Sofie Cairo
@cairosofie.bsky.social
Assistant professor at Copenhagen Business School and postdoc at University of Zürich. Focus on labor, gender, benefits & policy, and economics of science and science funding. Applied & behavioral econ. PhD from @Economics_UCPH.
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Sofie Cairo
@cairosofie.bsky.social
· May 22
🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
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💥New | The lack of women at the top of the academic ladder is driven by unequal childcare responsibilities
✍️ @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @ansolassen.bsky.social & @valentinatartari.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Childcare #Motherhood (@cep-lse.bsky.social)
✍️ @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @ansolassen.bsky.social & @valentinatartari.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Childcare #Motherhood (@cep-lse.bsky.social)
The lack of women at the top of the academic ladder is driven by unequal childcare responsibilities - LSE Impact
Motherhood, and the unequal childcare responsibilities that follow, explain a large share of the observed gender gap in academic employment. Sofie Cairo, Ria Ivandic, Anne Sophie Lassen and Valentina ...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
June 8, 2026 at 3:08 PM
💥New | The lack of women at the top of the academic ladder is driven by unequal childcare responsibilities
✍️ @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @ansolassen.bsky.social & @valentinatartari.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Childcare #Motherhood (@cep-lse.bsky.social)
✍️ @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @ansolassen.bsky.social & @valentinatartari.bsky.social
#AcademicSky #Childcare #Motherhood (@cep-lse.bsky.social)
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Link to the paper - joint with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social - here:
Avec les précieuses explications de @ansolassen.bsky.social traduite par la merveilleuse @nnaguet.bsky.social
Anne Sophie Lassen est économiste, chercheuse post-doc au centre des sciences sociales de Berlin et co-autrice de cette étude "Parenthood and the career ladder:
evidence from academia"
Anne Sophie Lassen est économiste, chercheuse post-doc au centre des sciences sociales de Berlin et co-autrice de cette étude "Parenthood and the career ladder:
evidence from academia"
cep.lse.ac.uk
April 9, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Link to the paper - joint with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social - here:
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Yesterday, it was Women’s Day
Today, you can read our paper on parenthood and women’s under-representation in academia
Parenthood leads to women leaving academia - not just career slowdown
👇👇👇
Joint work with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social
Today, you can read our paper on parenthood and women’s under-representation in academia
Parenthood leads to women leaving academia - not just career slowdown
👇👇👇
Joint work with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👶📚 Does #parenthood affect academic careers equally?
A new study shows that after the first child, many mothers leave #academia and are less likely to reach tenure (a permanent professorship) – while fathers’ careers remain largely unchanged.
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
A new study shows that after the first child, many mothers leave #academia and are less likely to reach tenure (a permanent professorship) – while fathers’ careers remain largely unchanged.
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/about-us/new...
March 9, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Yesterday, it was Women’s Day
Today, you can read our paper on parenthood and women’s under-representation in academia
Parenthood leads to women leaving academia - not just career slowdown
👇👇👇
Joint work with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social
Today, you can read our paper on parenthood and women’s under-representation in academia
Parenthood leads to women leaving academia - not just career slowdown
👇👇👇
Joint work with @cairosofie.bsky.social, @riaivandic.bsky.social and @valentinatartari.bsky.social
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Only one in four professors is a woman. We show that motherhood is a key driver of the leaky pipeline, particularly at early career stages. More details in the summary and working paper below👇
Sign up to hear my presentation of the research in the CEPR Applied Economics Seminar on 23 March.
Sign up to hear my presentation of the research in the CEPR Applied Economics Seminar on 23 March.
💼 Parenthood can be a turning point in #academic careers.
💡 A new INSIGHTS piece revisits the study on parenthood and the academic career ladder and what it reveals about motherhood, fatherhood, and career paths in academia and beyond.
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/insight/pare...
#genderinequality
💡 A new INSIGHTS piece revisits the study on parenthood and the academic career ladder and what it reveals about motherhood, fatherhood, and career paths in academia and beyond.
berlinschoolofeconomics.de/insight/pare...
#genderinequality
March 11, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Only one in four professors is a woman. We show that motherhood is a key driver of the leaky pipeline, particularly at early career stages. More details in the summary and working paper below👇
Sign up to hear my presentation of the research in the CEPR Applied Economics Seminar on 23 March.
Sign up to hear my presentation of the research in the CEPR Applied Economics Seminar on 23 March.
