Patricia Cortes

Associate Professor, Markets, Public Policy, and Law
    Education
  • PhD, MIT, 2006
  • MA, Universidad de los Andes - Bogota, Colombia, 2000
  • BA, Universidad de los Andes - Bogota, Colombia, 1998
    Publications
  • Cortes, P., Chen, Y., Kosar, G., Pan, J., Zafar, B. (In Press). "The Impact of COVID-19 on Workers’ Expectations and Preferences for Remote Work", American Economic Association: Papers and Proceedings
  • Cortes, P., Pan, J., Pilossoph, L., Zafar, B., Reuben, E. (In Press). "Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab", The Quarterly Journal of Economics
  • Cortes, P., Jessica, P. (In Press). "Children and the Remaining Gender Gaps in the Labor Market", Journal of Economic Literature
  • Cortes, P., Kasoolu, S., Pan, C. (In Press). "Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Exporting Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia", Economic Development and Cultural Change
  • Cortes, P., Kosar, G., Pan, J., Zafar, B. (2022). "Should Mothers Work? How Perceptions of the Social Norm Affect Individual Attitudes Toward Work in the U.S", SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Cortes, P., Pan, J. (2019). "Gender, occupational segregation, and automation", Economics Studies at Brookings
  • Cortes, P., Goldin, C., Peck, J. (2019). "If women receive more childcare support, will they work?", Harvard Kennedy School, Evidence for Policy Design
  • Cortes, P., Pan, J. (2019). "When Time Binds: Substitutes for Household Production, Returns to Working Long Hours, and the Skilled Gender Wage Gap", Journal of Labor Economics, 37 (2), 351-398
  • Cortes, P., Pan, J. (2017). "Cross-Country Evidence on the Relationship between Overwork and Skilled Women's Job Choices", American Economic Review, 107 (5), 105-109
    Research Presentations
  • Cortes, P. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab, Micro Seminar, CUNEF, Madrid, Spain, 2022
  • Cortes, P. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab, Applied Micro Seminar, Georgetown University, 2022
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Micro Seminar, Georgia State University, Virtual, 2022
  • Cortes, P. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from the Field and Lab, Berlin Applied Micro Seminar, Virtual, 2022
  • Cortes, P. Immigration, Household Production, and Native Women’s Labor Market Outcomes: A Survey of a Global Phenomenon, Immigration Lecture, University of Luxembourg, 2022
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Labor Seminar, University of Nebraska, Virtual, 2022
  • Cortes, P. Globalization of Household Production and Native Women's Labor Market Outcomes: A Survey of the Literature, International Conference on Migration and Development, Luxembourg, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors, University of Munich - Economics Seminar, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Exporting Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia, Migration Study Group Seminar, virtual, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Unintended Benefits of COVID-19? Impacts on Job Flexibility and the Gender Pay Gap, SEHO meetings, Virtual, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Oxford - Economics Seminar, Virtual, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Women in the Labour Market - University of Essex, Virtual, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Econ Seminar, Wayne State University, Virtual, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Boston U. Economics Department, Monday Lunch, Virtual, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors, Economics Seminar - University of Warwick, Virtual, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Economics@Panmure seminars at Heriot-Watt University (Edinburgh, UK), Virtual, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors, ASSA meetings, Virtual, 2021
  • Cortes, P. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors, Departamental Seminar, UC Santa Barbara, 2020
  • Cortes, P. Gender Differences in Job Search and the Earnings Gap: Evidence from Business Majors, Departamental Seminar, Brown University, 2020
  • Cortes, P. Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Exporting Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia, Migration and Development Annual Conference, World Bank, DC, 2020
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Departamental Seminar, Universidad de Chile, 2020
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Society of Labor Economics Meetings, Online, 2020
  • Cortes, P. Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Exporting Firm Outcomes: Evidence from Saudi Arabia, Center Seminar, Harvard Kennedy School, 2020
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Economics Seminar - Panmure House - Edinburgh, Virtual
  • Cortes, P. Automation and Gender: Implications for Occupational Segregation and Skill Gaps, Economics Department - University of Oxford, UK, Virtual
    Awards and Honors
  • 2020, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research