tax Aversion -- with Thomas DouenneHow do beliefs shape and determine our attitudes towards policies? In this episode, Thomas Douenne looks at carbon taxation in the context of the Yellow Vest Movement, and how French people rejected a tax & dividend policy which they assumed would negatively impact their purchasing power.
Working Paper:
“Yellow Vests, Pessimistic Beliefs and Carbon Tax Aversion”, with Adrien Fabre
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20200092&&from=f
Recommendation:
“The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good?” (2020) by Michael J. Sandel
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50364458-the-tyranny-of-merit
2022-01-2618 minInequaliTalksEpisode 24: Housing and Racial Discrimination -- with Aradhya SoodWhat are racial covenants? How do they target specific ethnic and religious minorities? And how do they affect present-day economic outcomes? In this episode, Aradhya Sood tells us about her research on the prevalence of racially-restrictive covenants during the early-to-mid 20th century, and how these contracts continue to impact house prices and promote racial segregation today.
Working Paper:
Long Shadow of Racial Discrimination: Evidence from Housing Covenants, with William Speagle and Kevin Ehrman-Solberg
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J8KdEYskg4l2WvBTOESTogftChaYr8yo/view
Recommendation:
Segregation by Design: Local Politics and...
2022-01-1214 minInequaliTalksEpisode 23: Outsourcing and Inequality -- with Adrien BilalIn recent decades, firms' decision to rely on contract labor over "in-house" workers has become increasingly prevalent. In this episode, Adrien Bilal tells us about his research on labor outsourcing and inequality in France. He explains that while domestic outsourcing may increase aggregate productivity, it nonetheless leads to oursourced workers suffering important wage losses.
Paper:
“Outsourcing,
Inequality and Aggregate Output”, with H. Lhuillier (2021)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hqW5FFkGqqdolZdHti4QIvTm6fLdqZvB/view
Recommendation:
Les Misérables, Ladj Ly (2019), with Damien Bonnard, Alexis Manenti and Djebril Zonga
https://www.imdb...
2021-12-0122 minInequaliTalksEpisode 22: Affirmative action in Brazil -- with Ana Paula MeloWhat is affirmative action? How can it increase the representation of under-privileged groups in a given field? And how might it play out in the higher education sector? In this episode, Ana Paula Melo talks to us about her research on the impact of affirmative action policies on the access to college in Brazil. She tells us about the benefits and shortcomings of this policy, and what is still missing in the existing literature on the topic.
Working Paper:
Affirmative action and demand for schooling: evidence from nation-wide policies, with Ursula Mello
Recommendation:
"Tr...
2021-11-1224 minInequaliTalksEpisode 21: Systemic Discrimination -- with Evan K. RoseEvan K. Rose talks to us about his research on the relationship between human capital, company behavior and discrimination. Looking at the hiring procedures of over a hundred Fortune 500 firms across the US, Rose found that there were significant penalties for applicants belonging to gender and/or racial minorities. In this episode, Rose discusses the policy implications of this phenomenon, and the need for change in both institutional and internal practices.
Paper:
“Systemic Discrimination among Large U.S. Employers” by Patrick M. Kline, Evan K. Rose and Christopher R. Walters (2021)
https://eml.berkeley.edu//~crwalters/pape...
2021-10-2825 minInequaliTalksEpisode 20: The Declining Worker Power Hypothesis -- with Anna StansburyWhy has wage inequality increased in the past 40 years in the United States? Why has corporate valuation skyrocketed? In this episode, Anna Stansbury presents her work with Larry Summers
on how declining worker power better explains these recent trends in the American economy and what that means for inequality.
Paper: “The Declining Worker Power Hypothesis” by Anna Stansbury and Lawrence Summers
https://www.brookings.edu/bpea-articles/declining-worker-power-and-american-economic-performance/
Recommendation:
“Working” by Studs Terkel
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/59649.Working
2021-10-1325 minInequaliTalksEpisode 19: What We Teach about Race and Gender -- with Anjali AdukiaBooks shape how children learn about society and the world. Analyzing over 1,100 award-winning children’s books, Anjali Adukia talks about what artificial intelligence (AI) tools can tell us about how race and gender are depicted to children.
