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Jon Fiva

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Economics professor at the Norwegian Business School | www.jon.fiva.no

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Reposted by Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Jon H. Fiva , and 5 more Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Jon H. Fiva, Joshua Goodman, Iikka Korhonen, Trevon D. Logan, Aaron Sojourner, Richard Moorhead

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 20h

I can't tell you how many interviews I've done where I've been asked: If Trump's policies are so problematic, why are U.S. stocks rising so rapidly.

A bit of international context illustrates the real issue here.

U.S. stocks have dramatically underperformed other advanced economies.

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings, Mel Bartley , and 10 more Richard S.J. Tol, Will Jennings, Mel Bartley, Maarten Vink, Philip N. Cohen, Jon H. Fiva, Edgar Morgenroth, Kris Inwood, Shelly Lundberg, Daniel S. Goldberg, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Michael Pollard, Georg Weizsäcker

Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 10d

This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”"

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Graph showing life expectancy trends in 23 higher income countries between 1980 and 2024. Life expectancy increased over time in all countries. In 1980, the US is in the middle of the pack, but their life expectancy gains were slower than that of other countries, and by around 2002, the US had the lowest life expectancy of all countries. Over the next 20 years, US life expectancy increasingly tracks away from the trajectories of other countries, as their life expectancy stalls while other countries life expectancy continues to climb

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers, Tim Bale , and 4 more Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers, Tim Bale, Erik Voeten, Catherine E. De Vries, Jon H. Fiva, Tom Louwerse

Simon Hix @simonhix.bsky.social · 10d

I have just written a Substack piece with some scenarios of what would have happened in the recent Dutch election if there had been 4% electoral threshold (with apologies to my Dutch friends for banging on about this!) substack.com/home/post/p-...

What Would happen if The Netherlands had a 4% Electoral Threshold?

Political scientists of electoral systems love The Netherlands.

substack.com

Reposted by Jon H. Fiva, Kris Inwood

Jørgen Modalsli @modals.li · 11d

New working paper! *Measuring long-run wealth inequality: Empirical results for Norway 1912-2019* (with Aaberge and Solbakken) We estimate wealth inequality in Norway based on a set of historical and contemporary sources. www.ssb.no/en/inntekt-o...

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Colin Green, Jon H. Fiva , and 3 more Richard S.J. Tol, Colin Green, Jon H. Fiva, Iikka Korhonen, Tore Nilssen, Johannes Boehm

Martin B. Holm @martinbholm.bsky.social · 13d

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

We are hiring tenure-track assistant/associate professors in Economics at the University of Oslo.

Fields: macro, micro theory, international trade, development

Application deadline: November 30!

More info at: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

EJM - Econ Job Market

econjobmarket.org

Reposted by Mel Bartley, Jon H. Fiva, Rod Dacombe

Dr. Alexandra “Ali” Cirone @alicirone.bsky.social · 18d

The School of Public Policy at the LSE is hiring in political science! Associate or Full.

I was the first political scientist hired by the SPP, come be the second!

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy

Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></...

jobs.lse.ac.uk

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Dave O’Brien, Carl Henrik Knutsen , and 8 more Ben H. Ansell, Dave O’Brien, Carl Henrik Knutsen, Jon H. Fiva, Simon Otjes, Aaron Sojourner, Samuel Workman, Alessandro Nai, Miroslav Nemčok, Joost van Spanje, Roman Senninger

𝙅𝙖𝙘🍩𝙗 𝙉𝙮𝙧𝙪𝙥 @jacobnyrup.bsky.social · 21d

We are hiring PhDs and postdocs to work on the ERC project GETGOV, where I am the PI.

We will investigate governing elites since 1789. I am sure that it will be a lot of fun and result in great research!

Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhDs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628) | University of Oslo

Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science (3-4 years) (288628), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Monday, November 17, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · 24d

@ollefolke.bsky.social and I have a paper on electoral reform, with an application to Norwegian municipalities:

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform - Volume 46 Issue 2

www.cambridge.org

Reposted by Catherine E. De Vries, Jon H. Fiva, Janne Tukiainen , and 1 more Catherine E. De Vries, Jon H. Fiva, Janne Tukiainen, Daniel Rubenson

Giovanna Invernizzi @ginvernizzi.bsky.social · Oct 5

Please share!

Call for papers in the formal theory section at EPSS 2026 @epssnet.bsky.social.

Call for papers is open: epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

We welcome individual and panel submissions on all substantive areas of political science!

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

epssnet.org

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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · Sep 24

Taught intro to hypothesis testing today in undergrad stats for the first time in a while and this activity is undefeated for giving the intuition for hypothesis testing: jse.amstat.org/v2n1/eckert..... Plus you can do it as a magic trick which makes it fun.

Journal of Statistics Education, V2N1: Eckert

jse.amstat.org

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Sep 23

Please submit to EPSS Belfast! @knalewajko.bsky.social and I are section chairs for HPE 👇

Deadline: November 7, 2025
Conference: June 18-20, 2026

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Sep 23

▶️ Historical Political Economy

👉🏽 Section chairs: Jon Fiva & Kasia Nalewajko

📢 This section welcomes work with micro-level historical data & strong quantitative or mixed-methods designs.

Submissions: papers & complete panels using history, to inform our understanding of the present & theory.

