I am a Post-doctoral researcher in economics at Bocconi University and the Axa Gender Lab

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  • My research interests are in applied labour, gender, digital and urban economics.

  • A key aspect of my research is the use of text analysis methods to collect new data.

  • My ongoing projects focus on spatial disparities in gender wage gaps, gender differences in the job search and stereotypes linked to skills and artificial intelligence.

  • Before, I was a PhD candidate in economics at the Aix Marseille School of Economics (AMSE) and at the Labour Chair at the Paris School of Economics (PSE)

  • In 2019, I started my PhD on the supply side effects on gender wage inequality, supervised by Cecilia Garcia-Peñalosa and Christian Schluter. I defended my thesis in October 2023.

  • I am also on X and BlueSky.

News: My JMP “What do women want in a job?” was awarded the Etta Chiuri Prize 2025 by the Italian Society of Public Economics.

image-left Check the fantastic program of our last workshop: The Axa Gender Lab of Bocconi, the London School of Economics WISPPRH and NYU Abu Dhabi organized a joint workshop on “Gender Inequality: Navigating New frontiers And Paradigm Shifts”. Thanks to everyone who participated online and in person at the London School of Economics. Topics: Fertility, AI, Carbon Footprint, etc. See the program here.

Upcoming presentations: 4th Workshop on Field Experiments in Economics and Business, TASKS VII Conference: The Economic Impacts of AI on Work and Labor Markets, Workshop on Gender Gaps and Social Norms

Contact: kenza.elass@unibocconi.it