Seminar How are gender norms perceived? Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar Add to calendar 2025-03-17 11:00 2025-03-17 12:15 Europe/Rome How are gender norms perceived? Conference Room Villa La Fonte YYYY-MM-DD Print Share on Facebook Share on X Share on LinkedIn Send by email When 17 March 2025 11:00 - 12:15 CET Where Conference Room Villa La Fonte Organised by Department of Economics In this seminar, Alessandra Voena (Stanford University) will present the paper: 'How Are Gender Norms Perceived?'. This paper studies misperceptions of gender norms using newly collected, nationally representative data sets from 60 countries. We establish that misperceptions are pervasive across the world but vary by a country’s level of gender equality. Perceptions are systematically distorted: false consensus, overweighting of the minority view, and gender stereotyping are ubiquitous. We develop a framework to assess the relative importance of each mechanism, finding that the latter two forces drive the global patterns. These forces may obstruct progress toward equality while also sustaining policies not necessarily favoured by most women, especially in the most gender-equal countries.Co-authors: Leonardo Bursztyn (University of Chicago and NBER); Alexander W. Cappelen & Bertil Tungodden (Norwegian School of Economics); David Yanagizawa-Drott (University of Zurich) Register Scientific Organiser(s): Prof. Alessandro Tarozzi (EUI - Department of Economics) Speaker(s): Prof. Alessandra Voena (Stanford University) Contact(s): Cecile Marie Brière (EUI - Department of Economics)