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Generosity pays: Selfish people have fewer children and earn less money
Journal of personality and social psychology. Abstract Does selfishness pay in the long term? Previous research has indicated that being prosocial (or otherish) rather than selfish has positive conseque
Optimism trap or optimism springboard? Aspirations, educational trajectories, and early careers of youth with foreign-born parents
Young people in immigrant families have a markedly higher educational and occupational aspirations than others. This optimism has been regarded as something positive, but it seems it can also lead to a higher degree of failure. This project will take a closer look at the outcomes.
Cognitive ability and fertility among Swedish men born 1951–1967: evidence from military conscription registers
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 286 (1902) Abstract We examine the relationship between cognitive ability and childbearing patterns in contemporary Sweden using administrative register data. The top
The effect of number of siblings on adult mortality: Evidence from Swedish registers for cohorts born between 1938 and 1972
Population Studies, Volume 71, Issue 1, doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2016.1260755 Abstract Demographic research has paid much attention to the impact of childhood conditions on adult mortality. We focus on o
A welfare state for all generations
In a society there are always several generations co-existing and they all need different things from the welfare state. This result is a conflict between generations on who should be favored by publi by , Tommy Ferrarini, Kenneth Nelson and Joakim Palme.
Do income and marriage mediate the relationship between cognitive ability and fertility? Data from Swedish taxation and conscriptions registers for men born 1951-1967
I: Intelligence, Vol. 84 AbstractRecent evidence suggests a positive association between fertility and cognitive ability among Swedish men. In this study we use data on 18 birth cohorts of Swedish men t
Completed: Where corporate networks are born. A longitudinal study of gender differences in social networks in elite business education, and their long-term career affects
This project will examine how companies' elite social networks are formed and developed over time by studying how men and women network at a business school in Finland.
New report on child poverty
No increase in child poverty in Sweden. That is the conclusion in a new report written by Carina Mood and Jan O. Jonsson; Ekonomisk utsatthet och välfärd bland barn och deras familjer 1968–2010, where chi
Factors affecting the spread of mental health problems in schools
Diagnoses for psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and various depressive disorders are steadily climbing in Sweden and other developed nations. This is particularly worrisome in populations of school chil
Vito Peragine: Measuring inequality and welfare when some inequalities matter more than others
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Vito Peragine, Professor of Economics at the University of Bari. His work spans the area of public
