Benita Combet
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Benita Combet
@benitacombet.bsky.social
Educational inequality & gender inequality in the labour market. Panel data & experiments.
she/her. 🏳️‍🌈
🏫: University of Bern, SNSF
🌏: www.benitacombet.net
🔍 Key insights:

- Girls avoid jobs requiring technical skills.
- Both genders like social skills.
- Girls prefer creative and routine tasks.
- Both genders appreciate a high salary (no sig. diff.).
- Girls prefer a meaningful job and family-friendliness.
June 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
New study alert, just out in SER! 🚨

What really drives gendered occupational choices among adolescents?

➡️It might not be workplace characteristics (e.g., salary), but skill requirements.

academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...

@sasemeeting.bsky.social, @snsf.ch,‬ @unibe.ch ern.bsky.social, @unisg.ch
June 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
In these turbulent times (just, wtf?), I have some good news. 🥳☀️🌈

I’m very happy to announce that I'll be starting as an assistant professor (TT) at @unibern.bsky.social this February!!

It's been a long journey and I'm very grateful to everyone who has supported me along the way. 🤍
January 22, 2025 at 7:36 AM
I’m very happy to announce that I won the @snsf-ch.bsky.social Starting Grant! Starting in 2025, I’ll set up an employer-employee panel for Switzerland at @sociology-uzh.bsky.social. If you’re interested in a collaboration, send me a mail!
November 17, 2023 at 5:17 PM