ASSA: Gender Sessions on January 03

Jan 03, 2016 8:00 am, Hilton Union Square, Golden Gate 6 & 7
American Economic Association
Gender in Corporation Management (G3, J4)
Presiding: MARIANNE BERTRAND (University of Chicago)

Shaped by Booms and Busts: How the Economy Impacts CEO Careers and Management Styles
ANTOINETTE SCHOAR (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
LUO ZUO (Cornell University)

Gender Diversity and Skill Contribution to Corporate Boards
DAEHYUN KIM (University of Texas-Austin)
LAURA STARKS (University of Texas-Austin)

Golf Buddies and Board Diversity
SUMIT AGARWAL (National University of Singapore)
WENLAN QIAN (National University of Singapore)
DAVID M. REEB (National University of Singapore)
TIEN FOO SING (National University of Singapore)

Women in Finance
RENÉE B. ADAMS (University of New South Wales)
TOM KIRCHMAIER (University of Manchester)

Discussants:
FRANCISCO PEREZ-GONZALEZ (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México)
DAVID YERMACK (New York University)
CAROLA FRYDMAN (Northwestern University)
GLENN ELLISON (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Jan 03, 2016 10:15 am, Hilton Union Square, Imperial A 
American Economic Association
Gender Gaps in Childhood: Skills, Behavior, and Labor Market Preparedness (I2)
Presiding: DAVID AUTOR (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Gender Differences in Intergenerational Mobility Across the U.S.
RAJ CHETTY (Harvard University)
NATHANIEL HENDREN (Harvard University)

Family Disadvantage and the Gender Gap in Behavioral and Educational Outcomes
DAVID AUTOR (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
DAVID FIGLIO (Northwestern University)
KRZYSZTOF KARBOWNIK (University of Uppsula)
JEFFREY ROTH (University of Florida)
MELANIE WASSERMAN (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

What Explains the Gender Gap in Education? Experimental and Administrative Evidence
INGVILD ALMAS (Norwegian School of Economics)
ALEXANDER CAPPELEN (Norwegian School of Economics)
KJELL G. SALVANES (Norwegian School of Economics)
ERIK SORENSEN (Norwegian School of Economics)
BERTIL TUNGODDEN (Norwegian School of Economics)

Discussants:
DAVID FIGLIO (Northwestern University)
MELISSA S. KEARNEY (University of Maryland)
ABIGAIL PAYNE (McMaster University)

Jan 03, 2016 10:15 am, Marriott Marquis, Sierra J 
Union for Radical Political Economics/International Association for Feminist Economics
Gender, Credit, and Microfinance (G2)
Presiding: BILGE ERTEN (Northeastern University)

The Development of Women’s Creditworthiness: Another Step for Women’s Economic Citizenship
DORENE ISENBERG (University of Redlands)

Gender Biases in Bank Lending: Lessons from Microcredit in France
ANASTASIA COZARENCO (Montpellier Business School and CERMi)
ARIANE SZAFARZ (Université Libre de Bruxelles, CEB, and CERMi)

The Impact of Microfinance on Factors Empowering Women: Differences in Regional and Delivery Mechanisms in India’s SHG Programme
RANJULA BALI SWAIN (Södertörn University and Uppsala University)

Gold Backed Microcredit and Women’s Autonomy in Pakistan
GHAZEL ZULFIQAR (Lahore University of Management Sciences)

Discussants:
BILGE ERTEN (Northeastern University)
SUCHARITA SINHA MUKERJEE (College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University)