Postdocs aren’t prepared for leadership roles in academia and industry. We’re doing something about it at Rockefeller University! Great three-day workshop put on by Rem Koning and Kyle Myers from Harvard Business School and Solene Delecourt from UC Berkeley Haas on “Managing Science & Scientists”

Tim Stearns Rockefeller University Rem Koning Harvard Business School UC Berkeley Haas Thank you Tim Stearns for your enthusiasm and excitement! It was a real pleasure to meet you and the wonderful researchers at Rockefeller University Adding Kris Gulati and Katelyn Cranney who were the best team members ❤️

I struggle to identity as a "mom" (oddly easier to identify as an Economist). My worlds are colliding as my go-to for parenting advice Emily Oster highlighted my research with kristy buzard & Olga Stoddard on gender inequality in demands for involvement parentdata.org/why-schools-al…

Disclosing higher salary increases salary offers; women are penalized less for not disclosing past salary than men are Laura K Gee presenting her work with Amanda Agan and Bo Cowgill at NBER SI #nbersi2023

How, when, and why women in the US obtained legal rights equal to men’s regarding the workplace, marriage, family, SS, credit markets, and elsewhere in the economy, from Claudia Goldin nber.org/papers/w31762

“Women spend so much more energy being nice to people in the workplace! When will they ever get credit for that?!” This audience question is common in our public talks about research on gender equality in the labor market. Our new paper gives striking evidence on this point. 1/7

People in workplaces with a larger share of women are much more likely to say that they receive appreciation for their work. This is true for both women and men employees in workplaces with more women, and for people who manage these workplaces. 2/7

🥳🥹 Almost nine (!!) years after the first pilot, this paper with Chris Karpowitz, Stephen D. O'Connell & Jessica Preece is accepted JPE! It's been one of my favorite and most impactful projects, so including a short 🧵 below. Full paper here: tinyurl.com/bzhzmvj3

Can formal leadership structure reduce disparities in influence? YES! Halfway through the study, we randomly assign a team leader & find that the gender of the leader make a BIG difference. Female leaders improve women's influence, male leaders make things slightly worse. 6/n

Research keeps findings a large and puzzling gender gap in AI adoption, "from mothers in Mumbai to managers in Madrid." Even in an experiment where men and women get equal access, men use AI more. Why is unclear. Given that AI experience makes you good at AI, this is a big issue