Male concerns about labor market competition from women played a key role in the rise & fall of "protective" labor laws that often limited women's jobs.

Op-ed based on IZA DP by @mdoepke.bsky.social‬ @hannofoerster.bsky.social‬ @annehannusch.bsky.social‬ & M. Tertilt 👇
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New work from HCEO members @mdoepke.bsky.social and Michele Tertilt examines the drivers behind so-called protective labor laws for women. Hint: It wasn’t women who were being protected. With @hannofoerster.bsky.social and @annehannusch.bsky.social. www.nber.org/papers/w33720

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Grad students: come join us for the 1st Economics PhD conference May 29-30, 2025 @bostoncollege.bsky.social! Submit your paper or extended abstract by March 2nd!

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Very excited that my JMP on the welfare implications of child support and alimony got accepted @reveconstudies.bsky.social! Huge thanks to my advisors, Michèle Tertilt and Gerard van den Berg, to the editor @sorrytobekurt.bsky.social and everyone who provided feedback at various stages of the paper!

``Child support and alimony provide insurance to divorcees, enable couples to specialize, but distort divorcees' incentives. Optimal policy analysis in a life-cycle model, estimated with Danish register data.”

New paper from Hanno Foerster @hannofoerster.bsky.social:

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