Personnel Economics Workshop (PEW)

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PEW in 2025 will be held on the fourth Saturday of each month. The workshop starts at 3:00 p.m.
Each workshop basically consists of two sessions: a 1-hour presentation and a 1.5-hour presentation by an invited speaker.

Venue: Room 1213 in Building 3, Waseda Campus, Waseda University
Speaker: Lizi Yu (University of Queensland)
Title: From Disclosure to Blank: Marital Status and Job Search Prospects
Abstract:
This paper exploits a natural experiment on a large Chinese online job platform that eliminated marital status from all resumes. Prior to the change, applicants were required to indicate their status — married, single, or conceal — and this information was displayed to recruiters; afterward, the marital status field became blank for all workers. Using a difference-in-differences design with individual fixed effects, we compare changes in job search outcomes for applicants who had reported being married (or single) relative to those who had concealed their status, before and after the removal. We find that married applicants’ callback rates decline, while those of single applicants increase, with effects concentrated among men. These patterns indicate that employers previously valued marital status as a positive signal for men, conferring a marital premium in the hiring process.
Language: English
Time: 10:40–12:10

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January 24 (Sat.) 2026

1st Session

Speaker: Mika Akesaka (Kobe University)
Title: Fathers’ Involvement in Childcare and Mothers’ Employment: Evidence from Bunching (with Nobuyoshi Kikuchi)
Abstract:
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Language: TBA
Time: 15:00-16:00

2nd Session

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