Max-Emil Mohn King
Research Fellow — Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo
I am a researcher at the Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research. I completed my PhD at BI Norwegian Business School in January 2025. My research uses large-scale administrative data to study political economy, labor economics, and social policy.
Before academia I spent ten years managing young professionals at Norway’s largest amusement park. I also went to flight school, and made some extra spending money as a simulator pilot for air traffic controllers in training on the side.
Research
Work in Progress
No Time to Attend? Effects of Family-Friendly Meeting Hours in Politics.
Max-Emil Mohn King.
Revision requested — Scandinavian Journal of Economics
Cutting Minimum Benefits Did Not Increase Young Temporary Disability Insurance Recipients' Labor Supply.
Øystein M. Hernæs & Max-Emil Mohn King.
Draft coming soon
Political Ambition.
Daniel M. Smith, Gary W. Cox, Jon H. Fiva & Max-Emil Mohn King.
Draft coming soon
Academic Publications
Bensnes, Simon S., Hernæs, Ø. M. & King, M.-E. M. (2026).
No Payoff from Time Off? Mandated Paid Vacation and Late-Career Employment.
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 245, 107526.
Fiva, Jon H. & King, M.-E. M. (2024).
Child Penalties in Politics.
Economic Journal, Vol. 134, pp. 648–670.
Cox, Gary W., Fiva, J. H. & King, M.-E. M. (2024).
Bound by Borders: Voter Mobilization through Social Networks.
British Journal of Political Science, Vol. 54, pp. 1198–1216.
Norwegian Publications
King, M.-E. M., Markussen, S. & Røed, K. (2026).
Effekten av forskuttert sykelønn på sykefraværsadferd [The Effect of Advance Payment of Sick Pay on Sickness Absence Behavior].
Søkelys på arbeidslivet, 43(2), 1–20.
Data
Local Council Meetings Dataset
A dataset of meeting times for local council meetings across Norway, compiled as a supplement to Fiva, Sørensen & Vøllo (2024).
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