Pauline Grosjean: Gender through a historical and cross-cultural lens

What are the historical origins of modern gender roles, and how we can challenge commonly held assumptions about the cause of the gender gap in occupations and earnings? 

Professor Pauline Grosjean explores the historical origins of modern gender roles and asks how historical and cross-cultural perspectives can challenge commonly held assumptions about the causes of the gender gap in occupations and earnings. 

This discussion was recorded live for the UNSW Sydney Grand Challenges program on International Women’s Day.

About Professor Pauline Grosjean 

Professor Grosjean's research deals with how culture and institutions shape institutions and economic behaviour. Some of her work on trust, violence, and political preferences has been published in the American Economic Review, The Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Economic Growth, and The Journal of Law and Economics.

Recent projects focus on the origins and persistence of gender roles. Pauline received her PhD from Toulouse School of Economics and a MA from Ecole Normale Superieure. She was the Ciriacy-Wantrup Post-doctoral fellow at UC Berkeley in 2008 and 2009 and an economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development from 2006 to 2008.