Limited Attention of Female Analysts During COVID Pandemic

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY
Finance Department
Research Seminars in Finance

Mengqiao Du

Topic: Locked-in at Home: Limited Attention of Female Analysts during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Speaker: Mengqiao Du, University of Mannheim

Abstract: This paper explores the shock of school closures caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to study the effect of domestic responsibilities on analyst forecasts. School closures significantly reduce the forecast timeliness of female analysts rather than that of male analysts. With manually collected data, I show that mothers are 20% less likely to issue timely forecasts after school closures. Female analysts’ forecasts are also less accurate after school closures, but the negative effect only exists among forecasts for firms with relatively low institutional ownership. Even though female analysts are more likely to get distracted from work by domestic duties, they strategically allocate their limited attention to forecasts that are more important for their careers.

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Moderator: Jing Xu, University of Technology Sydney

Date: Wednesday, 27th October 2021
Time: 5-6 pm (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
Venue: This is on online Zoom webinar..

Seminar protocols:

  • The webinar will run for 45 minutes, followed by a 15 minute Q&A session.
  • There will be a moderator for each seminar event, who will facilitate communication and resolve any technical issues.
  • Participants can use the chat facility or raise their had to ask questions during the presentation. The moderator will then alert the speaker at the appropriate time and either ask the questions raised or unmute the participant so they can ask the question directly to the presenter.

Co-ordinator: Harry Scheule

Enquiries: Duncan Ford

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