The Future of Work with Nicholas Bloom. Session 2

Welcome to a webinar where Professor Esteban Rossi-Hansberg at Princeton University will present his research on firm location and cognitive hubs. Participants...

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 and why it prevails.

Lise Vesterlund, Andrew W. Mellon Professor, University of Pittsburgh. Vesterlund is also Research Associate at National Bureau of Economic Research and editor...