Paper:
“What We Teach About Race and Gender: Representation in Images and Text of Children’s Books” (by A. Adukia, A. Eble, E. Harrison, H.B. Runesha, T. Szasz)
https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w29123/w29123.pdf
Recommendation:
"Salt" by Nayyirah Waheed
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18585282-salt
2021-09-2921 minInequaliTalksEpisode 18: State Capacity, Taxation and Development -- with Augustin BergeronGovernments in the world’s poorest countries face important revenue constraints. The ability to collect taxes directly affects the quality of public services and infrastructures, and is thought to undermine economic growth. Augustin Bergeron walks us through 3 experiments he conducted in D.R. Congo to investigate how the architecture of tax collection affects a state's fiscal capacity: who collects taxes, how much you can collect, and how you collect them.
Papers:
"Local Elites as State Capacity: How City Chiefs Use Local Information to Increase Tax Compliance in the D.R. Congo" by Pablo Balan, Augustin Bergeron, Ga...
2021-09-1630 minInequaliTalksEpisode 17: Obesity and Wealth -- with Elisa MacchiCan obesity signal wealth? In this episode, Elisa talks about the experiment she conducted in Uganda, in which she demonstrates that obese people are perceived as rich and that being obese facilitates access to credit.
Paper:
"Worth your weight? Experimental evidence on the benefits of obesity in low-income countries" by Elisa Macchi
https://elisamacchi.github.io/publication/job-market-paper/
Recommendation:
"The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone" by Olivia Laing
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25667449-the-lonely-city
2021-08-0414 minInequaliTalksEpisode 16: Keeping up with the Khans -- with Eve Colson-SihraDoes inequality affect our perception of necessity and luxury? Does it change our preferences for certain goods? And if yes, what are the impact in terms of malnutruition? Eve Colson-Sihra talks about the research she conducted with Clément Bellet on the impact of exposure to inequality on the perceived needs of the poor in India.
Paper:
"Does Inequality Affect the Perception of Needs?" by Clément Bellet and Eve Colson-Sihra
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XfOvB3_k2IZHt1NowTFcKFwe4meqb6gg/view
Recommendations:
"The Consumer Society: Myths and Structures" by Je...
2021-07-2118 minInequaliTalksEpisode 15: Race, Place, Health -- with Diane AlexanderHigher asthma rates are one of the more obvious ways that health inequalities between African American and other children are manifested beginning in early childhood. Diane Alexander talks about the research she conducted with Janet Currie on the impact of children's neighborhoods on the racial gap in respiratory diseases such as asthma.
Paper:
"Is it who you are or where you live? Residential segregation and racial gaps in childhood asthma" by Diane Alexander and Janet Currie
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167629616303897
Recommendation:
Habitat for Humanity
https://habitat.ca/
Parasite (2019...
2021-03-1718 minInequaliTalksEpisode 14: Top Immigrants -- with Felix KoenigDoes immigration import inequality? Felix Koenig talks about his recent research on the contribution of migrants to the rise in UK top incomes, showing that immigrants make up a much larger proportion of the top of the income range than of the bottom.
Paper:
“Importing Inequality: Immigration and the Top 1%” by Arun Advani, Felix Koenig, Lorenzo Pessina, Andrew Summers.
http://ftp.iza.org/dp13731.pdf
Recommendations:
"A Star is Born" by Bradley Cooper
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1517451/
"Ottolenghi Simple: A Cookbook" by Yotam Ottolenghi
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39797678-ott...
2021-03-0317 minInequaliTalksEpisode 13: Hurricanes and the City -- with Rhiannon JerchLocal governments are essential providers of public goods and services utilized by Americans every day. Extreme weather events can threaten the stability of local revenue sources and the ability of municipalities to provide essential goods and services. Rhiannon Jerch talks about her research with Matthew E. Kahn & Gary Lin in which they study what happens to local public finances in the aftermath of hurricanes in the United States.
Paper:
"Local Public Finance Dynamics and Hurricane Shocks" by Rhiannon Jerch, Matthew E. Kahn & Gary C. Lin
https://rhiannonjerch.files.wordpress.com/2020/10/jerch_kahn_lin_abstract_27oct...
2021-02-1722 minInequaliTalksEpisode 12: Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice -- with Felix OwusuPeople of color are drastically overrepresented in Massachusetts state prisons. What happens at different stages of the criminal system, from charging and bail to adjudication and sentencing?
Felix Owusu presents the work he conducted with The Criminal Justice Policy Program at Harvard Law School to explore the factors that lead to persistent racial disparities in the Massachusetts criminal system.
Paper:
"Racial Disparities in the Massachusetts Criminal System" by Elizabeth Tsai Bishop, Brook Hopkins, Chijindu Obiofuma & Felix Owusu
https://hls.harvard.edu/content/uploads/2020/11/Massachusetts-Racial-Disparity-Report-FINAL.pdf
Recommendation:
"A Pound of Flesh: Monetary...
