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Leila Gautham
@leilagautham.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Economics at the University of Leeds. PhD from UMass Amherst. Labour economist. Inequality, care, gender, and time use.

https://sites.google.com/view/leilagautham/research

https://business.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/staff/1580/dr-leila-gautham
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cesifo.org
New working paper!⏰
“Not All Leisure Is Created Equal: Income-Induced Constraints on the Enjoyment of Leisure”
✍️ @leilagautham.bsky.social Clemens Hetschko & Peter Howley

The paper demonstrates that higher income enhances the enjoyment individuals derive from leisure.
🔗 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/pu...
October 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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nancyfolbre.bsky.social
The private cost of children in the U.S. is at least twice as high as conventional estimates suggest.

#feministeconomics

www.dollarsandsense.org/the-underest...
The Underestimated “Price of Parenting”
Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.
www.dollarsandsense.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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voxdev.bsky.social
🆕 The gender pay gap in South Africa: Firms, formality and churn

Today on VoxDev, Ihsaan Bassier (@uniofsurrey.bsky.social) & @leilagautham.bsky.social (@universityofleeds.bsky.social) discuss the dynamics of the gender pay gap in South Africa: voxdev.org/topic/labour...
The gender pay gap in South Africa: Firms, formality and churn
Half of South Africa’s gender pay gap comes from women sorting into low-paying firms, with low formality and high churn being key to understanding this dynamic.
voxdev.org
July 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
leilagautham.bsky.social
We ask: Why do South African women earn less than men?
~Half the gap is due to women "sorting" into lower-paying firms, beginning in their late 20s.

New in JDE w/ @ihsaanbassier.bsky.social . Conversation piece:
Why are women paid less than men? New research in South Africa shows the company you work for makes the biggest difference
A big part of the explanation for why women are paid less than men is the companies they work for.
theconversation.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM