Johanna Rickne
@johannarickne.bsky.social
Professor of Economics
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New WP on political violence in democracies with the fantastic @dianebolet.bsky.social and @bjarneck.bsky.social. Sadly very topical, but with some positive results
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November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New WP on political violence in democracies with the fantastic @dianebolet.bsky.social and @bjarneck.bsky.social. Sadly very topical, but with some positive results
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How does sexual harassment shape women’s academic careers? At today’s #BellaterraAppliedSeminar, @johannarickne.bsky.social kicks off the series with a fascinating analysis revealing how toxic environments hinder women’s progress and distort meritocracy. @bsebarcelona.bsky.social #GenderEconomics
October 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
How does sexual harassment shape women’s academic careers? At today’s #BellaterraAppliedSeminar, @johannarickne.bsky.social kicks off the series with a fascinating analysis revealing how toxic environments hinder women’s progress and distort meritocracy. @bsebarcelona.bsky.social #GenderEconomics
📚 📣 Are you in the Stockholm area on September 22nd? Come discuss new research about gender gaps in academia at Stockholm University! Email me to sign up. Program below!
September 3, 2025 at 8:11 AM
📚 📣 Are you in the Stockholm area on September 22nd? Come discuss new research about gender gaps in academia at Stockholm University! Email me to sign up. Program below!
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Update #2, RETRACTED: 15 months after we (w @ollefolke.bsky.social and @johannarickne.bsky.social ) submitted the initial comment to the Journal, we've noticed the paper was ultimately retracted. Retraction note here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 1, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Update #2, RETRACTED: 15 months after we (w @ollefolke.bsky.social and @johannarickne.bsky.social ) submitted the initial comment to the Journal, we've noticed the paper was ultimately retracted. Retraction note here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
📣 Submit your paper to the Leibniz Open Science Day! I will be there to talk about our recent experience with replicating Ciacci (2024) about impacts of the Swedish legislation that banned sex purchases. Call for papers: www.zbw.eu/de/ueber-uns...
June 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
📣 Submit your paper to the Leibniz Open Science Day! I will be there to talk about our recent experience with replicating Ciacci (2024) about impacts of the Swedish legislation that banned sex purchases. Call for papers: www.zbw.eu/de/ueber-uns...
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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
May 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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
🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵
May 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵
We’re excited to introduce the Swedish Municipal Council Database! This open-access resource contains our hand-coded data for all local politicians in Sweden's democratic local elections between 1919 and 2018. A 🧵
Co-authors 🤩 @abrarbawati.bsky.social, @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social Moa Frödin
Co-authors 🤩 @abrarbawati.bsky.social, @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social Moa Frödin
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
We’re excited to introduce the Swedish Municipal Council Database! This open-access resource contains our hand-coded data for all local politicians in Sweden's democratic local elections between 1919 and 2018. A 🧵
Co-authors 🤩 @abrarbawati.bsky.social, @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social Moa Frödin
Co-authors 🤩 @abrarbawati.bsky.social, @josefinemagnusson.bsky.social Moa Frödin
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A study of the consequences of revolving door laws for political selection in US state legislatures, from Raymond Fisman, Jetson Leder-Luis, Catherine M. O'Donnell, and Silvia Vannutelli https://www.nber.org/papers/w33626
April 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
A study of the consequences of revolving door laws for political selection in US state legislatures, from Raymond Fisman, Jetson Leder-Luis, Catherine M. O'Donnell, and Silvia Vannutelli https://www.nber.org/papers/w33626
Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
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Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
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April 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Which occupations carry the highest risk of sexual harassment—and who is doing the harassing?
Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
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Our new study finds two distinct patterns depending on whether harassment comes from inside or outside the workplace.
CEPR WP: cepr.org/publications...
Ungated: drive.google.com/file/d/1jPOV...
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Thanks for a great conference @henninghermes.com
Sarah Necker, and Sebastian Blesse! Highlights included many interesting talks and seeing @michelebelot.bsky.social
in person! 🌸🌸
Sarah Necker, and Sebastian Blesse! Highlights included many interesting talks and seeing @michelebelot.bsky.social
in person! 🌸🌸
The #ifoFürth Annual Conference 2025 is officially underway! We dive deep into #SocialMarketEconomy and evidence-based policy-making.
Today = Day 1, we we’re lucky enough to listen to TWO keynotes, one by Massimo Morelli and one by @johannarickne.bsky.social 🤩🤩💪🏻🚀
@cesifo.org
Today = Day 1, we we’re lucky enough to listen to TWO keynotes, one by Massimo Morelli and one by @johannarickne.bsky.social 🤩🤩💪🏻🚀
@cesifo.org
March 28, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Thanks for a great conference @henninghermes.com
Sarah Necker, and Sebastian Blesse! Highlights included many interesting talks and seeing @michelebelot.bsky.social
in person! 🌸🌸
Sarah Necker, and Sebastian Blesse! Highlights included many interesting talks and seeing @michelebelot.bsky.social
in person! 🌸🌸
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Job alert! 🚨 PLEASE SHARE!
I'm hiring a LSE Fellow (postdoc) in the School of Public Policy!
To provide teaching support on our core political science course (which is what I teach) + time for individual research.
Closes March 31: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Questions? Email me!
I'm hiring a LSE Fellow (postdoc) in the School of Public Policy!
To provide teaching support on our core political science course (which is what I teach) + time for individual research.
Closes March 31: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Questions? Email me!
March 6, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Job alert! 🚨 PLEASE SHARE!
I'm hiring a LSE Fellow (postdoc) in the School of Public Policy!
To provide teaching support on our core political science course (which is what I teach) + time for individual research.
Closes March 31: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Questions? Email me!
I'm hiring a LSE Fellow (postdoc) in the School of Public Policy!
To provide teaching support on our core political science course (which is what I teach) + time for individual research.
Closes March 31: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
Questions? Email me!
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Very interesting new research on quotas in Morocco. 👇
Even in a context w relatively conservative gender norms, women elected via quotas are not seen as less competent.
We often see this assumption that quotas reduce quality in the media or from political elites & here more evidence refutes it.
Even in a context w relatively conservative gender norms, women elected via quotas are not seen as less competent.
We often see this assumption that quotas reduce quality in the media or from political elites & here more evidence refutes it.
♀️Do citizens evaluate quota and non-quota politicians similarly?
➡️Using a vignette experiment in Morocco, @cbarns.bsky.social A. Blackman @shalaby12.bsky.social find no evidence that quota-elected women are viewed as less competent than other politicians www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
➡️Using a vignette experiment in Morocco, @cbarns.bsky.social A. Blackman @shalaby12.bsky.social find no evidence that quota-elected women are viewed as less competent than other politicians www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
March 6, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Very interesting new research on quotas in Morocco. 👇
Even in a context w relatively conservative gender norms, women elected via quotas are not seen as less competent.
We often see this assumption that quotas reduce quality in the media or from political elites & here more evidence refutes it.
Even in a context w relatively conservative gender norms, women elected via quotas are not seen as less competent.
We often see this assumption that quotas reduce quality in the media or from political elites & here more evidence refutes it.
Do new parties bring new types of politicians? If so, which ones? Our new paper in @thejop.bsky.social
examines the labor market backgrounds of politicians in Sweden’s Green and Radical Right parties. Here’s what I, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and Jan Szulkin found:
📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1086/730722 1/12
examines the labor market backgrounds of politicians in Sweden’s Green and Radical Right parties. Here’s what I, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and Jan Szulkin found:
📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1086/730722 1/12
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Do new parties bring new types of politicians? If so, which ones? Our new paper in @thejop.bsky.social
examines the labor market backgrounds of politicians in Sweden’s Green and Radical Right parties. Here’s what I, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and Jan Szulkin found:
📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1086/730722 1/12
examines the labor market backgrounds of politicians in Sweden’s Green and Radical Right parties. Here’s what I, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and Jan Szulkin found:
📄 Paper: doi.org/10.1086/730722 1/12
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🚨New Workshop🚨
“𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬”
Organized by Bocconi Axa Gender Lab,the WISPPRH at the lSE, @margauxsuteau.bsky.social & NYU Abu Dhabi ✨
👩💻Online or in-person participation is more than welcome!
Registration & info👉 www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic... 🔗
“𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬”
Organized by Bocconi Axa Gender Lab,the WISPPRH at the lSE, @margauxsuteau.bsky.social & NYU Abu Dhabi ✨
👩💻Online or in-person participation is more than welcome!
