Max-Emil Mohn King

Cox, Gary W.; Fiva, Jon H. & King, Max-Emil Mohn (2024)

Bound by Borders: Voter Mobilization Through Social Networks

British Journal of Political Science, 54(4), s. 1198- 1216. Doi: 10.1017/S0007123424000164 - Full text in research archive

A vast and growing quantitative literature considers how social networks shape political mobilization but the degree to which turnout decisions are strategic remains ambiguous. Unlike previous studies, we establish personal links between voters and candidates and exploit discontinuous incentives to mobilize across district boundaries to estimate causal effects. Considering three types of networks – families, co-workers, and immigrant communities – we show that a group member's candidacy acts as a mobilizational impulse propagating through the group's network. In family networks, some of this impulse is non-strategic, surviving past district boundaries. However, the bulk of family mobilization is bound by the candidate's district boundary, as is the entirety of the mobilizational effects in the other networks.

Fiva, Jon H. & King, Max-Emil Mohn (2024)

Child Penalties in Politics

Economic Journal, 134(658), s. 648- 670. Doi: 10.1093/ej/uead084

Women tend to experience a substantial decline in their labour income after their first child is born, while men do not. Do such ‘child penalties’ also exist in the political arena? Using comprehensive administrative data from Norway, we find that women are less likely than men to secure elected office after their first child is born. The effects manifest already from the nomination stage, where mothers receive less favourable rankings on party lists relative to comparable fathers. This paper broadens our understanding of a fundamental social issue in political representation and demonstrates how motherhood affects even positively selected women.

King, Max-Emil Mohn & Fiva, Jon H. (2022)

Vi har undersøkt om barn er en karrierebrems i politikken. Vi finner betydelige kjønnsforskjeller.

Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.) [Kronikk]

King, Max-Emil Mohn (2024)

No Payoff from Time Off? Effects of Extra Paid Vacation for Elderly Employees

[Academic lecture]. Trygdeforskningsseminaret 2024.

Cox, Gary W.; Fiva, Jon H. & King, Max-Emil Mohn (2023)

Bound by Borders: Voter Mobilization through Social Networks

[Report]. Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research.

Fiva, Jon H. & King, Max-Emil Mohn (2022)

Child Penalties in Politics

[Report]. Munich Society for the Promotion of Economic Research.

Women tend to experience substantial declines in their labor income after their first child is born, while men do not. Do such “child penalties” also exist in the political arena? Using extensive administrative data from Norway and an event-study methodology, we find that women drop out of local politics to a larger extent than men after their first child is born. Parenthood also seems to have a differential long-term effect on women and men's political careers, which may explain why women, especially women with children, are underrepresented at higher levels of the political hierarchy.