OLLE FOLKE OCTOBER 2015 Tel: +46 703670242 Email: olle.folke@statsvet.uu.se PERSONAL INFORMATION Born March 22nd, 1979; Swedish citizen CURRENT POSITIONS 2015- Lecturer, Department of Government, Uppsala University 2010- Affiliated Researcher, UCLS 2010- Affiliated Researcher, IFN, Stockholm PREVIOUS POSITIONS 2010-15 Assistant Professor, SIPA, Columbia University EDUCATION 2007-2010 PhD studies, Economics, IIES, Stockholm University 2008 PhD studies, Visiting Student Jan-Jun, Political Science Dept., MIT 2005-2007 PhD studies, Economics, Swedish University of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2000-2005 MA in Economics, Swedish University of Agriculture and Life Sciences 2003-2004 Visiting Student, Cornell University PUBLICATIONS Patronage and Elections in US States, with Shigeo Hirano & James Snyder (Harvard). American Political Science Review, Aug 2011 vol.105, iss. 3, pp. 567-585 " Gubernatorial Midterm Slumps", with James Snyder (Harvard) American Journal of Political Science, October 2012. Vol. 56, iss. 4, pp 931 948
" Elections and Reform:The Adoptation of Civil Service Systems in the U.S. States", with Shigeo Hirano, James Snyder and Michael Ting (Lead Author) Journal of Theoretical Politics, July 2013, vol 25 iss. 3, pp. 363-387 Shades of Brown and Green: Party effects in Proportional Election Systems, Journal of the European Economic Association October 2014 Vol. 12, iss. 4 pp 1127-1422 Mechanical and Psychological Effects of Electoral Reform, with Jon Fiva, British Journal of Political Science, accepted for publication Partisan Imbalance in Regression Discontinuity Studies Based on Electoral Thresholds, with Shigeo Hirano and James M. Snyder (Lead Author), Political Science Research and Methods, accepted for publication A Gubernatorial Helping Hand? How Governors Affect Presidential Elections, joint with Robert S. Erikson and James Snyder, Journal of Politics, April 2015 vol 77 iss., pp. 491-504 Gender Quotas and Ethnic Minority Representation: A Longitudinal Mixed Methods Study of Intra-Party Spillover with Lenita Freidenvall and Johanna Rickne. Politics and Gender, Politics & Gender June 2015 vol 11 iss. 2: 345 381. Electoral competition and gender differences in political careers, with Johanna Rickne Quarterly Journal of Political Science, accepted for publication The Glass Ceiling in Politics: Formalization and Empirical Tests, with Johanna Rickne, Comparative Political Studies, accepted for publication The Primary Effect: Preference Votes and Political Promotions,with Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne, American Political Science Review, accepted for publication WORKING PAPERS Power of Parties, with Jon Fiva and Rune Sörensen, Gender Quotas and the Crisis of the Mediocre Man: Theory and Evidence from Sweden co-authored with Johanna Rickne, Torsten Persson and Tim Besley Social Representation: Measurements and Determinants, with Johanna Rickne Immigrants' Vertical Representation: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences, with Johanna Rickne Dynastic Political Rents, with Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne Dynastic Recruitment, Gender Quotas and Qualifications: Evidence from Sweden, with Johanna Rickne PUBLICATIONS IN SWEDISH Rekrytering av tjänstepersoner i den kommunala sektorn with Carl Dahlström and Johanna Rickne, 2014., in David Karlsson & Mikael Gilljam (red) Svenska politiker : om de folkvalda i riksdag, landsting och kommun. Santérus: Stockholm. Personröster och politisk makt. with Johanna Rickne and Torsten Persson 2014 Ekonomisk Debatt 42(1), 17-26.
Kvinnotricket och konkurrenskraften, with Johanna Rickne, in Bakardjieva-Engelbrekt, A, Oxelheim, L och Persson, T, (red), Ett konkurrenskraftigt EU till rätt pris - Europaperspektiv 2013, Santérus Förlag, 2013. Kvinnor i politiken och män vid makten? with Johanna Rickne. Ekonomisk Debatt nr. 1. 2012. SWEDISH LANGUAGE REPORTS AND BOOK REVIEWS Personröster och Politiska Karriärer, i 20 år med personval, with Torsten Persson and Johanna Rickne in Oskarsson, Henrik och Berg, Linda (red.) Publikation enligt regeringsuppdag Ju/2014/1013/D. Vertikal Ojämlikhet i Kommunpolitiken. with Johanna Rickne. 2015 Bakgrundsrapport till Demokratiutredningen. Personkryss och politiska karriärer. with Johanna Rickne. 2012 SNS Analys Nr 4. INVITED TALKS 2009 NTNU, Trondheim 2010 IFN (Stockholm), Oslo University 2011 Stanford GSB, Erasmus University, VATT Helsinki, University of Maryland, Stockholm School of Economics, Uppsala University 2012 LSE, Harvard, Yale, Uppsala University, Lund University, Gothenburg University, PUC-Rio, IIES 2013 Caltech, Uppsala University, Gothenburg University 2014 Aarhus University, UC Berkeley, Chicago University 2015 UC Berkeley RESEARCH GRANTS 2012 Swedish Research Council Gender Quotas, Representation, Political Careers, and Policy Outcomes with Johanna Rickne, Torsten Persson and Tim Besley. $450.000
Torsten Söderbergh Foundation Selection of politicians in proportional representation systems with Johanna Rickne, Torsten Persson and Tim Besley. $300.000 TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2002-06 Teaching assistant, Introduction to undergraduate programs at the Department of Economics, SLU 2006 Lecturer Microeconomics, SLU Undergraduate Level 2006/08 Teaching Assistant, Macroeconomics A, SLU 2007 Planner, Lecturer & Teaching Assistant, Introduction to undergraduate programs at the Department of Economics, SLU 2007 Essay Supervision, Ecology for Economists, SLU 2008 Lecturer Environmental Economics, SLU Undergraduate Level All teaching below are Master courses at SIPA, Columbia University, unless otherwise noted 2010-2011 Public Opinion, Energy and the Environment 2011-2012 Public Opinion, Energy and the Environment Applied Econometrics 2012-2013 Applied Econometrics 2013-2014 Applied Econometrics Capstone, New York City Department of Parks
Capstone, National Democratic Institute Short PhD Course in Regression Discontinuity Designs at the political Science Department of Gothenburg University REFEREE Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Quarterly Journal of Political Science. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Political Science Review, Journal of the European Economic Association, American Economic Review. American Journal of Politics, Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, European Economic Review. American Economic Review, Economica, British Journal of Political Studies