Women in Economics Podcast

In this episode, we would like to present you with the European Central Bank Scholarship for Women. For that reason, my guests are Jenny Peters and Elena Blueggel. Elena is a senior HR Business Partner at the ECB where she provides advice to managers on employee relations. She is representing the ECB today and will share more technical details about the scholarship for women. My second guest is Jenny who is a PhD student of Economics at the University of Edinburgh working on macro labor economics, especially gender differentials in the labor market. She is a former ECB’s scholarship holder in 2020 and she will share her experience with us.

Applications for the 2023-24 academic year are open until 21 May. We encourage you to apply for the ECB scholarship for women here:

https://www.ecb.europa.eu/careers/what-we-offer/wecs/html/index.en.html

Special thanks to Khabibakhon Ubaydullaeva for editing this episode.

My guests are Sandra, Jana, Kaneta, and Arnim volunteers at the WiE, and members of our research team. In this episode, we will talk about the representation of female economists in public, private, and academic sectors and discuss the results of the WiE 2022 Index.

You can find the full report on this webpage:

https://women-in-economics.com/index/wie-index-2022/

Special thanks to Sandra Kretschmer for editing this episode.

I am joined by Audinga Baltrunaite, an economist at the research department of the Bank of Italy. Audinga is also a Research Affiliate at the Center for Economic Policy Research, and a member of the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality at Bocconi University. Her main research areas are public economics, corporate governance, and gender economics.

In the first half of this episode, we talk about her career path, and afterward, we discuss her paper "Women in economics: the role of gendered references at entry in the profession" (link).

Special thanks to Vanessa Betz for editing this episode.

My guest in this episode is Elisa Facchetti, a Post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata as of Fall next year. Elisa’s research interests lie in applied microeconomics, economics of crime, economics of education and public economics.

In this episode, we will discuss what the flyouts are and how they look like. As a bonus topic, we will touch on bargaining with your future employer.

Special thanks to Sandra Kretschmer for editing the episode.

My guest in this episode is Elisa Facchetti, a Post-doctoral fellow at the Institute for Fiscal Studies and the Assistant Professor of Economics at the University of Rome Tor Vergata as of Fall next year. Elisa’s research interests lie in applied microeconomics, economics of crime, economics of education, and public economics.

In this episode, we will discuss the JM interviews and how one should prepare for them. Elisa discusses the structure of the interviews, the most commonly asked questions, how to create an interview schedule that works out for you, and how to effectively use the breaks to sharpen your focus.

Special thanks to Sandra Kretschmer for editing the episode.

My guest is Monika Köppl-Turyna, Director of EcoAustria. Her research focus is on economic issues concerning public finance, distribution, and political economy. In this episode, we will discuss her inspiring career path, how to build a strong personal brand as a female scientist, what it looks like to work at a research institute, and finally, we discuss family planning.

Special thanks to Anushka Sharma for editing this episode.

This is the second episode of a new podcast series on the econ job market.  Our goal is to collect valuable information about the job market, tips on how to ace the market, and finally, experience from previous successful candidates. 

I am joined by Paul Hufe, Assistant Professor at the University of Bristol. Paul’s research interests lie at the intersection of public, labor, and normative economics. In this episode, we discuss what the econ job market looks like from a recruiting department’s perspective and how to excel in communication with employers and during the job interview.

Special thanks to Sandra Kretschmer for editing the episode.

In this episode, I am joined by Nora Strecker, Ad Astra Fellow/Assistant Professor at the School of Economics at the University College Dublin. Her research interests focus on public finance, specifically personal income taxation, at the intersection of international trade, welfare economics, and political economy.

In this episode, we discuss her inspiring career path and talk about the importance of mentoring.

Special thanks to Sandra Kretschmer for editing the episode.

In this episode, we are joined by Angella Faith Montfaucon, an economist at the World Bank to discuss her inspiring career path, and learn from her experience. Angella has lived and studied in three different countries - Malawi, Zambia, and Japan. She shares her experience as a participant in the renowned World Bank's Young Professional's Program and gives us an insight into her position as an economist at the WB working on the East Asia and Pacific region.

Angella's website Angella's blog Angella's recommendation: podcast Trade Talks 

In this episode, we are joined by Alessandra Alloca, an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich. In the first half of the episode, we will discuss her career path: from her student days in Naples (Italy) to her Assistant Professor position in Munich. Alessandra shares her story and gives valuable tips on how to make the most of your PhD studies. In the second part of the episode, we discuss her research, especially the following two projects: “No Man is an Island: An Empirical Study on Team Formation and Performance” and “Gender Role Models and Internet Standards Development”.

Alessandra's recommendations:

Mentoring program of the Women in Economics Initiative Mentoring program of the American Economic Association Mentoring program of the European Economic Association

In this episode, I have hosted Megan Tobias Neely, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School, and the author of the book “Hedged Out”. In the first part of the episode, we discussed her career path from the financial sector to academia. Afterward, we talked about her book, the process of writing it, main findings and concluded with a list of book recommendations tackling inequality.

Megan's book recommendations:

Accidental Feminism by Swethaa S. Ballakrishnen The People′s Hotel by Katherine Sobering The Opportunity Trap by Pallavi Banerjee Making Motherhood Work by Caitlyn Collins

Welcome to the first episode of the revival of the Lifting Up: the Women in Economics Initiative podcast in which we cover the latest research in gender economics and inspiring career paths of female and non-binary economists. In this episode, we have hosted Majune Socrates, a Kenyan economist to give us an insight into his database “Economics scholarship in Kenya since 1960: Dynamics and Insights” on tracking the work of Kenyan economists. We have discussed how the database came about, what are the first results, and plans for the future.

Socrates’ website: https://sites.google.com/uonbi.ac.ke/socrateskraidomajune/home?authuser=0

Female economists role models that he mentioned during the episode:

Ana Margarida Fernandes: https://sites.google.com/site/decrganamargaridafernandes Martha Denisse Pierola: https://sites.google.com/site/mdpierola/