Registration & info👉 www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic... 🔗
February 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🚨New Workshop🚨
“𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬”
Organized by Bocconi Axa Gender Lab,the WISPPRH at the lSE, @margauxsuteau.bsky.social & NYU Abu Dhabi ✨
👩💻Online or in-person participation is more than welcome!
Registration & info👉 www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic... 🔗
“𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲: 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐦 𝐒𝐡𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐬”
Organized by Bocconi Axa Gender Lab,the WISPPRH at the lSE, @margauxsuteau.bsky.social & NYU Abu Dhabi ✨
👩💻Online or in-person participation is more than welcome!
Registration & info👉 www.lse.ac.uk/social-polic... 🔗
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Holy forking shirt balls
"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
January 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Holy forking shirt balls
"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "
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🚨 New publication 🚨
How do social networks shape job referrals? We conducted a field study to explore gender homophily in referral hiring. Turns out, both men and women mainly refer candidates of their own gender. 🧵👇
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
With @karinhederos.bsky.social. #econsky
How do social networks shape job referrals? We conducted a field study to explore gender homophily in referral hiring. Turns out, both men and women mainly refer candidates of their own gender. 🧵👇
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
With @karinhederos.bsky.social. #econsky
January 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
🚨 New publication 🚨
How do social networks shape job referrals? We conducted a field study to explore gender homophily in referral hiring. Turns out, both men and women mainly refer candidates of their own gender. 🧵👇
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
With @karinhederos.bsky.social. #econsky
How do social networks shape job referrals? We conducted a field study to explore gender homophily in referral hiring. Turns out, both men and women mainly refer candidates of their own gender. 🧵👇
📄 doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
With @karinhederos.bsky.social. #econsky
Read our new paper on how the economic empowerment of one generation of women drives greater political officeholding for the next 💪✨
#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
Working Mothers and Political Daughters: Intergenerational Dynamics of Women's Political Officeholding - cup.org/3Wujhgi
- Moa Frödin Gruneau & @johannarickne.bsky.social
Working Mothers and Political Daughters: Intergenerational Dynamics of Women's Political Officeholding - cup.org/3Wujhgi
- Moa Frödin Gruneau & @johannarickne.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Read our new paper on how the economic empowerment of one generation of women drives greater political officeholding for the next 💪✨
Good morning all political scientists! APSA isn't just my favorite conference—I just found out that economists have proven it boosts your chances of finding productive research collaborations! Shoutout to Fernande Leon & team for the research! 🙌 @apsa.bsky.social
January 23, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Good morning all political scientists! APSA isn't just my favorite conference—I just found out that economists have proven it boosts your chances of finding productive research collaborations! Shoutout to Fernande Leon & team for the research! 🙌 @apsa.bsky.social
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What really annoys me about media coverage of alt protein as a researcher in this space is that there are reams of open-access, easily findable peer-reviewed paper, some of which researchers like myself and Matt have then translated for a popular audience, and that just don't get used as sources.
As @jandutkiewicz.bsky.social and I wrote, the data is already in, and plant-based meats beat out animal-based counterparts, especially when it's red meat, every single time. This is even when you account for processing. Slaughter requires energy too, after all www.vox.com/22787178/bey...
Yes, plant-based meat is better for the planet
The environmental debate over meatless meat, explained.
www.vox.com
January 16, 2025 at 10:24 PM
What really annoys me about media coverage of alt protein as a researcher in this space is that there are reams of open-access, easily findable peer-reviewed paper, some of which researchers like myself and Matt have then translated for a popular audience, and that just don't get used as sources.
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No other political opinion variable measured in the data show the same kind of polarization over time as views about gender equality.
January 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
No other political opinion variable measured in the data show the same kind of polarization over time as views about gender equality.
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New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
January 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
New Working Paper: Teenage boys and girls in Norway are more ideologically polarized than ever. Using data for 130,000 high-schoolers over 34 years, I find that a surge in anti-feminism among boys is driving much of the recent trend.📈
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
Read: osf.io/preprints/os...
Findings 🧵👇
For people in Sweden who are positive to financing Swedish health care with private insurance: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
Opinion | I Was a Health Insurance Executive. What I Saw Made Me Quit.
Shareholders, not patient outcomes, tend to drive decisions at health insurance companies.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 7:54 PM
For people in Sweden who are positive to financing Swedish health care with private insurance: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...
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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/...
July 2, 2024 at 1:23 PM
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/...
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
November 21, 2024 at 7:16 AM
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