2021-02-0330 min
The CEPEO PodcastCEPEO Seminar Series - Dr. Clémentine Van Effenterre on School Schedule and the Gender Pay GapSchool Schedule and the Gender Pay Gap
Clémentine Van Effenterre provides causal evidence that children’s school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to Wednesday mornings. Exploiting variations in the application of this reform over time and across the age of the youngest child, she shows that mothers are more likely to adopt a regular Monday-Friday full-time working schedule after the reform, while fathers’ labour supply is unchanged. Consequently, the reform decreased the monthly gender pay ga...
2021-01-2959 minInequaliTalksEpisode 11: Can We Do Something about Tax Evasion? -- with Juliana Londoño-VélezProgressive wealth taxes may be difficult to enforce if wealthy individuals underreport their wealth, but disclosure incentives and greater enforcement can improve tax collection.
Juliana Londoño-Vélez presents her work with Javier Avila-Mahecha which uses rich administrative data from Colombia and leverages a government-designed program for voluntary disclosures of hidden wealth, as well as the threat of detection triggered by the Panama Papers leak.
Paper:
"Enforcing Wealth Taxes in the Developing World: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Colombia" by Juliana Londoño-Vélez & Javier Ávila-Mahecha
https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aeri.20200319&from=f
Rec...
2021-01-2024 minInequaliTalksEpisode 10: Season 1 Final Episode -- with Thomas PikettyAn (almost) unedited conversation with Thomas Piketty about his last book "Capital and Ideology" (2019). We talked about private property, slavery, colonialism, Haiti and arts.
Book:
"Capital and Ideology" by Thomas Piketty
https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674980822
Recommendation:
"La voluntad y la fortuna" (2008) by Carlos Fuentes
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50254105-voluntad-y-la-fortuna-by-fuentes
"Snowpiercer" (2013) by Bong Joon Ho
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1706620/
2020-12-0916 minInequaliTalksEpisode 9: Minimum Wage and Racial Inequality -- with Claire MontialouxThe earnings difference between white and Black workers fell dramatically in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Claire Montialoux, in a paper with Ellora Derenoncourt, shows that the expansion of the minimum wage played a critical role in this decline.
Recommendation:
"The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America" by Richard Rothstein
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32191706-the-color-of-law
Paper:
"Minimum Wages and Racial Inequality" by Ellora Derenoncourt and Claire Montialoux
https://academic.oup.com/qje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/qje/qjaa031/5905427?searchresult=1
2020-11-2523 minInequaliTalksEpisode 8: Are Female Surgeons Discriminated? -- with Heather SarsonsDoes a person's gender influence the way we interpret information about his or her ability? Heather Sarsons tests this hypothesis in a unique setting using Medicare data on referrals from physicians to surgical specialists. She finds that the referring physicians view their patients' surgical outcomes differently depending on whether the surgeon is a man or a woman.
Recommendations:
"Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul's School" by Shamus Rahman Khan
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8178541-privilege
"The Privileged Poor: How Elite Colleges Are Failing Disadvantaged Students" by Anthony Abraham Jack
https://www...
2020-11-1120 minInequaliTalksEpisode 7: Wealth Inequality and Housing -- with Clara Martínez-ToledanoHousing is the main asset in most individual portfolios. The recent rise in private wealth with respect to national income has been mainly driven by capital gains on housing. How do house price cycles affect wealth inequality? Clara Martínez-Toledano explores the dynamics of wealth accumulation over forty years in Spain.
Recommendations:
"The Hidden Wealth of Nations" by Gabriel Zucman
http://gabriel-zucman.eu/hidden-wealth/
Paper:
"House Price Cycles, Wealth Inequality and Portfolio Reshuffling" by Clara Martínez-Toledano
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2l1xe9mf95jmaiq/mtt_wealthinequalityspain.pdf?dl=0
2020-10-2814 minInequaliTalksEpisode 6: Does a Career in Science Pay? -- with Kadeem L. NoraySTEM classes, especially computer science and engineering, are increasingly popular on college campuses, often because they are seen as offering better employment prospects and higher earnings. What happens to this early STEM pay premium in the long run? Kadeem Noray from Harvard talks about his research with David J. Deming on how changing job skills affect the career dynamics of people majoring in STEM.
Recommendations:
Breaking Bad https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0903747/
The Secret of our Success by Joseph Heinrich https://secretofoursuccess.fas.harvard.edu/
Paper:
"Earnings Dynamics, Changing Job Skills, and STEM...
