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Public Keynote: Emily Nix

Emily Nix (University of Southern California, Marshall School of Business)

Intergenerational Transmission Beyond Income: Crime and Norms

November 19, 2026
2.30 pm - 4.00 pm

Ceremonial Hall 2, Building LC (Library & Learning Center)
Campus Vienna University of Economics and Business, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Wien

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About this lecture

What do parents pass on to their children and can harmful patterns be broken? Drawing on large-scale administrative data from Europe and the United States, Emily Nix examines how violence and norms persists across generations. The research documents striking links between fathers’ violence, sons’ later perpetration, and daughters’ exposure to violence. Evidence from multiple research strategies demonstrate the lasting importance of exposure to positive versus negative male role models in sons' later outcomes. The findings highlight the importance of childhood environments and learned behaviors, revealing opportunities for policy to prevent violence across generations.

About Emily Nix

Emily Nix Portrait

Emily Nix is an Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics at USC's Marshall School of Business and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.

She is an economist studying how violence, power, and inequality shape people's lives, and what can be done to change them. Her research reveals the often-hidden economic consequences of violence against women and examines why gender gaps persist and how families, firms, and public policy shape economic inequality. Nix's research and expertise have been featured in The Economist, the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Washington Post, and more.

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