Heather Sarsons
Research Fellow
Joined RFBerlin as a Research Fellow in July 2025
Research area
Labour Economics Gender Behavioural Social Economics
About Heather Sarsons
Heather Sarsons is an associate professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. She has research interests in labour, social, and behavioural economics, with a focus on understanding the sources of gender inequality in labour markets.
April 2026
Bad News and Policy Views: Expectations, Disappointment, and Opposition to Affirmative Action
Louis-Pierre Lepage, Heather Sarsons, Michael Thaler
February 2026
Managers and the Cultural Transmission of Gender Norms
Virginia Minni, Kieu-Trang Nguyen, Heather Sarsons, Carla Srebot
January 2026
Moving to Opportunity, Together
Seema Jayachandran, Lea Nassal, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, Marie Paul, Heather Sarsons, Elin Sundberg
November 2025
Jealousy of Trade: Exclusionary Preferences and Economic Nationalism
Alex Imas, Kristof Madarasz, Heather Sarsons
