CY Cergy Paris University and the Centre d’Economie de la Sorbonne
have the pleasure to invite you to the:
“Gender, Inheritance and Fertility” Workshop
Friday, December 19, 2025 – 12:30-17:30
Maison de la Recherche SHS, Auditorium
CY Cergy Paris University, 33 boulevard du Port, 95000 Cergy
The workshop will also be available online.
Registration to the workshop is free but mandatory
Please make sure to register using this link before December 5
• 12:30-13:00: Welcome Buffet Lunch and Coffee
• 13:00-14:00: “Children are a Poor Women’s Wealth: How Inheritance Rights Affect Fertility” by Mathilde Sage (UCLouvain et UNamur)
Discussant: Nouhoum Touré (University Paris I, CES)
• 14:00-15:00: “Bargaining Power and Inheritance Norms: Evidence from Polygamous Households in Nigeria” by Jennifer Golan (University of Bath), joint work with Alessia Isopi (University of Manchester)
Discussant: Sylvie Lambert (INRA, PSE)
• 15:00-15:30: Coffee break
• 15:30-16:30: “Inheritance, Fertility, and Son Preference: Evidence from Pre-Industrial France”, by Tommasio d’Amelio (Université Libre de Bruxelles, ECARES), joint work with Joanne Haddad (ULB, ECARES) and Lamis Kattan (Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, George-town University in Qatar)
Discussant: Marion Leturcq (INED)
• 16:30-17:30: “Inheritance Customs, the European Marriage Pattern, and Female Empowerment”, by Marc Goñi (University of Bergen), joint work with Matthew Curtis (University of Southern Denmark), Paula E. Gobbi (ULB, ECARES), and Joanne Haddad (ULB, ECARES).
Discussant: Stefania Marcassa (CY Cergy Paris University)
Workshop organizers: Rozenn Hotte (LEO, University of Tours), Stefania Marcassa (CY Cergy Paris University) and Pauline Morault (CY Cergy Paris University), in collaboration with Clément Bosquet (University Paris 1, CES), Sarah Flèche (University Paris 1, CES), Laurine Martinoty (University Paris 1, CES)