ERC Starting Grant
I was awarded an ERC Starting Grant (1,496,957 EUR) to study the role of beliefs in individual labor supply decisions as well as individual support for gender policies.
Working Papers
Are Men’s Preferences for Couple Equity Misperceived? Evidence from Six Countries
with A. Bras-Monteiro, M. Golin and C. Rauh, CEPR DP19734
Selected Publications
Beliefs About Maternal Labor Supply
with M. Golin, K. Kaufmann and C. Rauh, Economic Journal, 136(674), 373-401 (lead article)
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Are men's preferences misperceived?
In recent work with A. Bras-Monteiro, M. Golin and C. Rauh, we use representative survey data from 24,000 respondents across six countries to explore the actual and perceived preferences of men for couple equity.
We document that in all six countries the majority of men state they prefer an equitable division of tasks within the household. Yet, this share is systematically underestimated in all six countries. Correcting these misperceptions in an experiment causally shifts beliefs and raises own stated preferences for couple equity.
Our results are in line with the interpretation that men in modern societies may be trapped in an equilibrium in which a majority of men already privately endorse progressive gender norms but incorrectly believe that other men in their country are less progressive than them.
Further progress may be achieved if it was communicated more widely that men’s views on gender equality may in fact be more progressive than many people think.
