Johanna Rickne
@johannarickne.bsky.social
Professor of Economics
📚 📣 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!
📣 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...
6/ We now look into not just one but all five identification strategies in the paper. The figure below summarizes these new results.
May 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
6/ We now look into not just one but all five identification strategies in the paper. The figure below summarizes these new results.
1/ The paper claimed that the reform caused a jump in rape by 50–60 percent. This seemed hard to reconcile with the flat time trend in reported rapes around the time of the reform.
May 9, 2025 at 9:29 AM
1/ The paper claimed that the reform caused a jump in rape by 50–60 percent. This seemed hard to reconcile with the flat time trend in reported rapes around the time of the reform.
The data lets researchers explore long-term trends in political representation, including how women gained ground in local politics well before gender quotas. Here's a figure showing striking local variation in women’s representation. 4/
April 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The data lets researchers explore long-term trends in political representation, including how women gained ground in local politics well before gender quotas. Here's a figure showing striking local variation in women’s representation. 4/
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
Another striking finding:
Male-dominated jobs with high outsider contact are rare and differ from the overall pattern. Women in these male-stereotyped roles, like security guards or police, face high risks of sexual harassment from both insiders and outsiders (the latter shown in the figure).
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Male-dominated jobs with high outsider contact are rare and differ from the overall pattern. Women in these male-stereotyped roles, like security guards or police, face high risks of sexual harassment from both insiders and outsiders (the latter shown in the figure).
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April 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Another striking finding:
Male-dominated jobs with high outsider contact are rare and differ from the overall pattern. Women in these male-stereotyped roles, like security guards or police, face high risks of sexual harassment from both insiders and outsiders (the latter shown in the figure).
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Male-dominated jobs with high outsider contact are rare and differ from the overall pattern. Women in these male-stereotyped roles, like security guards or police, face high risks of sexual harassment from both insiders and outsiders (the latter shown in the figure).
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Similarly, jobs with frequent interaction with the public—especially those in care, health, and service sectors—see significantly more extraorganizational harassment.
These jobs are mostly held by women.
The level of contact with outsiders is predictive of risk.
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These jobs are mostly held by women.
The level of contact with outsiders is predictive of risk.
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April 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Similarly, jobs with frequent interaction with the public—especially those in care, health, and service sectors—see significantly more extraorganizational harassment.
These jobs are mostly held by women.
The level of contact with outsiders is predictive of risk.
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These jobs are mostly held by women.
The level of contact with outsiders is predictive of risk.
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If you are a woman in a male-dominated job (e.g., engineering, policing), or a man in a female-dominated one (e.g., nursing, care work), you are more likely to be surrounded by opposite-sex colleagues—and at greater risk of intraorganizational harassment.
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April 1, 2025 at 8:53 AM
If you are a woman in a male-dominated job (e.g., engineering, policing), or a man in a female-dominated one (e.g., nursing, care work), you are more likely to be surrounded by opposite-sex colleagues—and at greater risk of intraorganizational harassment.
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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...
🧵 1/
Are these selection patterns the same at higher levels? Comparing party gaps in predicted ideology between parliamentarians and local politicians shows smaller but still meaningful differences (measured below in standard deviations). 10/12
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Are these selection patterns the same at higher levels? Comparing party gaps in predicted ideology between parliamentarians and local politicians shows smaller but still meaningful differences (measured below in standard deviations). 10/12
Restricting the data to each party’s local politicians, we see that most Green Party politicians fall in the left-liberal quadrant of predicted ideology, while most Sweden Democrats are in the right-authoritarian quadrant. 7/12
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Restricting the data to each party’s local politicians, we see that most Green Party politicians fall in the left-liberal quadrant of predicted ideology, while most Sweden Democrats are in the right-authoritarian quadrant. 7/12
Swedish registry data lets us create two index variables combining labor market (and other) traits predicted to drive ideology. We then plot the elliptical distribution of predicted ideologies in the population and verify occupations' positions. 6/12
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Swedish registry data lets us create two index variables combining labor market (and other) traits predicted to drive ideology. We then plot the elliptical distribution of predicted ideologies in the population and verify occupations' positions. 6/12
Kitschelt (1994) visualizes voter groups split by occupation as an ellipse in a two-dimensional ideological space (left figure). Traditional parties’ platform inertia allowed new parties to mobilize the two segments along the ideological "diagonal" (right figure). 5/12
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Kitschelt (1994) visualizes voter groups split by occupation as an ellipse in a two-dimensional ideological space (left figure). Traditional parties’ platform inertia allowed new parties to mobilize the two segments along the ideological "diagonal" (right figure). 5/12
Green and Radical Right parties are growing fast. The figure below shows how the number of these parties has increased across 37 OECD democracies. 2/12
February 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Green and Radical Right parties are growing fast. The figure below shows how the number of these parties has increased across 37 OECD democracies. 2/12
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
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
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
Happy recipients of the Assar Lindbeck Medal, a career award for the best Swedish economist(s) under 45. 🥂 🎉
November 15, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Happy recipients of the Assar Lindbeck Medal, a career award for the best Swedish economist(s) under 45. 🥂 🎉
Appreciation at work correlates strongly with worker well-being. People who feel more appreciated self-report higher job satisfaction, experience fewer feelings of unease when they go to work and are less likely to consider quitting their jobs for health reasons. 5/7
October 23, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Appreciation at work correlates strongly with worker well-being. People who feel more appreciated self-report higher job satisfaction, experience fewer feelings of unease when they go to work and are less likely to consider quitting their jobs for health reasons. 5/7
Several findings point to a causal interpretation (hiring more women-->more appreciation). Strong correlations exist within workplaces over time, across workplaces in the same firm, and within many industries or occupations with more (or less) women (figure below). 4/7
October 23, 2023 at 1:42 PM
Several findings point to a causal interpretation (hiring more women-->more appreciation). Strong correlations exist within workplaces over time, across workplaces in the same firm, and within many industries or occupations with more (or less) women (figure below). 4/7
People in workplaces with a larger share of women are much more likely to say that they receive appreciation for their work. This is true for both women and men employees in workplaces with more women, and for people who manage these workplaces. 2/7
October 23, 2023 at 1:41 PM
People in workplaces with a larger share of women are much more likely to say that they receive appreciation for their work. This is true for both women and men employees in workplaces with more women, and for people who manage these workplaces. 2/7
"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
October 23, 2023 at 1:41 PM
"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