Sébastien Fontenay (Universitat Pompeu Fabra) will give a presentation on  Can Public Policies Break the Gender Mold? Evidence from Paternity Leave Reforms in Six Countries Abstract: We investigate the impact of paternity leave policies on gender role attitudes in the next generation.

Andreas Hefti (Zurich University) will give a presentation on  From Information Overload to Market Polarization: The Role of Competitive Attention in Shaping Market Superstars  Abstract: This paper introduces a stylized model of competitive attention that addresses how firms vie for consumer attention in markets where individuals have limited information-processing capacities.

Michael McMahon (University of Oxford) Will give a presentation on Tough Talk: The Fed and the Risk Premium Abstract: We study how monetary policy affects financial risk premia.

Andualem Assefa Welde (University of Macerata) will give a presentation on Social Division and Preferences for Redistribution Abstract: Why is income redistribution almost nonexistent in Sub-Saharan Africa, despite it being one of the most unequal regions? Rising inequality does not automatically lead to redistributive taxation.

Mazhar Wasseem (University of Manchester) will give a presentation on Welfare Consequences of Anti-Avoidance Measures: Evidence from Uganda Abstract: Profit shifting by MNCs is a major drain on resources of developing countries.

Louvain FRESH Workshop 2024 Institutions, human capital, and long-term development: Lessons from pre-modern Europe. Organizers David de la Croix (UCLouvain), Sandra de Pleijt ( Wageningen University), Paula Gobbi (ULB). Programme June 23th 19:00-22:00 Informal dinner for early arrivers at "Le Cambridge".   June 24th 8:30-9:00 Welcome coffee 9:00-10:00 Plen

The Spring Session of the Doctoral Workshop 2024 will take place on Friday, May 31, 2024 at the Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve. The workshop will be followed by a Cheese&Wine in the evening. Registration To register, please fill in this form. The registration deadline for presenters is May 20, 2024.

Riccardo Turati (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) will give a presentation on Digging Up Trenches: Populism, Selective Mobility & the Political Polarization of Italian Municipalities Abstract: We study the effect of local exposure to populism on net population movements by citizenship status, gender, age and education level in the context of Italian municipalities.

Patrick Arni (University of Bristol) will give a presentation on Heterogeneous Impacts of Trade Shocks on Workers Abstract: This paper identifies the causal effects of trade shocks on worker outcomes.

Huixin Bi (Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City) will give a presentation on Dynamics of Job Search Effort and Vacancies: Evidence from Classified Advertisements Abstract: We introduce a new dataset of job search effort and vacancies from the early twentieth century, providing new insights of the response of search effort to labor market conditions. Combining scanned images of U.S.