Olle Folke Alumni Contact Olle Folke Published at IFN Journal Articles 01 November 2017 Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Who Becomes A Politician?”. Quarterly Journal of Economics 132(4), 1877–1914. doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx016 01 October 2017 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Dynastic Political Rents? Economic Benefits to Relatives of Top Politicians”. Economic Journal 127(605), F495–F517. doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12494 01 August 2017 Besley, Timothy, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden”. American Economic Review 107(8), 2204–2242. doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160080 01 April 2016 Fiva, Jon H. and Olle Folke (2016). “Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform”. British Journal of Political Science 46(2), 265–279. doi.org/10.1017/S0007123414000209 01 January 2016 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2016). “The Primary Effect: Preference Votes and Political Promotions”. American Political Science Review 110(3), 559–578. doi.org/10.1017/S0003055416000241 01 January 2016 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2016). “Electoral Competition and Gender Differences in Political Careers”. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 11(1), 59–102. doi.org/10.1561/100.00014161 01 January 2016 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2016). “The Glass Ceiling in Politics: Formalization and Empirical Tests”. Comparative Political Studies 49(5), 567–599. doi.org/10.1177/0010414015621073 01 June 2015 Folke, Olle, Lenita Freidenvall and Johanna Rickne (2015). “Gender Quotas and Ethnic Minority Representation: Swedish Evidence from a Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study”. Politics & Gender 11(2), 345–381. doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X15000069 01 May 2015 Snyder, James M., Olle Folke and Shigeo Hirano (2015). “Partisan Imbalance in Regression Discontinuity Studies Based on Electoral Thresholds”. Political Science Research and Methods 3(2), 169–186. doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2014.31 01 January 2015 Erikson, Robert S., Olle Folke and James M. Snyder (2015). “A Gubernatorial Helping Hand? How Governors Affect Presidential Elections”. Journal of Politics 77(2), 491–504. doi.org/10.1086/680186 01 October 2014 Folke, Olle (2014). “Shades of Brown and Green: Party Effects in Proportional Election Systems”. Journal of the European Economic Association 12(5), 1361–1395. doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12103 01 July 2013 Ting, Michael M., James M. Snyder, Shigeo Hirano and Olle Folke (2013). “Elections and Reform: The Adoption of Civil Service Systems in the U.S. States”. Journal of Theoretical Politics 25(3), 363–387. doi.org/10.1177/0951629812453217 01 October 2012 Folke, Olle and James M. Snyder (2012). “Gubernatorial Midterm Slumps”. American Journal of Political Science 56(4), 931–948. doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2012.00599.x 01 August 2011 Folke, Olle, Shigeo Hirano and James M. Snyder (2011). “Patronage and Elections in U.S. States”. American Political Science Review 105(3), 567–585. doi.org/10.1017/S0003055411000256 Working Papers 17 September 2018 Folke, Olle, Johanna Rickne and Daniel M. Smith (2018). “Gender and Dynastic Political Recruitment”. IFN Working Paper No. 1233. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). 22 December 2016 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2016). “All the Single Ladies: Job Promotions and the Durability of Marriage”. IFN Working Paper No. 1146. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). 15 September 2016 Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2016). “Who Becomes a Politican?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1133. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). 12 August 2014 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2014). “The Glass Ceiling in Politics: Formalization and Empirical Tests”. IFN Working Paper No. 1034. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). 17 January 2014 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2014). “Preferential Voting, Accountability and Promotions into Political Power: Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1002. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). 07 November 2013 Besley, Timothy, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2013). “Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 985. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). 10 October 2012 Erikson, Robert S., Olle Folke and James M. Snyder Jr (2012). “A Gubernatorial Helping Hand? How Governors Affect Presidential Elections”. IFN Working Paper No. 932. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). 05 September 2012 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2012). “Female Representation but Male Rule? Party Competition and the Political Glass Ceiling”. IFN Working Paper No. 923. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN). Articles in Swedish 01 January 2017 Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Kompetens och klassbakgrund bland svenska politiker”. Ekonomisk Debatt 45(3), 5–17. 01 January 2017 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2017). “All the Single Ladies – toppjobb och skilsmässor bland kvinnor och män”. Ekonomisk Debatt 45(1), 18–26. 01 January 2014 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2014). “Personröster och politisk makt”. Ekonomisk Debatt 42(1), 17–26. 01 January 2012 Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2012). “Kvinnor i politiken och män vid makten?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 40(1), 16–21. Op-Eds 08 August 2018 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2018). “Väljarna överskattar andelen utlandsfödda”. Expressen, August 8. 05 December 2017 Folke, Olle, Erik Lundin and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Kvinnliga kirurgers prestationer undervärderas systematiskt”. Feministiskt perspektiv, December 5. 26 May 2017 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Replik: Osanningar om forskning”. Svenska Dagbladet, May 26. 19 April 2017 Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2017). “Var är den feministiska forskningspolitiken?”. Feministiskt Perspektiv, April 19. 13 September 2014 Folke, Olle, Jenny Madestam and Johanna Rickne (2014). “En röst är aldrig bortkastad”. Svenska Dagbladet, September 13. 16 September 2012 Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2012). “Personkrysset väger tungt i det politiska maktspelet”. Dagens Nyheter, September 16. 08 March 2012 Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2012). “Varannan damernas med herrar som för”. Expressen, March 8. 23 September 2010 Folke, Olle (2010). “Problem med det svenska valsystemet”. Svenska Dagbladet, September 23. 16 August 2010 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2010). “Lobbyister bör redovisas öppet”. Svenska Dagbladet, August 16. Popular Science 27 April 2017 Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Political Selection and the Path to Inclusive Meritocracy”. VoxEU.org, April 27. Reports 01 January 2017 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Könskvotering, kompetens och karriär”. Stockholm: SNS. 01 January 2012 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2012). “Personröster och politiska karriärer”.
01 November 2017 Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Who Becomes A Politician?”. Quarterly Journal of Economics 132(4), 1877–1914. doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjx016
01 October 2017 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Dynastic Political Rents? Economic Benefits to Relatives of Top Politicians”. Economic Journal 127(605), F495–F517. doi.org/10.1111/ecoj.12494
01 August 2017 Besley, Timothy, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden”. American Economic Review 107(8), 2204–2242. doi.org/10.1257/aer.20160080
01 April 2016 Fiva, Jon H. and Olle Folke (2016). “Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform”. British Journal of Political Science 46(2), 265–279. doi.org/10.1017/S0007123414000209
01 January 2016 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2016). “The Primary Effect: Preference Votes and Political Promotions”. American Political Science Review 110(3), 559–578. doi.org/10.1017/S0003055416000241
01 January 2016 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2016). “Electoral Competition and Gender Differences in Political Careers”. Quarterly Journal of Political Science 11(1), 59–102. doi.org/10.1561/100.00014161
01 January 2016 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2016). “The Glass Ceiling in Politics: Formalization and Empirical Tests”. Comparative Political Studies 49(5), 567–599. doi.org/10.1177/0010414015621073
01 June 2015 Folke, Olle, Lenita Freidenvall and Johanna Rickne (2015). “Gender Quotas and Ethnic Minority Representation: Swedish Evidence from a Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study”. Politics & Gender 11(2), 345–381. doi.org/10.1017/S1743923X15000069
01 May 2015 Snyder, James M., Olle Folke and Shigeo Hirano (2015). “Partisan Imbalance in Regression Discontinuity Studies Based on Electoral Thresholds”. Political Science Research and Methods 3(2), 169–186. doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2014.31
01 January 2015 Erikson, Robert S., Olle Folke and James M. Snyder (2015). “A Gubernatorial Helping Hand? How Governors Affect Presidential Elections”. Journal of Politics 77(2), 491–504. doi.org/10.1086/680186