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Reposted by Simon Hix, Jon H. Fiva

EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · Sep 23

Reposted by Jan W. Mueller, Jon H. Fiva

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · Sep 18

Don't buy the canard that this is about Charlie Kirk. Abusing state power to lean on corporate leaders and get Jimmy Kimmel off the air because he told jokes about the president and made him feel bad was always the plan.

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Sep 17

Honest q: You don’t worry that editors will discount your report because you turned it around super fast?

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings, Jon H. Fiva , and 1 more Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings, Jon H. Fiva, Jon Green

John Sides @johnsides.bsky.social · Sep 3

Imagine asking people two questions -- whether each of these is a good or bad way to run a govt:

1) having a democratic political system

2) having a strong leader who does not have to bother with parliament and elections

What percent says *both* are good?

44%!

Reposted by Jon H. Fiva

Assad Nasir @assadnasir.bsky.social · Sep 3

Jeg har laget en oversikt over skolevalgresultatet over skolene i Oslo, hvis noen andre er interesseret i sånt. Vinnerpartiet på hver enkelt skole er markert i grønt.

Reposted by Jon H. Fiva

Jonas W. Schmid @jonaswschmid.bsky.social · Sep 1

Great start to the WhoGov elite workshop with @seibertlukas.bsky.social discussing how transparency affects MPs' side jobs and @siggi-econ.bsky.social showing that Norwegian parties and voters do a good job at filtering out candidates with criminal backgrounds.

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Aug 29

Breaking news

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Aug 28

Why has women’s rise in politics been so slow even under PR?

Our new APSR paper [out today!] shows how “hidden majoritarianism” in proportional systems shapes women’s progression from entering lists to reaching top offices.

Dan Smith @profdansmith.bsky.social · Aug 28

🎉Now online (open access): "Hidden Majoritarianism and Women’s Career Progression in Proportional Representation Systems" at @apsrjournal.bsky.social. @alicirone.bsky.social, @teele.bsky.social, Gary Cox, @fiva.no. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Reposted by David M. Farrell, Jon H. Fiva, Justin H. Kirkland , and 4 more David M. Farrell, Jon H. Fiva, Justin H. Kirkland, Mirya R. Holman, David C. Kimball, Alexandra Cirone, David Darmofal

Dan Smith @profdansmith.bsky.social · Aug 28

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Aug 28

Norway votes in 11 days 🇳🇴

More than a century after PR was introduced, women still hold under half the seats. In Norway’s closed-list system, nomination order is decisive—women are projected to occupy ~44% of seats in 2025 (based on 2021 party seat shares across districts).

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Aug 27

Hvis man skal begynne å «ta stemmer» fra parti så må man sjekke om direktemandat kan ryke. Blir fort komplisert med alle 19 kretsene. Generelt så tipper jeg at det er mye å gå dersom stemmer hentes fra AP (som jo ikke får utjevningsmandat uansett), og mindre hvis man ser på SV/R.

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Aug 27

Ja, det har det potensielt. Jeg henta dem her bare fra sofaen.

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Aug 27

Tabell:

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Aug 27

Utjevningsmandatene i Norge deles ut i runder til partiene som "mest fortjener det". Her er hvordan det så ut i 2021 (tror jeg, med forbehold om feil😅).

Jon Fiva @fiva.no · Aug 27

MDG ber velgere stemme taktisk for å passere sperregrensa (mdg.no/taktisk). Illustrasjonen 👇 er litt optimistisk, men viser en viktig diskontinuitet i valgsystemet. I 2021 ville 1720 flere stemmer til MDG gitt 4 ekstra mandater – tatt fra FrP (2), SV og H.

Reposted by Jon H. Fiva, Joshua Goodman

Dina Pomeranz @dinapomeranz.bsky.social · Aug 9

Important speech by Tel Aviv University economics professor Ro'ee Levy at the Israel Economic Association meeting, in which he links together insights from economics research, personal experience and information about the devastating situation in Gaza: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Israeli Economic Association Conference – Closing Panel Roee Levy, July 17, 2025 The topic of this panel is trends in the Israeli economy, and I am going to talk about the most important trend: the w...

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Reposted by Charles W. Stewart, Jon H. Fiva, Antti Lipponen

Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · Jun 4

Wherever you live in the world, your climate is getting warmer.

21st June is #ShowYourStripes day when we encourage everyone to use the warming stripes graphics to talk about climate change and how we are all already experiencing the consequences.

Download your stripes: www.ShowYourStripes.info

Reposted by Colin Green, Jon H. Fiva

Colin Green @colinpgreen.bsky.social · Feb 21

PhD position in Economics or Finance open at NTNU-Economics - Deadline 9th of March

Details below - but great working environment, generous pay (approx. 535 000 NOK) and generous research funds.

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD in Economics (275033) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Job title: PhD in Economics (275033), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 9, 2025

www.jobbnorge.no

Reposted by Pablo Brañas‐Garza, Seema Jayachandran, Marco Battaglini , and 6 more Pablo Brañas‐Garza, Seema Jayachandran, Marco Battaglini, Jon H. Fiva, Daniel Stone, Feng Hu, Terence Wood, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia, Andreas Steinmayr

Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Apr 8

After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

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