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How are gender norms perceived?

Econometrics and Applied Micro Seminar

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When

17 March 2025

11:00 - 12:15 CET

Where

Conference Room

Villa La Fonte

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)

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