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Next week, @riaivandic.bsky.social will present our paper at the WE_ARE @cepr.org seminar series
More info and register here 👉 cepr.org/events/event...
More info and register here 👉 cepr.org/events/event...
March 18, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Next week, @riaivandic.bsky.social will present our paper at the WE_ARE @cepr.org seminar series
More info and register here 👉 cepr.org/events/event...
More info and register here 👉 cepr.org/events/event...
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Really very happy to see our paper covered in Nature Magazine
Full paper here cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...
Full paper here cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...
Becoming a parent is much more detrimental to women’s academic careers than it is to men’s, lowering their chances of getting university jobs, tenure and reducing their publication output, finds a large analysis of academics in Denmark. go.nature.com/4tcO2Em
Motherhood derails women’s academic careers — these data reveal how and why
Mothers in academia take on considerably more childcare-related responsibilities than do fathers.
go.nature.com
March 27, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Really very happy to see our paper covered in Nature Magazine
Full paper here cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...
Full paper here cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/publica...
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📚 📣 Are you in the Stockholm area on September 22nd? Come discuss new research about gender gaps in academia at Stockholm University! Email me to sign up. Program below!
September 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
📚 📣 Are you in the Stockholm area on September 22nd? Come discuss new research about gender gaps in academia at Stockholm University! Email me to sign up. Program below!
📢 Join us at AOM in CPH for our PDW “Innovating For All: The Role Of Diversity In Shaping Research And Innovation Outcomes”.
📅 📍 Sunday 27th July 2025, 10:45am-1:15PM CEST, Bella Center in Hall C-C2-M3.
Organizers: Yotam Sofer, Sofie Cairo, Alice Arusyak Zakaryan
#GenderGap#RacialGap
📅 📍 Sunday 27th July 2025, 10:45am-1:15PM CEST, Bella Center in Hall C-C2-M3.
Organizers: Yotam Sofer, Sofie Cairo, Alice Arusyak Zakaryan
#GenderGap#RacialGap
June 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
📢 Join us at AOM in CPH for our PDW “Innovating For All: The Role Of Diversity In Shaping Research And Innovation Outcomes”.
📅 📍 Sunday 27th July 2025, 10:45am-1:15PM CEST, Bella Center in Hall C-C2-M3.
Organizers: Yotam Sofer, Sofie Cairo, Alice Arusyak Zakaryan
#GenderGap#RacialGap
📅 📍 Sunday 27th July 2025, 10:45am-1:15PM CEST, Bella Center in Hall C-C2-M3.
Organizers: Yotam Sofer, Sofie Cairo, Alice Arusyak Zakaryan
#GenderGap#RacialGap
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I am heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Ghazala Azmat. A wonderful economist and AEJ: Economic Policy Board member, she was generous with her time and a vital contributor to many areas within applied economics and economic policy. She will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her family.
June 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I am heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Ghazala Azmat. A wonderful economist and AEJ: Economic Policy Board member, she was generous with her time and a vital contributor to many areas within applied economics and economic policy. She will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her family.
Extremely sad to receive news from EEA that Ghazala Azmat - an excellent scholar of gender economics - has passed on June 7 2025. Her work on gender gaps in career aspirations have inspired so many in people in our field. My thoughts go to her loved ones!
June 10, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Extremely sad to receive news from EEA that Ghazala Azmat - an excellent scholar of gender economics - has passed on June 7 2025. Her work on gender gaps in career aspirations have inspired so many in people in our field. My thoughts go to her loved ones!
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What happens to women when they are denied an abortion?
Short run: their risk of death rises.
A full 15 years later, they experience:
more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance
Short run: their risk of death rises.
A full 15 years later, they experience:
more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance
June 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
What happens to women when they are denied an abortion?
Short run: their risk of death rises.
A full 15 years later, they experience:
more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance
Short run: their risk of death rises.
A full 15 years later, they experience:
more health issues,
lower attainment,
reduced labor-force participation,
higher single motherhood,
higher poverty, +
greater government assistance
Reposted by Sofie Cairo
Along with everything else, Trump has threatened to put 50 percent tariffs on the EU, which would basically shut down trans-Atlantic trade. Many people have noted that (a) the EU has very low tariffs on US goods (b) much of the EU surplus in goods is offset by a deficit in services. But ...
