Tuesday, 1pm (GMT), EBRD HQ, London
The Office of the Chief Economist at the EBRD organizes the OCE Research Seminars in Economics & Finance. We invite top researchers from around the world to present their work in a one-hour academic format. The seminar is open to all EBRD staff as well as external researchers. The seminars will also be streamed online.
Contacts: if you want to present at or attend our weekly seminar series, please email us at loiaconf@ebrd.com (Francesco), coellif@ebrd.com (Federica) or benvenie@ebrd.com (Elia)
Upcoming seminar
03/11/2026
Ieda Matavelli (Monash University)
"Masculinity Norms in Economics"
Abstract
Economists have extensively studied the gender norms that constrain women, but much less is known about masculinity norms: the social expectations about how men should behave, such as self-reliance, toughness, the acceptance of violence, and the importance of winning. This seminar presents evidence from global data as well as field experiments on the persistence of these norms. New evidence from the Global Masculinity Survey, covering 125,000 respondents in 70 countries, shows that men's adherence to such norms predicts their labor market choices, health behaviors, and political preferences, and may help explain persistent gender gaps. Turning to origins, adherence is higher among men exposed to war or recession in their formative years. One reason these norms may persist is that people misperceive others' views: across countries, men overestimate how strongly others support them. Finally, drawing on field experiments with adolescents in Rio de Janeiro, I show that a lack of communication sustains these misperceptions. Short discussions about masculinity cut them by about half, yet adolescents avoid such conversations because they underestimate how interesting and comfortable they will be, creating a self-reinforcing cycle.
Schedule for 2026/2027
29/09/2026, Ebehi Iyoha: "Production Network Spillovers from EU Funded R&D Grants" (Harvard Business School)
13/10/2026, Marta Santamaria (Warwick)
03/11/2026, Ieda Matavelli (Monash University)
01/12/2026, Christoph Albert (University of Turin & Collegio Carlo Alberto)
08/12/2026, Martin Aragonenses (INSEAD)
16/02/2027, Isabela Manelici (LSE)
03/03/2027, Jose Maria Barrero (ITAM)
09/03/2027, John Van Reenen (LSE)
13/04/2027, Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi University)
27/04/2027, Sascha Becker (Warwick and Monash University)
18/05/2027, Sebastian Doerr (BIS)
Organizers: Francesco Loiacono, Federica Coelli, Elia Benveniste