This year’s SITE Academic Conference – Gender in Economics: From Survival to Career Opportunities, brings together leading international scholars to discuss what current research tells us about the existing forms of gender inequality worldwide, their causes, and their consequences. Read more at: https://www.hhs.se/en/about-us/calendar/site-external-events/2018/site-academic-conference/

1. SITE Academic Conference
Gender in Economics: From Survival to Career Opportunities
By: Hernán Piñera, Way to heaven

2. Registration and coffee
Opening remarks
Research session 1
• Guido Friebel, Goethe University Frankfurt. “Women in European
Economics” (with Emmanuelle Auriol, Toulouse School of Economics &
Sascha Wilhelm, Goethe University Frankfurt)
• Ina Ganguli, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
“Information and Social Norms: Experimental Evidence on Labor Market
Aspirations of Saudi Women” (with Basit Zafar, Arizona State University)
• Alessandra González, University of Chicago. “Misperceived Social
Norms: Female Labor Force Participation in Saudi Arabia”
(with Leonardo Bursztyn, University of Chicago & David Yanagizawa-Drott,
University of Zurich)
Coffee break
Research session 2
• Annamaria Milazzo, World Bank. “Missing Adult Women and Son
Preference” (with Neha Agarwal, UC Riverside)
• Anders Olofsgård, SITE. “The Donor Footprint and Gender Gaps”
(with Maria Perrotta Berlin, SITE & Evelina Bonnier, FOI)
• Lena Edlund, Columbia University. “Cousin Marriage in the
Muslim world”
Lunch break
Keynote speaker
• Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago Booth School of Business,
“The Glass Ceiling”
Coffee break
Policy session 1
“From Research to Action: Integrating a Gender Perspective in Practice”
• Eva Johansson, SIDA
• Bathylle Missika, OECD Development Centre
• Markus Goldstein, World Bank
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Gender in Economics: From Survival to Career Opportunities
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3. Research session 3
• Riccardo Ciacci, The University Loyola Andalucía. “The Effect of Adult
Entertainment Establishments on Sex Crime: Evidence from New York City”
(with Maria Sviatschi, Princeton University)
• Scott Cunningham, Baylor University. “Craigslist’s Effect on Violence
Against Women” (with Gregory DeAngelo, Claremont Graduate
University, and John Tripp, Baylor University)
• Maria Perrotta Berlin, SITE. “The Nordic Model: Prostitution
Regulation and Violence in Sweden” (with Giancarlo Spagnolo, SITE)
Coffee break
Keynote speaker
• Alessandra Voena, University of Chicago. “Marriage Markets and
Human Capital in Developing Countries”
Policy session 2
“Financing for gender equality and women’s empowerment beyond ODA“
• Lisa Williams-Katz, OECD
Lunch break
Research session 4
• Girija Borker, World Bank. “Safety First: Perceived Risk of Street
Harassment and Educational Choices of Women”
• Johanna Rickne, Stockholm University. “All the Single Ladies: Job
Promotions and the Durability of Marriage” (with Olle Folke, Uppsala
University)
• Markus Goldstein, World Bank. “Adolescent Empowerment in the
Face of Shocks”
• Michal Myck, CenEA. “Consequences of Widowhood: Health
and Material Conditions” (with Maja Adena, WZB and Monika
Oczkowska, CenEA)
Concluding remarks
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SITE Academic Conference Program
Gender in Economics: From Survival to Career Opportunities
Keynote Speakers
Marianne Bertrand
Marianne Bertrand is the Chris P. Dialynas
Distinguished Service Professor of Economics
at the University of Chicago Booth School of
Business. She is an applied micro-economist
whose research covers the fields of labor
economics, corporate finance, and
development economics. Her research in
these areas has been published widely,
including numerous research articles in the
Quarterly Journal of Economics, the Journal
of Political Economy, the American Economic
Review, and the Journal of Finance. She has
received the 2004 Elaine Bennett Research
Prize, awarded by the American Economic
Association to recognize and honor out-
standing research in any field of economics
by a woman at the beginning of her career,
and the 2012 Society of Labor Economists’
Rosen Prize for Outstanding Contributions to
Labor Economics.
Alessandra Voena
Alessandra Voena is an Associate Professor
in the Department of Economics at the
University of Chicago. Prior to moving to
Chicago, Voena was a Giorgio Ruffolo
Fellow in the Sustainability Science Program
at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Govern-
ment. She is an applied economist, focusing
primarily on economics of the family, labor
economics, and development economics.
Her research in these areas has been pub-
lished in the Journal of Political Economy, the
American Economic Review, and the Journal
of Development Economics. She received a
Ph.D. in Economics from Stanford University
in 2011 and was selected to participate in
the Review of Economic Studies European
Tour in May 2011.