May 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Along with everything else, Trump has threatened to put 50 percent tariffs on the EU, which would basically shut down trans-Atlantic trade. Many people have noted that (a) the EU has very low tariffs on US goods (b) much of the EU surplus in goods is offset by a deficit in services. But ...
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#Parenthood shapes scientists — but it should not limit scientific discovery and recognition. We need a #research system where no one has to choose between science and #caregiving.
Read @cairosofie.bsky.social ‘s paper:
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#AcademicSky
Read @cairosofie.bsky.social ‘s paper:
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#AcademicSky
Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance
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This study investigates the unequal effects of parenthood on the scientific productivity of mothers and fathers in the natural sciences and medicine. Lev
dx.doi.org
May 21, 2025 at 8:27 AM
#Parenthood shapes scientists — but it should not limit scientific discovery and recognition. We need a #research system where no one has to choose between science and #caregiving.
Read @cairosofie.bsky.social ‘s paper:
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#AcademicSky
Read @cairosofie.bsky.social ‘s paper:
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
#AcademicSky
🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
May 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
👩🔬👨🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.
Reposted by Sofie Cairo
🚨 FINAL REMINDER: deadline for submissions ends TODAY, 15th of May 🚨
We're so much looking forward to the workshop, featuring keynotes by Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🤩 Don't miss to send your best papers using field experiments! 🥳
@cesifo.org
@ifoeducation.bsky.social
We're so much looking forward to the workshop, featuring keynotes by Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🤩 Don't miss to send your best papers using field experiments! 🥳
@cesifo.org
@ifoeducation.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
🚨 FINAL REMINDER: deadline for submissions ends TODAY, 15th of May 🚨
We're so much looking forward to the workshop, featuring keynotes by Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🤩 Don't miss to send your best papers using field experiments! 🥳
@cesifo.org
@ifoeducation.bsky.social
We're so much looking forward to the workshop, featuring keynotes by Ulrike Malmendier & Noam Yuchtman 🤩 Don't miss to send your best papers using field experiments! 🥳
@cesifo.org
@ifoeducation.bsky.social
📢 The next #REGIS seminar will occur this Friday, May 9, 2025, at 12.30 PM CET.
🤓 Jing Zhao (Mälardalen University 🇸🇪) will present the paper by Erik Brynjolfsson, Danielle Li, and Lindsey Raymond, titled "Generative AI at Work," published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2025).
🤓 Jing Zhao (Mälardalen University 🇸🇪) will present the paper by Erik Brynjolfsson, Danielle Li, and Lindsey Raymond, titled "Generative AI at Work," published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2025).
May 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
📢 The next #REGIS seminar will occur this Friday, May 9, 2025, at 12.30 PM CET.
🤓 Jing Zhao (Mälardalen University 🇸🇪) will present the paper by Erik Brynjolfsson, Danielle Li, and Lindsey Raymond, titled "Generative AI at Work," published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2025).
🤓 Jing Zhao (Mälardalen University 🇸🇪) will present the paper by Erik Brynjolfsson, Danielle Li, and Lindsey Raymond, titled "Generative AI at Work," published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics (2025).
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Hmmm, maybe enforcing antitrust is a good idea 🤔
April 25, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hmmm, maybe enforcing antitrust is a good idea 🤔
Grateful that @ansolassen.bsky.social is crossing the atlantic to present our joint work on the motherhood penalty on academic careers at the NBER workshop "Investments in Early Career Scientists" - hosted by Donna Ginther and Bruce Weinberg!
🚉 —> NBER Spring Meeting on Investments in Early Career Scientists
Looking forward to see some cool projects (www.nber.org/conferences/...) and get feedback on our project ‘Parenthood and the Academic Ladder’ (with @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @valentinatartari.bsky.social)
Looking forward to see some cool projects (www.nber.org/conferences/...) and get feedback on our project ‘Parenthood and the Academic Ladder’ (with @cairosofie.bsky.social @riaivandic.bsky.social @valentinatartari.bsky.social)
April 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Grateful that @ansolassen.bsky.social is crossing the atlantic to present our joint work on the motherhood penalty on academic careers at the NBER workshop "Investments in Early Career Scientists" - hosted by Donna Ginther and Bruce Weinberg!
📢 The next #REGIS seminar year will occur this Friday, April 25, 2025, at 12.30 PM CET. 🤓 Astrid Ulv Thomsen (CBS) will present "Climbing the ivory tower: How socio-economic background shapes academia."by Ran Abramitzky, Lena Greska, Santiago Perez, Joe Price, Carlo Schwarz & Fabian Waldinger.
