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 1-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
30/06/2026
Pauline Grosjean (UNSW Sydney)
"HeforShe: Bargaining Power, Parental Beliefs, and Parental Speech Investments"
Abstract: We estimate a model of intra-household allocation of time-intensive parental invest-ments. To address the identification challenge of separating preferences, expectations, andbargaining power, we leverage a unique data combination. First, we derive the quantityand quality of maternal and paternal speech from day-long audio recording using a state-of-the-art neural network classifier. Second, we elicit expectations from each parent aboutthe returns to speech. Third, we exploit hyper-local variation in female bargaining powerarising from inheritance practices. Our model and estimation reveal how female bargain-ing power influences paternal investments: fathers provide more and higher-quality speechinvestments when women have greater bargaining power, but only when mothers expectinvestments to improve child language development. These results align with a collectivemodel in which powerful women elicit paternal investment when they believe it is produc-tive. Our results highlight the role of economic power rather than broader social status indriving these investments.
Schedule 2025/2026
11/09/25, Michal Rubaszek (Warsaw School of Economics): "Are Exchange Rates Predictable?"
16/09/25, Mikhail Mamonov (Toulouse Business School): "Striving for Sustainability in Banking? Evidence from Socio-Environmental Guidelines in Brazil"
23/09/25, Lakshmi Naaraayanan (London Business School): "Green Mortgages"
14/10/25, Mateo Seré (University College London): "Don’t Stop Me Now: Gender Attitudes in Academic Seminars Through Machine Learning"
04/11/25, Sjoerd Van Alten (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): "A Chip Off the Old Block? Genetics and the Intergenerational Transmission of Socioeconomic Status"
18/11/25, Tom Schwantje (Bocconi University): "Banking on Conflict: Managers and Organizational Design"
27/11/25, Bob Rijkers (World Bank): "Protectionism, Evasion, and Household Welfare: Evidence from Nigeria’s Import Bans"
03/02/26, Claude Raisaro (Geneva Graduate Institute): "Hidden Discrimination in Frictional Labor Markets"
03/03/26, Feodora Teti (Ifo and European Central Bank): "Missing Tariffs"
14/04/26, Francesco D’Acunto (Georgetown University): "Subjective Expectations and Financial Intermediation"
05/05/26, Edoardo Teso (Bocconi University): "State Capacity as an Organizational Problem"
19/05/26, Andrey Tkachenko (Nazarbayev University): "Language Affinity, Russian Media and Sanctions Evasion"
30/06/2026, Pauline Grosjean (UNSW Sydney): "HeforShe: Bargaining Power, Parental Beliefs, and Parental Speech Investments"
Organizers: Francesco Loiacono, Federica Coelli, Elia Benveniste