Labour Market

What policy instruments are most effective in terms of reducing the gender gap on the labour market? Professor of Economics Barbara Petrongolo presents her research on the economic consequences of family policies. Åsa Lindhagen, Sweden’s new Minister for Gender Equality, also participates in the seminar.

What policy instruments are most effective in terms of reducing the gender gap on the labour market? Professor of Economics Barbara Petrongolo presents her research on the economic consequences of family policies. Åsa Lindhagen, Sweden’s new Minister for Gender Equality, also participates in the seminar.

Why do women remain underrepresented in the upper part of the earnings distribution despite decades of progress in terms of gender equality? Marianne Bertrand, Professor of Economics, University of Chicago, presents her research on the so-called glass ceiling prevails and why it prevails.