Sofie Cairo

@lseimpactblog.bsky.social

22 May 2025

🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.

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LSE Impact

8 June

💥New | The lack of women at the top of the academic ladder is driven by unequal childcare responsibilities ✍️ @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @ansolassen.bsky.social & @valentinatartari.bsky.social #AcademicSky #Childcare #Motherhood (@cep-lse.bsky.social)

blogs.lse.ac.ukThe lack of women at the top of the academic ladder is driven by unequal childcare responsibilities - LSE ImpactMotherhood, and the unequal childcare responsibilities that follow, explain a large share of the observed gender gap in academic employment. Sofie Cairo, Ria Ivandic, Anne Sophie Lassen and Valentina ...

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cep.lse.ac.ukcep.lse.ac.uk

9 Apr

Replying to @ansolassen.bsky.social

Link to the paper - joint with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social - here:

Alexandra Delbot@alexandradelbot.bsky.social

Avec les précieuses explications de @ansolassen.bsky.social traduite par la merveilleuse @nnaguet.bsky.social Anne Sophie Lassen est économiste, chercheuse post-doc au centre des sciences sociales de Berlin et co-autrice de cette étude "Parenthood and the career ladder: evidence from academia"

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9 Mar

Yesterday, it was Women’s Day Today, you can read our paper on parenthood and women’s under-representation in academia Parenthood leads to women leaving academia - not just career slowdown 👇👇👇 Joint work with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social

Berlin School of Economics@bsoeberlin.bsky.social

👶📚 Does #parenthood affect academic careers equally? A new study shows that after the first child, many mothers leave #academia and are less likely to reach tenure (a permanent professorship) – while fathers’ careers remain largely unchanged. berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...

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Ria Ivandic

@riaivandic.bsky.social

11 Mar

Only one in four professors is a woman. We show that motherhood is a key driver of the leaky pipeline, particularly at early career stages. More details in the summary and working paper below👇 Sign up to hear my presentation of the research in the CEPR Applied Economics Seminar on 23 March.

Berlin School of Economics@bsoeberlin.bsky.social

💼 Parenthood can be a turning point in #academic careers. 💡 A new INSIGHTS piece revisits the study on parenthood and the academic career ladder and what it reveals about motherhood, fatherhood, and career paths in academia and beyond. berlinschoolofeconomics.de/insight/pare... #genderinequality

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cepr.orgWomen in Economics: Advancing Research in EconomicsCEPR's WE_ARE Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics, a virtual seminar series launched in June 2020, aims to bring together junior and senior women in economics and to contribute to building an active and cooperative CEPR women in the economics community. WE_ARE Seminar Series is structured around thematic weeks each month, designed to facilitate deeper, more impactful conversations: Week 1: Finance Week 2: Macroeconomics & International Economics Week 3: Microeconomics & Applied Microeconomics Week 4: Mentoring/Networking Sessions (once a term)

18 Mar

Next week, @riaivandic.bsky.social will present our paper at the WE_ARE @cepr.org seminar series More info and register here 👉 cepr.org/events/event...

Centre for Economic Performance@cep-lse.bsky.social

Parenthood and the career ladder: evidence from academia By Sofie Cairo, Ria Ivandic, Anne Sophie Lassen and Valentina Tartari Read at: https://ow.ly/AwgK50YuQNy

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go.nature.comMotherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and whyMothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.

27 Mar

Really very happy to see our paper covered in Nature Magazine Full paper here cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...

Nature@nature.com

Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s, lowering their chances of getting university jobs, tenure and reducing their publication output, finds a large analysis of academics in Denmark. go.nature.com/4tcO2Em

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Johanna Rickne

@johannarickne.bsky.social

3 Sept 2025

📚 📣 Are you in the Stockholm area on September 22nd? Come discuss new research about gender gaps in academia at Stockholm University! Email me to sign up. Program below!

📢 Join us at AOM in CPH for our PDW “Innovating For All: The Role Of Diversity In Shaping Research And Innovation Outcomes”. 📅 📍 Sunday 27th July 2025, 10:45am-1:15PM CEST, Bella Center in Hall C-C2-M3. Organizers: Yotam Sofer, Sofie Cairo, Alice Arusyak Zakaryan #GenderGap#RacialGap

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🔷 The second part includes a panel discussion and Q&A with audiance. Together, we will explore actionable strategies to enhance diversity in innovation, foster inclusion, and address inequities that hinder societal progress.

@yotamsofer.bsky.social

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The speakers are Michaël Bikard (INSEAD), Gaia Dossi (University College London), Laurel Smith-Doerr (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Carolin Lerchenmüller (University of Zurich) and Olav Sorenson (UCLA Anderson). Rem Koning (Harvard Business School) will be the session moderator.

🔷 The first part of the PDW feature 5 keynotes by our speakers. They will discuss the stock of knowledge in their respective topics and their current research

@kirabojackson.bsky.social

📝 The PDW explores how the composition of scientific and innovation workforce shapes scientific and innovation outcomes and highlights the systematic barriers for underrepresented groups in science and innovation.

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C. Kirabo Jackson

10 June 2025

I am heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Ghazala Azmat. A wonderful economist and AEJ: Economic Policy Board member, she was generous with her time and a vital contributor to many areas within applied economics and economic policy. She will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her family.

