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2025 CIRANO-CIREQ Workshop on Markets with Frictions

This workshop focuses on research in markets where frictions are present.

WORKSHOP VENUE

CIRANO
1130, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, suite 1400
Montréal (Québec) H3A 2M8
Get directions here.

REGISTRATION

This event is free and is open to anyone interested in the topic. Due to limited seating, registration is required.

SPEAKERS

Keynote Speaker
Alessandra Voena (Standford University)

Francesco Agostinelli (University of Pennsylvania)

Patricia Cortés (Boston University, Questrom School of Business)

Federico Huneeus (Duke University)

Virginia Minni (University of Chicago, Booth School of Business)

Nina Roussille (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

PROGRAM (pdf)

8:30 – 9:00
Welcome of the participants and breakfast
 
9:00 – 10:00

Keynote Speaker
Alessandra Voena (Stanford University)
How Are Gender Norms Perceived?

10:00 – 10:30

Break

10:30 – 11:30

Nina Roussille (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
The Illusion of Time: Gender Gaps in Job Search and Employment

11:30 – 12:30
Francesco Agostinelli (University of Pennsylvania)
Employment Relationships, Wage Setting, and Labor Market Power

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 14:30
Patricia Cortés (Boston University, Questrom School of Business)
Understanding the Barriers to Paternity Leave Taking: Evidence from Japan

14:30 – 15:00
Break

15:00 – 16:00
Federico Huneeus (Duke University)
The Incidence of Distortions

16:00 – 17:00
Virginia Minni ((University of Chicago, Booth School of Business 
Making the Invisible Hand Visible: Managers and the Allocation of Workers to Jobs

FINANCIAL SUPPORT
The organizers wish to thank the following sponsors for their financial support: