We speak with Pauline Grosjean about how economics can help us understand the origins of ‘masculinity norms’. Pauline Grosjean is a Professor in the School of Economics at the University of New South Wales. Previously at the University of San Francisco and the University of California at Berkeley, she has also worked as an Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. She completed her PhD in economics at the University of Toulouse in 2006 after graduating from the Ecole Normale Supérieure.