REGIS
Welcome! REGIS is a bi-weekly, pan-European virtual reading group series focusing on Science, Technology, and Innovation topics. REGIS’ main objectives are twofold. First, it seeks to train young sch...
www.regis.science
April 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
📢 The next #REGIS seminar year will occur this Friday, April 25, 2025, at 12.30 PM CET. 🤓 Astrid Ulv Thomsen (CBS) will present "Climbing the ivory tower: How socio-economic background shapes academia."by Ran Abramitzky, Lena Greska, Santiago Perez, Joe Price, Carlo Schwarz & Fabian Waldinger.
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Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
RFK Jr on the measles vaccine: "There are adverse events from the vaccine. It does cause deaths every year. It causes all the illnesses that measles itself cause."
March 12, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Ten years ago if you had written a dystopian SF story in which the person in charge of U.S. public health did a press event at a fast food joint to say that fried food is good but measles vaccines cause measles the ghost of Philip K. Dick would have said that you were being too bleak and unrealistic
Bluesky friends: I am looking for a global values survey that covers gender-science norms (to complement classical gender norms). Do you know any open source survey datasets on gender-science? Any papers I should check?
March 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Bluesky friends: I am looking for a global values survey that covers gender-science norms (to complement classical gender norms). Do you know any open source survey datasets on gender-science? Any papers I should check?
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The European Federation of Journalists representing 300,000+ journalists have announced they are leaving Elon Musk's X and will no longer be posting.
The European Federation of Journalists representing 300,000+ journalists have announced they are leaving Elon Musk's X and will no longer be posting.
March 9, 2025 at 1:52 AM
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
The European Federation of Journalists representing 300,000+ journalists have announced they are leaving Elon Musk's X and will no longer be posting.
The European Federation of Journalists representing 300,000+ journalists have announced they are leaving Elon Musk's X and will no longer be posting.
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Copenhagen Business School is giving me an honorary doctorate, and I cannot overstate how much this means to me. Please join me for the celebration and public lecture on March 21st. Registration in the link below.
We are welcoming @mazzucatom.bsky.social and @lisev.bsky.social as honorary doctors at CBS, the ceremony - with lectures - taking place (in person) on 21st March:
Open honorary lectures on 21 March | Copenhagen Business School
CBS appoints research pioneers as honorary doctors . Experience two of the world's most influential economists when Lise Vesterlund and Mariana Mazzucato visit CBS on 21 March.
cbs.nemtilmeld.dk
March 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Copenhagen Business School is giving me an honorary doctorate, and I cannot overstate how much this means to me. Please join me for the celebration and public lecture on March 21st. Registration in the link below.
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Kvinders psykiske arbejdsmiljø er på alle parametre hårdere end mænds. Det viser jeg i anledning af Kvindernes internationale kampdag, 8. marts, i en ny analyse.
#dkpol #arbejdsmiljø
#dkpol #arbejdsmiljø
March 7, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Kvinders psykiske arbejdsmiljø er på alle parametre hårdere end mænds. Det viser jeg i anledning af Kvindernes internationale kampdag, 8. marts, i en ny analyse.
#dkpol #arbejdsmiljø
#dkpol #arbejdsmiljø
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📢 Call for papers: 📢
@cesifo.org Area Conference on Economics of Education
(co-organized with Rick Hanushek)
5-6 Sept 2025, Munich
Keynote: @raffasadun.bsky.social
👉 www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...
Submission deadline: 18 May 2025
Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...
@cesifo.org Area Conference on Economics of Education
(co-organized with Rick Hanushek)
5-6 Sept 2025, Munich
Keynote: @raffasadun.bsky.social
👉 www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...
Submission deadline: 18 May 2025
Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...
March 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
📢 Call for papers: 📢
@cesifo.org Area Conference on Economics of Education
(co-organized with Rick Hanushek)
5-6 Sept 2025, Munich
Keynote: @raffasadun.bsky.social
👉 www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...
Submission deadline: 18 May 2025
Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...
@cesifo.org Area Conference on Economics of Education
(co-organized with Rick Hanushek)
5-6 Sept 2025, Munich
Keynote: @raffasadun.bsky.social
👉 www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...
Submission deadline: 18 May 2025
Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...