2020-10-1419 minInequaliTalksEpisode 5: Global Land Inequality -- with Yajna GovindDespite significant process of industrialization in developping countries across the world, agricultural land is still a vital resource for three out of four of the poorest billion individuals in the world. How does land ownership inequality vary across countries and regions of the world? How different is the picture if we account for land area and value, or for the landless population? Yajna Govind gives a full picture of global land inequality.
Recommendations:
Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/393199.Down_and_Out_in_Paris_and_London
2020-09-3019 minInequaliTalksEpisode 4: Do Politicians Know about what Citizens Prefer? -- with Asad LiaqatDo politicians know enough about voters to adequately represent them? Are they responsive to new information about their constituency? How does it affect the representation of marginalized groups?
Asad Liaqat presents the results of large experiment he conducted on politicians in Pakistan, and reveals large information asymmetries in politics.
Recommendations:
"Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity" by Katherine Boo
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11869272-behind-the-beautiful-forevers
Paper:
"No Representation without Information: Politician Responsiveness to Citizen Preferences" by Asad Liaqat
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/asadliaqat/files/jmp...
2020-09-1621 minInequaliTalksEpisode 3: The Most Unequal Region -- with Lydia AssouadLydia Assouad revisits the "Arab Inequality puzzle" : survey estimates suggest that inequality in the Middle East is not particularly high. In reality, the Middle East is the most unequal region in the world, with both enormous inequality between countries and large inequality within countries.
Recommendations:
Comics "Palestine" by Joe Sacco
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/769712.Palestine
Movie "Capernaum" by Nadine Labaki
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8267604/
Paper:
"Rethinking the Lebanese economic miracle: The extreme concentration of income and wealth in Lebanon 2005-2014" by Lydia Assouad
https://wid.world/document/rethinking-lebanese-economic-miracle-extreme-concentration-income-wealth-lebanon-2005-2014-wid-world-working-paper-201713/
2020-09-0221 minInequaliTalksEpisode 2: A Pandemic in a Globalized World -- with Alessandro SforzaWhat would have been the economic impact of COVID-19 in a less integrated world? Is trade openness a good or a bad thing to mitigate the shock of a pandemic? How can we quantify the welfare effect of such a large disruption in production? Alessandro Sforza explains why the economic effects of a pandemic crucially depend on the extend to which countries are connected in global production networks.
Recommendations:
"The Reach of Rome: A Journey Through the Lands of the Ancient Empire, Following a Coin" by Alberto Angela
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/227125/the-reach-of-rome-by-alberto-angela-with-translation-by-gregory-conti/9780847841288
Paper:
2020-08-1923 minInequaliTalksEpisode 1: Why Does COVID-19 Affect Poor Households? -- with Michael StepnerThe COVID-19 pandemic has affected the U.S economy at an incredibly rapid pace. Michael Stepner presents his most recent work with Opportunity Insights. Combining anonymized data from private companies, the Opportunity Insights Economic Tracker provides a real-time picture of how the economy is performing. How and where do people spend their money? Who are the most vulnerable workers? Where are located the most affected businesses? What is the impact of state-ordered reopenings, small business loans and stimulus checks on consumption?
Recommendations:
Podcast Threshold Season 1
https://www.thresholdpodcast.org/season01
"The Slaughter of the Bison and...
2020-08-0525 minInequaliTalksEpisode 0: Introducing InequaliTalksInequality is one of the most pressing issues in the public conversation.
Economic research can help us find the tools to address it.
Here is a quick taste of what's to come every second Wednesday.
By Clémentine Van Effenterre
2020-07-2202 min
Down to BusinessWhat the decision whether to reopen schools this fall means for the recovery — podcastOn this week’s Down to Business, as part of our series on Reopening Canada, Clementine Van Effenterre, an assistant professor of economics at the University of Toronto, talks about how the pandemic is affecting working families and what that means for the economy
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2020-07-2218 min
Women and Public Policy Program Seminar SeriesCan Female Role Models Reduce the Gender Gap in Science? Evidence from Classroom Interventions in French High Schools with Clémentine Van EffenterreIn this seminar, Clémentine Van Effenterre assesses whether a short in-class intervention by an external female role model can influence students' attitudes towards science and contribute to a significant change in their choice of field of study. The intervention consists of a one hour, one off visit to a high school classroom by a volunteer female scientist. It is targeted to change students’ perceptions and attitudes towards scientific careers and the role of women in science, with the aim of ultimately reducing the gender gap in scientific studies. Using a random assignment of the interventions to 10th and 12th g...
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