SITE Seminar | Targeting attitudes to combat sexual harassment - a randomized intervention in the Norwegian military

Welcome to the next SITE Seminar! On September 3, Olle Folke, Professor at the Department of Government at Uppsala University, will present his working paper entitled "Targeting Attitudes to Combat Sexual Harassment - A Randomized Intervention in the Norwegian Military" at SSE and online via Zoom.

Start time: 2024-09-03 at 12:00

End time: 2024-09-03 at 13:00

Time zone: CEST

Location: Room Ragnar at SSE and online via Zoom

Working paper title: Targeting Attitudes to Combat Sexual Harassment - A Randomized Intervention in the Norwegian Military

By Olle Folke, Department of Government, Uppsala University

Abstract

We develop an information-based intervention against sexual harassment and test its efficiency in a randomized control trial. The intervention seeks to affect attitudes that make the organizational climate permissive of harassment. Specifically, it provides information on other people’s tolerance towards sexual harassment and women’s relative job performance. We randomize the intervention across small rooms with military recruits in the boot camp of the Norwegian military. The intervention caused a long-lasting reduction in tolerant attitudes toward sexual harassment. The impact of the intervention on harassment prevalence is negative and large but statistically insignificant.

About the speaker

Olle Folke is a Professor at the Department of Government at Uppsala University.

Olle Folke is a professor of political science and researcher on gender equality in the labor market and in politics. His research has been published in various reputable journals in economics, political science and business administration. He has previously taught at Columbia University and Yale University.

His main reserach fields are political economics and gender & politics.

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