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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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McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 10mo ago

"Hello, this is your kid’s school calling. So, your kid said her daddy dropped her off today. I could still see him if I stepped outside, but I know it’s much more convenient for you to take this call."

So exciting to see this in print! @laurakgee.bsky.social @kbuzard7.bsky.social

The Quarterly Journal of Economics@qjeharvard.bsky.social · 10mo ago

#QJE Nov 2025, #6, “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/...

#QJE Nov 2025, #6, “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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The excellent Professor @olgastoddard.bsky.social with 5 practical ideas on how to boost your visibility (and that of your ideas) www.aeaweb.org/content/file...

📢New @nber.org WP with @ayllonsara.bsky.social, Lars Lefgren, @richpatterson.bsky.social & Nicolas Urdaneta! We would love any feedback if you have a chance to take a look. Full paper here: nber.org/papers/w33911

Thanks to @voxeu.org for featuring my work with @laurakgee.bsky.social and @kbuzard7.bsky.social

VoxEU @ CEPR@voxeu.org · last yr.

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

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

Such a cool paper! When I think about interruption at work (and mental load on which we know even less), this is my first reference!

Olga Stoddard@olgastoddard.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to have found such a fantastic home @qjeharvard.bsky.social for this paper with @laurakgee.bsky.social & @kbuzard7.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5xkefck4

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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Re-upping my advice about how to write a good title and abstract for an academic paper, appropriately called: "How to Write a Title and Abstract" Feel free to share this thread, which will focus on titles. #EconSky #AcademicSky

This absolutely tracks. We even TELL providers to call me first (as I have the more flexible workday), but "call mom" is still 100% the default.

Olga Stoddard@olgastoddard.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to have found such a fantastic home @qjeharvard.bsky.social for this paper with @laurakgee.bsky.social & @kbuzard7.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5xkefck4

This resonates. We found it surprisingly hard to get some places to call me (who can almost always answer phone) before my wife (who often cannot).

Olga Stoddard@olgastoddard.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to have found such a fantastic home @qjeharvard.bsky.social for this paper with @laurakgee.bsky.social & @kbuzard7.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5xkefck4

My heart is full. I've never been so proud of a research project.

Olga Stoddard@olgastoddard.bsky.social · last yr.

Thrilled to have found such a fantastic home @qjeharvard.bsky.social for this paper with @laurakgee.bsky.social & @kbuzard7.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5xkefck4

Or they could feed 250,000 children school lunches for a year ensuring these children don't go hungry, are able to learn, and have better health and economic outcomes in the long-run www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

Troops deployed to LA will cost $134M, Pentagon official says

The acting budget chief said the estimate covers costs such as travel, housing and food.

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Thrilled to have found such a fantastic home @qjeharvard.bsky.social for this paper with @laurakgee.bsky.social & @kbuzard7.bsky.social tinyurl.com/5xkefck4

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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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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#econsky education econ people…does anyone have a favorite study that looks at positive impacts of parents being in greater contact with their child’s school?

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