Sofie Cairo
cairosofie.bsky.social
Sofie Cairo
@cairosofie.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Copenhagen Business School and postdoc at University of Zürich. Focus on labor, gender, benefits & policy, and economics of science and science funding. Applied & behavioral econ. PhD from @Economics_UCPH.
June 27, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Support from a flexible (academic) partner or informal help significantly reduces penalties.
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Biggests penalties among early-career researchers and those in lab/clinical fields where remote work isn’t an option.
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Publication quality remains unchanged after birth, but impact declines —indicating that both knowledge creation and knowledge diffusion are hampered by motherhood.
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨 Region Hovedstaden just posted about menopause on FB -and got it wrong!

They skip first-line treatment (HRT!) to suggest… exercise and no smoking?! 🤦‍♀️

This matters. Women are left to self-medicate, buy online drugs and being handed SSRIs. We need evidence-based care—not misinformation
January 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Today - I presented new results on the child penalty among Danish STEM Master students at risk of publishing at the TPRI Seminar at Boston University. Thanks to
Carlsbergfondet and @valentinatartari.bsky.social
November 2, 2023 at 1:38 AM