North East Universities Gender Day

The North East Universities Gender Day (NEUGD) aims to bring together early-career and senior scholars to explore the role of gender in the economy. Historically, the economics of gender has not been a subfield on its own, but rather a cross-cutting theme that has gained recognition over recent years. This conference aims to provide a forum for economists in the northeastern United States who are interested in topics related to gender to share research across departments and across more traditional subfields of economics. The day-long conference will feature presentations by early-career economists (PhD students and postdocs), including on early-stage projects, as well as opportunities to get feedback from more senior researchers. By fostering dialogue across departments and subfields, as well as creating opportunities to meet potential collaborators and mentors, the North East Universities Gender Day aims to inspire and advance research in economics that centers on gender or integrates it into economic analysis focused on other themes. The conference program below shows the list of confirmed speakers, presentations, and timings.

If you have any questions about the workshop, please contact co-organizers Lisa Ho, Postdoctoral Associate at Yale Economic Growth Center with Inclusion Economics and Camille Falézan, PhD Student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Economics Department at econ-gender-day-2025@mit.edu

• North East Universities Gender Day
• Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025
• Organizers: Yale Economic Growth Center, Yale Inclusion Economics
• Location:  Kline Tower, Yale University, New Haven, US
• Accommodation if needed: New Haven Hotel, located downtown New Haven
• Registration is now closed

• Rohini Pande (Yale University)

Research Presentations

• Marcela Carvalho (Harvard University)
  • Presentation: Who gets the benefit of the doubt? CEO gender and news about firm performance
• Savannah Noray (Harvard University)
  • Presentation: Can Women "Have It All"? The Trade-Off Between Social Tasks and Workplace Flexibility 
• Dana Scott (Yale University) 
  • Presentation: Flexibility for Both Parents: Remote Work and the Evolution of Child Penalties

Discussion

Research Presentations

• Kailash Rajah (MIT)
  • Presentation: Female Labor Force Participation and Mixed-Gender Workplaces
• Akanksha Vardani (Columbia University)
  • Presentation: A House for Two: Empowering Women with Property Rights 
• Dyah Pritadrajati (Yale University)
  • Presentation: Care, Career, and Kinship: Effects of Kindergarten on Labor Allocation and Household Dynamics

Discussion

Participants can share questions in advance or ask questions live.

Research Presentations

• Nancy Wang (MIT)
  • Presentation: The Roles of Employer Beliefs about Negotiation in the Gender Earnings Gap
• Ruchi Mahadeshwar (Brown) 
  • Presentation: Outside Options and the Supply of Sex Work
• Corinne Stephenson (Boston University) 
  • Presentation: Macroeconomic Consequences of Gender Differences in Job Search 

Discussion

Pitch Coffee Rounds are organized around specific research interest areas, with each session featuring approximately four students and 1-2 faculty members or postdoctoral researchers. Before the session, faculty will receive a list of students along with the title and abstract of their project. During the session, each student will have five minutes to pitch their research, followed by a 10-minute discussion where students and faculty can engage, share feedback, and explore ideas. 

Faculty members and postdoctoral researchers attending: Arielle Bernhardt (New York University), Nina Buchmann (Yale University), Tarana Chauhan (Brown University), Bilge Erten (Northeastern University), Lisa Ho (Yale University), Maria Kogelnik (Yale University), Elisa Macchi (Brown University), Maddie McKelway (Dartmouth College), Rohini Pande (Yale University), Louise Paul-Delvaux (World Bank), Ursina Schaede (Tufts University), Emma Smith (Georgetown University), Joanna Venator (Boston College), Duncan Webb (Princeton University).

Research Presentations

• Cameron Deal (Harvard University)
  • Presentation: Intergenerational Mobility of LGBTQ+ Individuals
• Ahmet Gulek (MIT)
  • Presentation: Occupational Heterogeneity of Child Penalty in the United States 
• Raymond Caraher (University of Massachusetts Amherst) 
  • Presentation: Do Abortion Bans Affect Reproductive and Infant Health? Evidence from Texas’s 2021 Ban and its Impact on Health Disparities

Discussion