Photo: Rice fields in Mae Wang District, Thailand
Policy and Outreach
Policy and Outreach
Photo: Rice fields in Mae Wang District, Thailand
Can cash transfers increase labour supply? It depends on who gets it and where - February 2025, Economics That Really Matters
A summary piece highlighting the findings from my job market paper "Cash transfers and women's labour supply: evidence from the world's largest programme". I discuss conditions under which an unconditional cash transfer can enable (rather than discouraging) work, and how this effect can be complemented by other supply-side policies.
Explaining Variation in Child Penalties: The Role of Gender Norms and Policies - January 2025, LSE Public Policy Review
In this piece, we summarise findings from the Child Penalty Atlas, and investigate how differences in gender norms and family policies across countries correlate with the child penalty around the world.
The importance of parenthood for gender inequality around the world - January 2025, VoxDev
A VoxDev piece summarising our main findings from the Child Penalty Atlas, and its main contributions to the agenda on parenthood and labour market inequalities around the world.
Who has the power to address the Child Penalty? - June 2024, LSE Festival 2024: "Power and Politics"
Our work on the Child Penalty Atlas featured on the 2024 edition of the LSE Festival, which had "Power and Politics" as a theme. I recorded a short piece for the exhibit, explaining some of our findings from the Atlas, and how they connect to the overarching theme of the festival.
Parenthood is a key driver of gender inequality around the world - May 2024, LSE Business Review
A piece summarising our findings from the Child Penalty Atlas and their potential policy implications, written for LSE's largest public-facing blog.
Filhos e desigualdade no mercado laboral: Panorama global e o papel do Programa Bolsa Família (slides, in Portuguese) - April 2024, MDS Sextas com Debate
I was invited to present at the Brazilian Ministry for Social Development's "Sextas com debate" ("discussion Fridays" in a loose translation) seminar series. I present a summary of our global findings from The Child Penalty Atlas, as well as results from my work on Bolsa Familia that have implications for gender disparity in employment in Brazil. Here you can find a video of the event.
Motherhood and Careers - March 2024, TRT World Roundtable
I discuss some of our findings from The Child Penalty atlas in an episode of the TV programme "Roundtable", by TRT World.