Sébastien Fontenay
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Sébastien Fontenay
@fontenaysbasti1.bsky.social
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
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
📢 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
September 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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!
September 22, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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!
September 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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 👏
September 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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 😎
August 4, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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
June 27, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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 🤩
June 19, 2025 at 10:53 AM
I recently recorded a podcast (in French) with Clarisse De Beir @dulbea.bsky.social on the benefits of job coaching for disability insurance recipients
open.spotify.com/episode/5QDz...
Malades de longue durée : quelles pistes pour leur réinsertion sur le marché du travail ?
Leur recherche, notre santé · Episode
open.spotify.com
April 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Sébastien Fontenay
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....
April 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Reposted by Sébastien Fontenay
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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April 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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)
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
March 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
💥 Seize the opportunity 💥
@upf.edu provides great support for preparing the application, and I promise you will love working with @libertadgonzalez.bsky.social ! 💯
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
euraxess.ec.europa.eu
February 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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 👏
February 14, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I am looking forward to presenting at UAM tomorrow! Many thanks @ezucchelli.bsky.social for the invitation 😊
February 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM