2026 Women in Macroeconomics Conference
Program Chairs:
Wendy Morrison, Duke University
Marta Prato, Bocconi University
The Women in Macroeconomics Conference was held May 14-15, 2026, at University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center.
The Women in Macroeconomics Conference brought together influential economists from around the world working in the field of macroeconomics. The conference gathered influential macro-economists working in macro, broadly defined, including but not limited to growth, business cycles, macro theory, macro finance, international economics, macro labor, macro development. It also provided participants a venue to strengthen their research and build their network, particularly early-stage scholars.
40 minutes for speaker, 10 minutes for discussant, and 10 minutes for general discussion.
PHOTOS
Agenda
Breakfast
Beyond Exposure: Predicting AI Adoption Based on Comparative Advantage
Speaker: Ilse Lindenlaub, Yale University
Discussant: Christina Patterson, University of Chicago
Break
The Commoditization of Labor
Speaker: Emi Nakamura, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Seula Kim, Pennsylvania State University
Break and Grab Lunch
Lunch and Policy Panel: Monetary Policy Under Rising Trade Fragmentation
Teresa Fort, Dartmouth College
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Brown University
Carolin Pflueger, University of Chicago
Moderators:
Wendy Morrison, Duke University
Marta Prato, Bocconi University
Break
Marriage and Work Among Prime Age Men
Speaker: Fang Yang, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Discussant: Neha Bairoliya, University of Southern California
Break
Taxing the Rich? A Theory of Income and Wealth Inequality
Speaker: Elena Pastorino, Stanford University
Discussant: Natalia Kovrijnykh, Arizona State University
Break
Cross-sectional Identification with Heterogeneous Exposure to General Equilibrium Effects
Speaker: Paula Donaldson, University of California, San Diego
Discussant: Sarah Zubairy, Texas A&M University
Conference Dinner and Boat Cruise
Breakfast
Job Search Technology, Selection, and Hiring
Speaker: Sadhika Bagga, University of Rochester
Discussant: Rachel Schuh, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Break
Rebuild or Relocate? Recovery after Natural Disasters
Speaker: Shifrah Aron-Dine, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant: Qi Li, Pennsylvania State University
Break
Ideas Rents and Firm Growth
Speaker: Huiyu Li, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
Discussant: Yueyuan Ma, University of California, Santa Barbara
Lunch
500 Lounge
PhD Poster Session*
On the Investment Network and Development
Speaker: Lucia Casal, Columbia University
Discussant: Galina Vereshchagina, Arizona State University
Break
Contract Enforcement and Young Firm Capital Structure: A Global Perspective
Speaker: Ina Simonovska, University of California, Davis
Discussant: Laura Bottazzi, University of Bologna
Reception
500 Lounge
* PhD Poster Session Speakers
Maria del Pilar Barros (UMN)
Rachel Bryant (UChicago)
Sara Canilang (UMN)
Johanna Torres Chain (UMN)
Rachel Coroseo (UChicago)
Zhouyi Li (UMN)
Melanie Qing (UMN)
Weiran Xiao (UMN)
Yutong Zhong (UMN)