Gender Lab

Research

The AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality, funded with the contribution of AXA Research Fund and AXA Italy, promotes research in social sciences related to gender. We carry out theoretical and empirical high-quality research with a strong policy impact. Research includes all areas of gender economics, gender policies, and gender diversity management. The Lab aims to promote gender equality in the economic and social spheres through rigorous scientific methodologies.

Here you may find a complete list of our upcoming and past seminars

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Webinar series

Firms and the Gender Wage Gap: A Comparison of Eleven Countries

This session presents cross-country evidence on the role of gender-specific firm wage premiums in shaping the private-sector gender wage gap and explores how these findings inform policy design, particularly in the area of family policies.

Ulf Zoelitz

Fertility Regrets in Parents

Ulf Zölitz (University of Zurich)

Virginia Minni

Managers and the cultural transmission of gender norms

Virginia MInni (Chicago Booth)

Gender lab event

Closing Gender Gaps: Evidence and Policy Interventions

A joint initiative of AXA Gender Lab (Bocconi), the NYUAD Inequality Cluster, and Women in Social and Public Policy Research Hub, LSE (WISPPRH).

People

Ximena Calo

Ximena Caló

Ximena Caló is a PhD Student in the Department of Social and Political Sciences and the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality at Bocconi University. Her...

Viola Salvestrini

Viola Salvestrini

Viola Salvestrini is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the Axa Gender Lab. She is a PhD candidate at Queen Mary University of London, w...

Francesco Maura

Francesco Maura

Francesco Maura in a Post-Doctoral researcher at Bocconi University – DONDENA Research Center (Age-It Project). He earned a PhD in Economics from the ...

Edoardo Epifori

Edoardo Epifori

Edoardo Epifori is a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the AXA Gender Lab. He earned his Master’s in Politics and Policy Analysis at Bocconi University and his B...

Sina Smid

Sina Smid

Marie Curie Post-doc

Sina Smid received a MSCA Fellowship in 2025 with the AXA Research Lab on Gender Equality at Bocconi University. Her project, GAPP, explores the effec...

Miriam Orlando

Miriam Orlando

Miriam Orlando is a pre-doc at AXA Gender Lab. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Economics and Finance from Università Alma Mater Studiorum - Bologna a...

Mohamed Horchiani

Mohamed Horchani

Mohamed Horchani is a PhD student in Social and Political Science at Università Bocconi, where he also earned a Master of Science in Politics and Poli...

Matilde Bontempo

Matilde Bontempo

Matilde Bontempo is a Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the AXA Gender Lab. She earned her Master of Science in Politics and Policy Analysis from Bocconi Univers...