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Professor, Department of Government Uppsala University https://sites.google.com/site/folkeolle/
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Update: We submitted the comment to the Journal of Population Economics, and today we got a desk reject with this motivation. However, we do not know their conclusion about the main results and why the paper was not retracted. Clearly, they do not hold. 1/4

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

After one year of waiting, we finally got a response from the Journal of Population Economics about our replication of "Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: evidence from Sweden", confirming the major coding error that invalidates the main results, but not retracting the paper. 1/2

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

A re-analysis of Ciacci's (2024) "Banning the purchase of sex increases cases of rape: Evidence from Sweden" Journal of Population Economics reveals major issues. A year ago, reproducers Adema, Folke, and Rickne found coding errors driving the paper's key results. Let's unpack this in a 🧵

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

🧵 What kind of POPE do AMERICANS want?📸 Before the Conclave, @sophiemainz.bsky.social and I asked 1,500 U.S. adults to choose among hypothetical papal candidates. Results: Americans prefer a liberal and *non-political* Pope. The latter might be challenging for Leo XIV. Results ⬇️ Polisky Datasky

submitted 9 days ago • 18 comments

I am extremely happy with this year's selection Skytte Prize winner, and to welcome Herbert to our department for the award ceremony! Also, we just joined Bluesky, so make sure to follow @uu-polisci.bsky.social!

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

New Cambridge Element 'Family Matters: How Romantic Partners Shape Politicians' Careers' by @ollefolke.bsky.social, Moa Frödin Gruneau & @johannarickne.bsky.social is out now. Read #OpenAccess here - cup.org/4csSJ5x #cambridgeelements #politics

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Newest Gender & Politics Elements on how romantic partners shape politicians careers is available for free download. Congrats @ollefolke.bsky.social @johannarickne.bsky.social & Moa Frödin Gruneau 🔥🔥🔥 @dzobrien.bsky.social @rblaifeder.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/element...

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Thread describing the findings from our new paper on sexual harassment risks across occupations.

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

Happy to see our paper out in @thejop.bsky.social See Johanna’s thread for a summary of the paper.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

From our upcoming issue: "Politicians’ Labor Market Experiences Across Party Families" by Olle Folke (@ollefolke.bsky.social ), Johanna Rickne (@johannarickne.bsky.social), and Jan Szulkin. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

New paper with @sandrahkansson.bsky.social on violence against imm background politicians is now published OA at @apsrjournal.bsky.social TLDR: Imm background politicians face more pol violence than their counterparts. This is especially pronounced for women w imm backgrounds-closest proxy for WOC.

submitted 156 days ago • 2 comments

Excited to share our new paper “Representation at Risk: Evaluating Levels and Consequences of Violence against Immigrant-Background Politicians”, accepted at APSR! Co-authored with @nazita.bsky.social. Available at: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

submitted 320 days ago • 3 comments

Apply to the PhD program in political at Uppsala University! Application open now! www.uu.se/en/departmen...

submitted 170 days ago • 0 comments

Do women earn less than men because they are less competitive? This awesome paper by @ErnestoReuben, Paola Sapienza, and @zingales shows that once we measure earnings some years after graduation, competitiveness does not explain the gender gap (or predict earnings) 🧵 1/7

submitted 178 days ago • 4 comments

The household now owns two awesome and very heavy medals for the best Swedish ”young” economist. Thanks to everyone who has helped and encouraged our research over the years! ✨✨🍾

submitted 183 days ago • 3 comments

My and @johannarickne.bsky.social 's paper on the ”Class Ceiling in Politics” is now out in the APSR with open access! We describe the key findings below. 1/9

submitted 187 days ago • 3 comments

Thank you, ERC for the chance to study sexual harassment prevention with a consolidator grant! Yay!! Looking forward to working with wonderful colleagues on this important topic.

submitted 542 days ago • 7 comments

"Women spend so much more energy being nice to people in the workplace! When will they ever get credit for that?!” This audience question is common in our public talks about research on gender equality in the labor market. Our new paper gives striking evidence on this point. 1/7

submitted 573 days ago • 2 comments

@profmusgrave.bsky.social I would love to be added to the polish feed!

submitted 599 days ago • 0 comments

Once in a while, a department is lucky enough to welcome a stellar group of scholars discussing a theoretically and normatively important topic. Well, this week, our poli sci dept at Lund University has the privilege of doing so! Stoked to learn about the new frontiers of gender politics research!

submitted 601 days ago • 1 comment