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Experts explore why women are underrepresented in certain professions. Why is the motherhood wage gap so persistent? How does flexible work impact women's careers? And what does policy need to do to reduce gender inequalities in the workplace?</p><p>Podcast host, Rory Cellan-Jones (former technology correspondent for the BBC), discusses these issues with leading academics Emmanuelle Auriol (IAST), Nina Jörden (Bennett Institute for Public Policy) and Francesca Barigozzi (University of Bologna). <br/><br/></p><p><a href='https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CC-S3E6-Transcript.docx.pdf'>Season 3 Episode 6 transcript</a><br/><br/></p><p>For more information about the podcast and the work of the institutes, visit our websites at <a href='https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/'>https://www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/</a> and <a href='https://www.iast.fr/'>https://www.iast.fr/</a>.</p><p>Tweet us with your thoughts at <a href='https://twitter.com/BennettInst'>@BennettInst</a> and <a href='https://twitter.com/IASToulouse'>@IASToulouse</a>.</p><p><br/><b>With thanks to:</b></p><ul><li>Audio production by Steve Hankey</li><li>Associate production by Stella Erker</li><li>Visuals by Tiffany Naylor</li></ul><p><b>More information about our host and guests:</b></p><p><b>Rory Cellan-Jones</b> was a technology correspondent for the BBC. His 40 years in journalism have seen him take a particular interest in the impact of the internet and digital technology on society and business. He has also written multiple books, including “Always On” (2021) and “Ruskin Park: Sylvia, Me and the BBC” (2023). <br/><br/></p><p><b>Emmanuelle Auriol</b> is a full professor at Toulouse School of Economics. Her work, which combines theoretical and empirical approaches, focuses on industrial organization and development economics. She is the author of two award-winning books and a fellow of different scientific societies. <br/><br/></p><p><b>Francesca Barigozzi</b> is a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Bologna. She is an applied microtheorist and her fields of research include family economics, public economics, information economics, health economics, and behavioral economics. She holds a PhD in Economics from Toulouse School of Economics. <br/><br/></p><p><b>Nina Jörden </b>is a research associate at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy and a member of The Productivity Institute. Her work focuses on questions about the future of work in the public and private sectors. <br/><br/><b>Relevant links</b></p><ul><li>Auriol, E., Friebel, G., Weinberger, A., & Wilhelm, S. (2022). <a href='https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2118853119'>Underrepresentation of women in the economics profession more pronounced in the United States compared to heterogeneous Europe.</a> PNAS.</li><li>Barigozzi, F., Cremer, H., & Roeder, K. (2020). <a href='https://www.dropbox.com/s/9erjfou4awzycgw/SN2%20published.pdf?e=3&dl=0'>Having it all, for all: child-care subsidies and income distribution reconciled.</a> Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 176, 188-211.</li><li>Barigozzi, F., Di Timoteo, C., & Monfardini, C. (2023). <a href='https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40797-022-00211-5'>The Gender Gaps in Time-Use Within Italian Households During 2002–2014. </a>Italian Economic Journal, 9(3), 1263-1296.</li><li>Barigozzi, F., Cremer, H., & Roeder, K. (2020). <a href='https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0014292120302191'>Caregivers in the family: daughters, sons and social norms.</a> European Economic Review, 130, 103589.</li><li>Barigozzi, F., Cremer, H., & Monfardini, C. 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