Sébastien Fontenay
@fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social
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MSCA fellow @upf.edu Assistant Prof (visiting) @uahes.bsky.social IZA Affiliate PhD in Economics @ulbruxelles.bsky.social Applied micro: Public, Labor, Gender, Health https://sites.google.com/view/sebastien-fontenay
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The OECD's latest gender equality report is out 💥 It was a privilege to join other experts in providing feedback. A monumental effort by OECD staff to synthesize policies and propose a way forward #GenderEquality #EndGBV
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📢 Out now: “Gender Equality in a Changing World”

Key topics covered:
✅ Advancing equal opportunities in work, education, leadership, health, and care
✅ Addressing gender-based violence
✅ The digital and green transitions

Find out more 👉 oe.cd/6ag
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Had a wonderful time at the meeting of Associazione Italiana di Economia del Lavoro in Milano-Bicocca 🤗 Great feedback on my project #Leave4NextGen about intergenerational effects of paternity leave 🚼 Huge thanks to @kirabojackson.bsky.social for an inspiring keynote and his constructive feedback!
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Thrilled to be visiting the AXA Gender Lab @axagenderlab.bsky.social at Università Bocconi this Fall 🤩 Huge thanks to Paola Profeta @paolaprofeta.bsky.social for the kind sponsorship. Looking forward to a productive term!
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It was a pleasure presenting at the XI EQUALITAS workshop @redequalitas.bsky.social hosted by @uvigo.bsky.social 🤩 Very grateful for the insightful feedback! Big thanks to the organizers @carlosgradin.bsky.social, Coral and Olga 👏
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Honored to receive the ICAE Best Seminar Award 2024/25 (ex aequo with CarrilloTudela & Isaacbaley) for my work on the effects of paternity leave across generations (with @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social)
Grateful to @icae.bsky.social for the recognition and looking forward to wearing the cool prize 😎
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Extremely happy to be in Toronto 🇨🇦 for the World Labor Conference @aasle-econ.bsky.social @eale-office.bsky.social #SOLE Join me on Sunday at 10:30 for a session on public policies and gender gaps (room Bay) #MSCA #Leave4NextGen
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Congrats to our #MAEA graduates @uahes.bsky.social 🥳 We were lucky to have @carloscuerpo.bsky.social on this special day, advising them to stay adaptable in a changing world ⚡ It was a privilege teaching in our master, led by our tireless @olgacanto.bsky.social 🤩
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Our randomized experiment in Belgium tested a Supported Employment program vs. vocational training. After 30 months, participants had higher employment rates and relied less on Disability Insurance benefits. Evidence that tailored support works! #SupportedEmployment #IndividualPlacementSupport
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Teaching boys home economics in school in Japan increased the amount of housework they did 20 years later

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
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Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?

Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.

CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...

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Many thanks @msartarelli.bsky.social for having me at Universidad Complutense de Madrid 🤩 It was a pleasure interacting with the audience of @icae.bsky.social and receiving great feedback on our #Leave4NextGen project (with @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social)
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Today @icae.bsky.social seminar @fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social presented novel evidence of gender norms role in explaining gender gap in labour market by exploiting paternity leave enactement. Spoiler: gender-biased views ⬇️, % men in female-dominated occupations ⬆️ @ucm.es @uahes.bsky.social #lattepapa
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💥 Seize the opportunity 💥
@upf.edu provides great support for preparing the application, and I promise you will love working with @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social ! 💯
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Looking for a postdoc for next year? I'm looking for candidates for a Marie Curie fellowship, please apply if you're interested in labor markets, gender and fertility: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/hosting...
Labor markets, gender and fertility - Looking for MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships candidates
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It was a pleasure presenting our project on changing gender norms across generations and the impact for career decisions (with @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social) at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid @uam.es this week 🤩 Thank you @yarine.bsky.social, Ana, Jorge, Marcel, Zoe for the great feedback 👏
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I am looking forward to presenting at UAM tomorrow! Many thanks @ezucchelli.bsky.social for the invitation 😊