The 2023 Kuznets Mini-Conference: Norms, Gender, and Development
A mini-conference spotlighting the work of early career researchers on topics related to the 32nd Kuznets Memorial Lecture, hosted by the Economic Growth Center.
The 2023 Kuznets Mini-Conference, Friday, March 3, 2023
Held in conjunction with the 32nd Kuznets Lecture, the Kuznets Mini-Conference on Norms, Gender, and Development highlighted current work in these areas.
Program Schedule
7:30-8:00 Breakfast
8:00-8:10 Opening Remarks: Eliana La Ferrara (Harvard University), 32nd Annual Kuznets Memorial speaker
8:10-9:40 Session 1: Labor Market
- Alexia Delfino (Bocconi University) “Female Entrepreneurship and Trust in the Market”
- Naila Shofia (National University of Singapore) “Why Veil? Religious Headscarves and the Public Role of Women”
- Stefano Fiorin (Bocconi University) “Labor Markets Matching in Indonesia: Estimating Employers’ Preferences with Incentivized Resume Rating”
9:40 – 10:00 am Coffee Break
10:00 – 11:30 am Session 2: Social Norms
- Lucia Corno (Cattolica University) “Norms Replacement. A Field Experiment on Ending Female Genital Cutting”
- Giulia Caprini (Oxford University) “Visual Bias”
- Salma Mousa (Yale University) “Gender & Social (Dis)Trust: Results from a Global Field Experiment”
11:30 – 12:15 pm Lunch
12:15 – 1:00 pm Plenary Panel: Martina Björkman Nyqvist (Stockholm School of Economics), Eliana La Ferrara (Harvard University), and Rohini Pande (Yale University)
1:00 – 3:00 pm Session 3: Children and Education
- Selim Gulesci (Trinity College Dublin) “Gender Based Violence and Education: Evidence from Mozambique”
- Michela Carlana (Harvard Kennedy School) “Some are More Equal than Others: School Tracking and Teachers’ Recommendation”
- Guilhem Cassan (University of Namur) “Sex-Selective Abortions and Instrumental Births as the Two Faces of the Stopping Rule. New Measures and World Evidence”
- Lore Vandewalle (Geneva Graduate Institute) “Childcare, Labor Supply, and Business Development: Experimental Evidence from Uganda”
3:00 pm: Concluding Remarks
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