Mattias Folkestad (né Hallberg)

I am a PhD-student in economics at IIES. I have a background in politics as an economic policy advisor at the Swedish Parliament and before that I was president of the Swedish Federation of Student Unions.

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Job market candidate for 2026

I am a job market candidate for 2026. Primarily looking for academic jobs in the Gothenburg area. My JMP is Female Teachers: The Roots of Women’s Emancipation.

Paper accepted for publication in EJPE

My paper (with Chloé Niburel) Starting Young - How Age Limits Shape Political Participation. Was published in volume 87 of the European Journal of Political Economy. Here is a link

Working paper: Female Teachers: The Roots of Women’s Emancipation

Me and Monir Bounadi have now finished a working paper on the Roots of Women’s Emanicpation. We will present the results at the Summer 2024 IOG-BFI Conference in Stockholm and the Lewis Lab Graduate Student Workshops in Manchester.