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Overview

Henning Finseraas is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Norway. Their research primarily spans social sciences, with a focus on sociology, political science, and economics. The main subjects of their work include electoral systems and political participation, social policy and reform studies, labor movements and unions, social and intergroup psychology, social capital and networks, populism and right-wing movements, as well as migration, refugees, and integration.

Finseraas has frequently published in a variety of academic venues. The top publication outlets include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • European Journal of Political Research
  • The Journal of Politics
  • American Journal of Political Science

Their recent scientific papers cover topics ranging from gender bias in academic recruitment and immigration issues to workplace productivity. Notable recent publications include:

  • Gender Bias in Academic Recruitment? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in the Nordic Region, 2020, European Sociological Review
  • How Settlement Locations and Local Networks Influence Immigrant Political Integration, 2020, American Journal of Political Science
  • Local Immigration and Support for Anti-Immigration Parties: A Meta-Analysis, 2021, American Journal of Political Science
  • Linguistic Diversity and Workplace Productivity, 2020, Labour Economics
  • The Immigrant-Native Gap in Union Membership: A Question of Time, Sorting, or Culture?, 2020, Labour

Finseraas collaborates regularly with several co-authors across their publications. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Andreas Kotsadam
  • Jeremy Ferwerda
  • Bratsberg Bernt
  • Erling Barth
  • Arnfinn H. Midtbøen

Their research integrates interdisciplinary approaches across sociology, political science, gender studies, education, and economics. The combination of these fields supports investigations into the social and political dynamics affecting labor markets, electoral behavior, migration, and public policy reforms.

Best Publications

  • Income Inequality and Demand for Redistribution: A Multilevel Analysis of European Public Opinion

    Henning Finseraas

  • The state intervenes in the battle of the sexes: Causal effects of paternity leave

    Andreas Kotsadam;Andreas Kotsadam;Henning Finseraas

  • The publics’ concern for global warming: A cross-national study of 47 countries:

    Berit Kvaløy;Henning Finseraas;Ola Listhaug

  • Immigration and Preferences for Redistribution: An Empirical Analysis of European Survey Data

    Henning Finseraas

  • Does personal contact with ethnic minorities affect anti-immigrant sentiments? Evidence from a field experiment

    Henning Finseraas;Andreas Kotsadam

  • It can happen here: the impact of the Mumbai terror attacks on public opinion in Western Europe

    Henning Finseraas;Ola Listhaug

  • Political Reinforcement: How Rising Inequality Curbs Manifested Welfare Generosity

    Erling Barth;Henning Finseraas;Karl Ove Moene

  • Did the Murder of Theo van Gogh Change Europeans' Immigration Policy Preferences?

    Henning Finseraas;Niklas Jakobsson;Andreas Kotsadam

  • Exposure to female colleagues breaks the glass ceiling—Evidence from a combined vignette and field experiment

    Henning Finseraas;Åshild A. Johnsen;Andreas Kotsadam;Gaute Torsvik

  • A mixed blessing for the left? Early voting, turnout and election outcomes in Norway

    Henning Finseraas;Kåre Vernby

  • How Settlement Locations and Local Networks Influence Immigrant Political Integration

    Bernt Magne Bratsberg;Jeremy Ferwerda;Henning Finseraas;Andreas Kotsadam

  • Gender Bias in Academic Recruitment? Evidence from a Survey Experiment in the Nordic Region

    Magnus Carlsson;Henning Finseraas;Arnfinn Haagensen Midtbøen;Gudbjörg Linda Rafnsdòttir

  • Trust, ethnic diversity, and personal contact: A field experiment

    Henning Finseraas;Torbjørn Hanson;Åshild Auglænd Johnsen;Andreas Kotsadam

  • Poverty, ethnic minorities among the poor, and preferences for redistribution in European regions:

    Henning Finseraas

  • What parties are and what parties do : Partisanship and welfare state reform in an era of austerity

    Henning Finseraas;Kåre Vernby

  • Voting Rights and Immigrant Incorporation: Evidence from Norway

    Jeremy Ferwerda;Henning Finseraas;Johannes Bergh

  • The Gender Gap in Political Preferences: An Empirical Test of a Political Economy Explanation

    Henning Finseraas;Niklas Jakobsson;Andreas Kotsadam

  • Welfare Dualism in Two Scandinavian Welfare States: Public Opinion and Party Politics

    Ann-Helén Bay;Henning Finseraas;Axel West Pedersen

  • What if Robin Hood is a social conservative? How the political response to increasing inequality depends on party polarization

    Henning Finseraas

  • Ancestry Culture and Female Employment - An Analysis Using Second-Generation Siblings

    Henning Finseraas;Andreas Kotsadam

  • Local Immigration and Support for Anti-Immigration Parties: A Meta-Analysis

    Sara Cools;Henning Finseraas;Ole Rogeberg

  • When the Going Gets Tough: The Differential Impact of National Unemployment on the Perceived Threats of Immigration:

    Henning Finseraas;Axel West Pedersen;Ann-Helén Bay

Frequent Co-Authors

Andreas Kotsadam
Andreas Kotsadam University of Oslo
Karl Ove Moene
Karl Ove Moene University of Oslo
Bernt Bratsberg
Bernt Bratsberg University of Oslo
Ola Listhaug
Ola Listhaug Norwegian University of Science and Technology

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