10 June 2025

Extremely sad to receive news from EEA that Ghazala Azmat - an excellent scholar of gender economics - has passed on June 7 2025. Her work on gender gaps in career aspirations have inspired so many in people in our field. My thoughts go to her loved ones!

pubsonline.informs.orgGender Promotion Gaps and Career Aspirations | Management Science

10 June 2025

I read this paper multiple times pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/...

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John Holbein

@johnholbein1.bsky.social

3 June 2025

What happens to women when they are denied an abortion? Short run: their risk of death rises. A full 15 years later, they experience: more health issues, lower attainment, reduced labor-force participation, higher single motherhood, higher poverty, + greater government assistance

22 May 2025

papers.ssrn.comPublish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance<div> This study investigates the unequal effects of parenthood on the scientific productivity of mothers and fathers in the natural sciences and medicine. Lev

27 May 2025

Link to the full paper is here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Paul Krugman

@pkrugman.bsky.social

25 May 2025

Along with everything else, Trump has threatened to put 50 percent tariffs on the EU, which would basically shut down trans-Atlantic trade. Many people have noted that (a) the EU has very low tariffs on US goods (b) much of the EU surplus in goods is offset by a deficit in services. But ...

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Eva Rimbau-Gilabert

@erimbau.bsky.social

21 May 2025

#Parenthood shapes scientists — but it should not limit scientific discovery and recognition. We need a #research system where no one has to choose between science and #caregiving. Read @cairosofie.bsky.social ‘s paper: dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn... #AcademicSky

dx.doi.orgPublish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance<div> This study investigates the unequal effects of parenthood on the scientific productivity of mothers and fathers in the natural sciences and medicine. Lev

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Henning Hermes

@henninghermes.com

15 May 2025

🚨 FINAL REMINDER: deadline for submissions ends TODAY, 15th of May 🚨 We're so much looking forward to the workshop, featuring keynotes by Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🤩 Don't miss to send your best papers using field experiments! 🥳 @cesifo.org @ifoeducation.bsky.social

Henning Hermes@henninghermes.com

📣 Thrilled to announce our 4th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, 8-9 Sept 2025, TU Munich @tum.de, Campus Heilbronn. Keynotes: Ulrike Malmendier (University of Berkely, California) & Noam Yuchtman (@ox.ac.uk) 🫶🏻 Submission deadline 15 May 🚨 #EconSky

7 May 2025

📢 The next #REGIS seminar will occur this Friday, May 9, 2025, at 12.30 PM CET. 🤓 Jing Zhao (Mälardalen University 🇸🇪) will present the paper by Erik Brynjolfsson, Danielle Li, and Lindsey Raymond, titled "Generative AI at Work," published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2025).

regis.scienceREGISWelcome! REGIS is a bi-weekly, pan-European virtual reading group series focusing on Science, Technology, and Innovation topics. REGIS’ main objectives are twofold. First, it seeks to train young sch...

7 May 2025

🔗 Register to the mailing list at www.regis.science to receive the Zoom link. Full paper: lnkd.in/eVw_fASF

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7 May 2025

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Misha Teplitskiy | Science of science | on LinkedIn mostly

@innovation.bsky.social

25 Apr 2025

Hmmm, maybe enforcing antitrust is a good idea 🤔

24 Apr 2025

Grateful that @ansolassen.bsky.social is crossing the atlantic to present our joint work on the motherhood penalty on academic careers at the NBER workshop "Investments in Early Career Scientists" - hosted by Donna Ginther and Bruce Weinberg!

Anne Sophie Lassen@ansolassen.bsky.social

🚉 —> NBER Spring Meeting on Investments in Early Career Scientists Looking forward to see some cool projects (www.nber.org/conferences/...) and get feedback on our project ‘Parenthood and the Academic Ladder’ (with @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @valentinatartari.bsky.social)

📢 The next #REGIS seminar year will occur this Friday, April 25, 2025, at 12.30 PM CET. 🤓 Astrid Ulv Thomsen (CBS) will present "Climbing the ivory tower: How socio-economic background shapes academia."by Ran Abramitzky, Lena Greska, Santiago Perez, Joe Price, Carlo Schwarz & Fabian Waldinger.

24 Apr 2025

How do people get things to go viral on this platform? @hckongsted.bsky.social @yotamsofer.bsky.social @paolosantini.bsky.social @valentinatartari.bsky.social @tomgrad.bsky.social @p-hunermund.com @gderasse.bsky.social @gabri988.bsky.social

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Academics from poorer backgrounds introduce more novel scientific concepts, but are less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, #NobelPrize nominations, and awards.

🔗 Register to the mailing list at www.regis.science to receive the Zoom link. Full paper: lnkd.in/eKnV5MAD

📖 The article explores how #socioeconomic background shapes #academia, collecting the largest dataset of U.S. academics’ backgrounds and #research output. Individuals from poorer backgrounds have been severely underrepresented for seven decades, especially in the humanities and elite universities.

@brianpjcronin.bsky.social

Father’s occupation predicts professors’ discipline choice and, thus, the direction of research. While the authors find no differences in the average number of publications, academics from poorer backgrounds are both more likely to not publish and to have outstanding publication records.

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Brian PJ Cronin

12 Mar 2025

Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."

11 Mar 2025

Bluesky friends: I am looking for a global values survey that covers gender-science norms (to complement classical gender norms). Do you know any open source survey datasets on gender-science? Any papers I should check?