Dear colleagues,

This year, the WU Lecture in Economics, organized by the Department of Economics at WU, will be held by Matthias Doepke on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 6:00pm as part of the WU matters. WU talks series.

Love, Money & Parenting

How economics explains the way we raise our kids

Matthias Doepke, Full Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science

“Helicopter parents” in the United States, authoritarian parents in China, and permissive parents in Sweden – do the various ways in which parents raise their children simply reflect national culture and tradition? Or is it rather economic incentives and constraints along with local economic conditions that shape parenting practices and what is considered good parenting in different nations? Does the growing inequality also result in an increasing “parenting gap” between richer and poorer families? In this lecture, Matthias Doepke introduces a novel approach to understanding parenting from the perspective of economic science.

Date:              Wednesday, December 20, 2023
Time:              6:00pm
Location:        Ceremonial Hall 1, LC building

Moderated by:

Gerlinde Fellner-Röhling, Full professor and Deputy Head of Economics Department, WU Vienna

Further information and sign-up page

We are looking forward to seeing you there.

Jesus Crespo Cuaresma
Professor of Economics

Department Chair

Department of Economics
Vienna University of Economics and Business

Welthandelsplatz 1

1020 Vienna (Austria)

E: jcrespo@wu.ac.at

H: https://www.wu.ac.at/en/economics/people/crespo-j