SEHO AEA/ASSA Director is Elena Stancanelli (Paris School of Economics)
The first SEHO AEA/ASSA session took place at AEA San Francisco 2025; the second SEHO AEA/ASSA was at AEA Philadelphia 2026; and the third will be at Washington 2027 (see the call below!) .
Program of SEHO AEA/ASSA sessions
SEHO AEA ASSA Session Philadelphia 3-5 January 2026
Frontiers in Household Economics: Domestic Violence, Behavioral Functioning, Protective laws
Chair: Daniele Paserman (Boston University) and Shoshana Grossbard (San Diego State University)
Presenter Bilge Erten (Northeastern University)
Coauthors Emily Nix (University of Southern California), Susan Niknami (Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University), Anna Sandberg (Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University)
"Understanding and Breaking the Intergenerational Transmission of Gender-Based Violence"
Discussant Alejandro Sierra
Presenter Anne Hannusch (University of Bonn)
Coauthors Matthias Doepke (London School of Economics), Hanno Foerster (Boston College), Michèle Tertilt (University of Mannheim)
"Protection for Whom? The Political Economy of Protective Labor Laws for Women"
Discussant Kelly Noonan
Presenter Kelly Noonan (Princeton University)
Coatuhors: Hope Corman (Rider University & National Bureau of Economic Research) , Nancy E. Reichman ( Rutgers University, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
"Impaired Cognitive and Behavioral Functioning in Childhood and Economic Outcomes in Adulthood"
Discussant Anne Hannusch
Presenter Alejandro Sierra (Universidad Mayor, Chile)
Coauthors Alexandre Janiak (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), Jeanne Lafortune (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile)
"You Are Nothing Without Me: Domestic Violence and Divorce "
Discussant Bilge Erten
SEHO AEA ASSA Session San Francisco 3-5 January 2025
SEHO Society of the Economics of The HOusehold. Frontiers in the economics of the household.
Session Chair Shoshana Grossbard (San Diego State University)
Birgitta Rabe (University of Essex): "Gendered mental health responses to family shocks: the role of temporary school closures".
Coauthors: Jo Blanden, University of Surrey; Claire Crawford, UCL; Laura Fumagalli, University of Essex.
Discussant: Gabriella Conti (UCL London)
Kelly Ragan (Stockholm School of Economics): "Empowerment or Immiseration? The Pill and a Century of Unwed Childbearing".
Discussant: Elena Stancanelli (Paris School of Economics)
Jacob Penglase (San Diego State University): “Marital Stability and Consumption Sharing”
Coauthors: Tomoki Fujii, Singapore Management University; Xirong Lin, Emmanuel College;
Discussant: Arthur Lewbel (Boston College)
Melanie Lührmann (Royal Holloway, University of London): "Pregnancy, food purchases and nutritional quality"
Coauthors: Britta Augsburg: Institute for Fiscal Studies UK; Gabriella Conti: University College London; Paula Spinola: University College London ; Stephanie von Hinke: University of Bristol.
Discussant: Enrica Croda (Ca Foscari Venice)
Call for paper SEHO ASSA Washington, 2027.
Please notice that papers already under submission for presentation at the AEA 2027 Washington cannot be submitted also to the SEHO AEA session! Only submit to us your paper if you or your coauthors have not already submitted your paper to the AEA or other allied AEA associations, such as CSWEP, IAFFE, etc etc as the same paper cannot be presented twice at the AEA conference!
Also, please notice that the author presenting the paper must be an AEA member with updated AEA membership status by earlyJune 2026, once we will inform you that your paper is selected.
Please do not submit anything if you do not plan to attend the AEA or are unsure about that! Also notice that SEHO does not have any funds to sponsor your travel and accommodation to the AEA or the AEA conference fees. Please do not submit anything if you cannot fund your AEA participation. The SEHO AEA session must be submitted to the AEA in June 2026 and any paper withdrawn later on cannot be replaced anymore.
If you would like to submit your paper for presentation at the SEHO session of the American Economic Association annual conference, in Washington, 3-5 January 2027, please let Elena Stancanelli^psemail.eu know by email, specifying:
1_the title of your paper
2_at least 3 JEL keywords, and 3 free keywords for your paper;
3_a 300 words max, summary of your paper;
4_one short sentence describing your paper;
5_the name, affiliation, and email of the author who would present it at the AEA conference;
6__the name, affiliation, and email of all the other authors.
Please submit the above information by email by the 10th of May 2026, at the latest. The four selected papers for the SEHO AEA session will be informed of the decision by May 30th at the latest.
Almudena Sevilla, Elena Stancanelli, and Frederic Vermeulen (SEHO AEA 2027 paper selection committee)