01 October 2014 Folke, Olle (2014). “Shades of Brown and Green: Party Effects in Proportional Election Systems”. Journal of the European Economic Association 12(5), 1361–1395. doi.org/10.1111/jeea.12103
01 July 2013 Ting, Michael M., James M. Snyder, Shigeo Hirano and Olle Folke (2013). “Elections and Reform: The Adoption of Civil Service Systems in the U.S. States”. Journal of Theoretical Politics 25(3), 363–387. doi.org/10.1177/0951629812453217
01 October 2012 Folke, Olle and James M. Snyder (2012). “Gubernatorial Midterm Slumps”. American Journal of Political Science 56(4), 931–948. doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-5907.2012.00599.x
01 August 2011 Folke, Olle, Shigeo Hirano and James M. Snyder (2011). “Patronage and Elections in U.S. States”. American Political Science Review 105(3), 567–585. doi.org/10.1017/S0003055411000256
17 September 2018 Folke, Olle, Johanna Rickne and Daniel M. Smith (2018). “Gender and Dynastic Political Recruitment”. IFN Working Paper No. 1233. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
22 December 2016 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2016). “All the Single Ladies: Job Promotions and the Durability of Marriage”. IFN Working Paper No. 1146. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
15 September 2016 Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2016). “Who Becomes a Politican?”. IFN Working Paper No. 1133. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
12 August 2014 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2014). “The Glass Ceiling in Politics: Formalization and Empirical Tests”. IFN Working Paper No. 1034. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
17 January 2014 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2014). “Preferential Voting, Accountability and Promotions into Political Power: Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 1002. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
07 November 2013 Besley, Timothy, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2013). “Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden”. IFN Working Paper No. 985. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
10 October 2012 Erikson, Robert S., Olle Folke and James M. Snyder Jr (2012). “A Gubernatorial Helping Hand? How Governors Affect Presidential Elections”. IFN Working Paper No. 932. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
05 September 2012 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2012). “Female Representation but Male Rule? Party Competition and the Political Glass Ceiling”. IFN Working Paper No. 923. Stockholm: Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN).
01 January 2017 Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Kompetens och klassbakgrund bland svenska politiker”. Ekonomisk Debatt 45(3), 5–17.
01 January 2017 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2017). “All the Single Ladies – toppjobb och skilsmässor bland kvinnor och män”. Ekonomisk Debatt 45(1), 18–26.
01 January 2014 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2014). “Personröster och politisk makt”. Ekonomisk Debatt 42(1), 17–26.
01 January 2012 Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2012). “Kvinnor i politiken och män vid makten?”. Ekonomisk Debatt 40(1), 16–21.
08 August 2018 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2018). “Väljarna överskattar andelen utlandsfödda”. Expressen, August 8.
05 December 2017 Folke, Olle, Erik Lundin and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Kvinnliga kirurgers prestationer undervärderas systematiskt”. Feministiskt perspektiv, December 5.
26 May 2017 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Replik: Osanningar om forskning”. Svenska Dagbladet, May 26.
19 April 2017 Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2017). “Var är den feministiska forskningspolitiken?”. Feministiskt Perspektiv, April 19.
13 September 2014 Folke, Olle, Jenny Madestam and Johanna Rickne (2014). “En röst är aldrig bortkastad”. Svenska Dagbladet, September 13.
16 September 2012 Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2012). “Personkrysset väger tungt i det politiska maktspelet”. Dagens Nyheter, September 16.
08 March 2012 Rickne, Johanna and Olle Folke (2012). “Varannan damernas med herrar som för”. Expressen, March 8.
23 September 2010 Folke, Olle (2010). “Problem med det svenska valsystemet”. Svenska Dagbladet, September 23.
16 August 2010 Folke, Olle and Johanna Rickne (2010). “Lobbyister bör redovisas öppet”. Svenska Dagbladet, August 16.
27 April 2017 Dal Bó, Ernesto, Frederico Finan, Olle Folke, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Political Selection and the Path to Inclusive Meritocracy”. VoxEU.org, April 27.
01 January 2017 Folke, Olle, Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne (2017). “Könskvotering, kompetens och karriär”. Stockholm: SNS.
