Do high workloads force bureaucrats to discriminate? In a published paper at the @thejop.bsky.social, I challenge the dominant explanation of discrimination in public service delivery. Surprisingly, I find that bureaucrats are able to handle substantial workloads without discriminating.

Thrilled to share that our paper "A Learning Approach to the Governance of Professionals. Field Experimental Evidence" with scandersen.bsky.social has been accepted for publication in jpart1991.bsky.social See threat and link below below 👇 1/9

Our article “Unsuccessful Candidates Are More Concerned About Electoral Fairness than Election Winners” is now online @thejop.bsky.social Using RDD and elite survey data from Denmark, we show that losing candidates express greater concern about electoral fairness. 🔗 doi.org/10.1086/734240

This week we have been happy have @drelizabethbell.bsky.social from University of Texas, Austin as a guest. She has presented her recent work on "Administrative Burden and the Access-Fraud Trade-Off" with @sebjilke.bsky.social , followed by an engaging discussion. Thanks for your visit, Elizabeth!

NEW - The Correlates of Ethnicity: Why the Ethnic Majority Expects That Ethnic Minorities Contribute Less to the Collective - cup.org/4lOX7jN - @matkruse.bsky.social #OpenAccess

@weekendavisen.dk bringer i dag en historie baseret på min, @tsguul.bsky.social og Kristian Kriegbaum Jensens artikel udgivet i AJS. Link til Weekendavisen: www.weekendavisen.dk/2025-5/ideer...

Thrilled to share that our paper "Does Ethnic Similarity Increase Well-being?" with excellent lead author @matkruse.bsky.social and Kristian K. Jensen is out in the American Journal of Sociology. See 🧵👇

Thrilled that my article has just been published at @apsrjournal.bsky.social! 🎉 The article argues that low statistical power is a major impediment to acquiring cumulative knowledge on questions concerning cross-national differences: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

1/ 🚀 Excited to share our latest paper in the Journal of Management: "Hic Sunt Dracones: On the Risks of Comparing the ITCV With Control Variable Correlations" 🐉 It’s open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... Let’s talk about why this matters and what we discovered! 🧵👇

In a new article out in @pnas.org w @michaelsvarer.bsky.social @albecknielsen.bsky.social Michael Rosholm. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/..., we explore the long-term unemployment and mental health effects of active labor market programs.

Does childhood exposure to coethnics impede or promote the acquisition of citizenship? In a new article in @pnas.org, I show that the modest presence of coethnic peers in school increases migrant children’s probability of getting 🇩🇰 citizenship later in life. 🧵👇 1/15 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

(1/7) 📢 New research alert! Even when people are shown clear evidence of #discrimination, it doesn‘t change their support for anti-discrimination policies. Read @kkrakows.bsky.social, @asmusletholsen.bsky.social, and my article in @ajpseditor.bsky.social to find out why: doi.org/10.1111/ajps...

Want to work in an inspiring and young public administration research group? Come and join us! We are hiring one or more Assistant Professors (tenure track) and one or more Associate Professors in Public Administration. Application deadline: April 1, 2024.

New article alert! In our new study, we show how the communication of rules affects the resulting burden for citizens. Easier language (while retaining the same amount of information) and better layout substantially lower learning and anticipated compliance costs buff.ly/3toQZYB

I am really, really happy to share that our (w. Martin Bækgaard) administrative burden lit. review is out in JPART. It's #openaccess, so it is free for anyone to read. For those looking for a brief version, I will share a few key insights below academic.oup.com/jpart/advanc...