Kristy Buzard
@kbuzard7.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at Syracuse University. Applied theorist working on trade policy, political economy, gender, conflict, and urban economics.
Exciting to see my work with @olgastoddard.bsky.social @kbuzard7.bsky.social featured outside the hallowed halls of academia 😴😴😴 Thanks so much to @theconversation.com for highlighting the downsides of being the “default parent” as many return to school this month theconversation.com/better-call-...
I'm very excited that our efforts to broaden the economics pipeline by expanding access to undergraduate research opportunities are taking this next big step!
Maxwell School@maxwellsu.bsky.social · 6mo agoA new program at Maxwell is broadening participation in economics. RAISE provides structured, paid research experiences for undergrads, connecting them with grad students and faculty mentors. Developed by Professor Kristy Buzard, the program strengthens access and opportunity in the field.
This is for an exciting new project we have examining gender differences in mental load. We'd love your suggestions!
Laura K Gee@laurakgee.bsky.social · 6mo ago#econsky ‼️ Seeking guidance on quantifying the tone of emails. Currently using a continuous score from RoBERTa 3-sentiment model (a transformer-based pre-trained language model) and human-RA labels.
Trade wars aren't new—they're history repeating itself. My research on @AcademicMinute explores how early 1900s trade policy relates to what we're seeing today. Tune in Thursday, Oct. 30 or listen online: academicminute.org @SyracuseU @MaxwellSchool
The Academic Minute
Astronomy to Zoology
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Data from over 80,000 US school principals shows that when a school needs to contact a parent, the mother is 1.4 times more likely than the father to receive the first call. @kbuzard7.bsky.social @laurakgee.bsky.social @olgastoddard.bsky.social cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement,” by Buzard (@kbuzard7.bsky.social), Gee (@laurakgee.bsky.social), and Stoddard (@olgastoddard.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement*
Abstract. Gender imbalance in time spent on child rearing causes gender inequalities in labor market outcomes, human capital accumulation, and economic mob
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What kind of conference do you want to go to? One with great papers, a fantastic keynote (@emilyjblanchard.bsky.social), and lunch at the top of a mountain! Many thanks to the organizers (@besedes.bsky.social) and participants for a fantastic time www.freit.org/RMET/2025/Pr...
New IZA paper by @kbuzard7.bsky.social @laurakgee.bsky.social & @olgastoddard.bsky.social: Schools call mothers more than fathers, even when moms aren't more available. Read more about the study and what this finding means for gender inequality in the labor market 👇 newsroom.iza.org/en/archive/r...
Gender-based expectations influence external demands for parental involvement
Schools are more likely to call mothers than fathers, regardless of availability
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New NBER WP by @kbuzard7.bsky.social @laurakgee.bsky.social and @olgastoddard.bsky.social finds mums are 1.4x more likely than dads to get a callback from schools, despite no request for the skew.
Who You Gonna Call? Gender Inequality in External Demands for Parental Involvement
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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