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Government transfers to parents and population policy in a global perspective: An economic demographic approach
Stockholm Research Reports in Demography no. 2020:52 AbstractThe world is rapidly converging towards lower fertility: in 2020, countries with a total fertility rate of less than 2.25 will encompass mor
Housing and First Births in Sweden, 1972-2005
The aim of this study is to explore to what extent housing is a constraint for first births in Sweden 1972-2005. Three characteristics of housing are studied: housing type, tenure, and size of dwellin
Utopia becoming Dystopia?
Analyzing political trust among immigrants in Sweden Arbetsrapport 2011 nr. 10 Abstract A healthy democracy demands critical citizens. But to what extent is trust in political and judicial institutions a
Pathways to Retirement and Retirement Incentives in Sweden
The paper describes retirement behavior in different groups of the Swedish labour force and economic incentives to exit the labour market for them, in order to see to what extent these match up. The r
Epistemic Privilege and Victims’ Duties to Resist their Oppression
Journal of Applied Philsophy, DOI: 10.1111/japp.12255. Abstract Victims of injustice are prominent protagonists in efforts to resist injustice. I argue that they have a duty to do so. Extant accounts of
Johan Westerman
Johan Westerman is a researcher who obtained his PhD in sociology from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) in 2020. His dissertation, entitled Motives Matter, investigated the intrinsic mo
Peers and Homophobic Attitudes in Adolescence: Examining Selection and Influence Processes in Friendships and Antipathies
Journal of Youth and Adolescence. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01298-8 Abstract Homophobic attitudes and behavior are a widespread problem among adolescents, but what the role of peer relationshipN
Where are newcomers going to live? Perspectives from Malmö and Århus on Swedish and Danish refugee dispersal policies
Institute for Futures Studies, IFFS Report 2012/3, 82 p. During the last decade, Denmark and Sweden have become increasingly dissimilar in terms of migration policy. While Sweden has remained relativel
Kirsti Jylhä: Sweden Democrats’ voters. Who are they, where do they come from and where are they headed?
PhD, Psychology, Institute for Futures Studies.ABSTRACT In a few years, the Sweden Democrats has grown to become one of Sweden's largest parliamentary parties. However, much is still unknown about thei
Martin Kolk
I am a demographer with an interest in all major demographic processes (fertility, mortality, union formation, and migration), often with an intergenerational component. I am also interested in if the
