Beyond the Chores: Mental Load, Gender and Careers
This session presents evidence from a survey experiment with white-collar professionals in Turkey, examining whether informational videos on domestic labour and mental load can shift perceptions of household burdens and attitudes toward the sharing of responsibilities.
A Free Lunch? How Changing Childcare Defaults Increases Parental Supply
This session presents causal evidence from a policy reform that shifted public lunchtime childcare from an opt-in to an opt-out default. It will conclude with a discussion with World Bank Education and Social Policy specialists on how these findings can inform policy design and be translated into concrete operational action.
