05/05/2026 - 12:45 - Doyen 22 Auguste Debroise(Unamur)will give a presentation onThe social image cost of motherhood. Evidence from the movie industryAbstractIn this paper, we investigate the child penalty in the movie industry.

22/04/2026 - 15:30 - ONLINELudovic Panon(Bank of Italy)will give a presentation on Superstar Buyers, Financial Crises, and Firm-to-Firm Reallocation(with Sergi Basco (Universitat Barcelona) and Enrico Sette (ECB and CEPR)More information about the speaker

 Chair International Francqui ProfessorshipProf. Ian McKeague | Lecture : "The Tukey-Dyer method"Abstract:  As well as coining the word software, John Tukey famously remarked that the best thing about being a statistician is that you get to play in everyone’s backyard.  Tukey's point was that being a statistician gives the freedom to pursue an interest in almost any field.

14/04/2026 - 12:45 - Doyen 22William Parienté(UCLouvain, LIDAM, IRES)will give a presentation on How Big Does a “Big Push” Need to Be? Evidence from Randomizing Asset Transfer SizeAbstractPoverty is persistent but the evidence regarding the existence of poverty traps is mixed.

09/04/2026 - 12:45 - Doyen 22Cecilia García Peñalosa(Aix - Marseille School of Economics)will give a presentation on Technology Adoption and Women’s Rights: Evidence from Switzerland (with Bjorn Brey and Edoardo Cefala)AbstractGender equality and economic growth have historically tended to move together yet identifying causal effects has been difficult.

07/04/2026 - 12:45 - Doyen 22Rossana Scebba(UCLouvain, LIDAM, IRES)will give a presentation onNetwork-mediated screening under uncertainty: Evidence from early modern academic publishing (1500-1800)AbstractIn markets with limited information about individual quality, economic agents might turn to relational structures to screen unknown counterparts, even more so in times of uncertainty.

02/04/2026 - 12:45 - Doyen 22Reinhold Kesler(Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics)will give a presentation on Existence, Antecedents and Consequences of Non-Compliance in Mobile App MarketsAbstractDigital platforms, now ubiquitous intermediaries in the modern economy, implement various governance rules (e.g., transparency requirements) with the purported goal of ensuring a level pla

31/03/2026 - 12:45 - Doyen 22Sandy Tubeuf(UCLouvain, IRSS /IDAM, IRES)will give a presentation on Recognition and discouragement: asymmetric effects of success and failure on academic performanceAbstractWe study how brief motivational shocks administered during a break in a mathematics test affect student performance.

26/03/2026 - 12:45 - Doyens 22Sascha Becker (University of Warwick)will give a presentation on From the Death of God to the Rise of Hitler AbstractCan weakened religiosity facilitate the rise of totalitarianism? The Nazi Party set itself up as a political religion, emphasizing redemption, sacrifice, rituals, and communal spirit.

24/03/2026 - Doyen 22 - 12:45 Luigi Boggian(PSE)will give a presentation on Financial Incentives for Diabetes Management in Primary Care: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in ItalyAbstractThis study evaluates the causal impact of a pay-for-performance program on diabetes monitoring quality in primary care.