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24 September, 2013

Intergenerational Transmission of Young Motherhood. Evidence from Sweden, 1986 – 2009

The History of the Family (2013) doi: 10.1080/1081602X.2013.817348

Type of publication: Journal articles | Scott, K. & M. Stanfors
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19 October, 2017

Do Employers Prefer Fathers? Evidence from a Field Experiment Testing the Gender by Parenthood Interaction Effect on Callbacks to Job Applications

European Sociological Review, 2017, Vol. 33, No. 3, 337–348 In research on fatherhood premiums and motherhood penalties in career-related outcomes, employers’ discriminatory behaviours are often argued

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19 March, 2021

The Constant Gap: Parenthood Premiums in Sweden 1968–2010

in: Social ForcesAbstractWe know that parenthood has different consequences for men’s and women’s careers. Still, the research remains inconclusive on the question of whether this is mainly a conseque

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bygren, Magnus , & Charlotta Magnusson
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11 January, 2024

Is there a rating bias of job candidates based on gender and parenthood? A laboratory experiment on hiring for an accounting job

Acta Sociologica Abstract Biased practices by employers have been suggested as one possible cause for the observed gender disparities in labor market outcomes. While US-based laboratory experiments show

Type of publication: Journal articles | Bygren, Magnus , Erlandsson, A. & M. Gähler
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10 January, 2014

Family dynamics of immigrants in Sweden

Kirk Scott, the Institute for Futures Studies and Lund University Union formation and entry into parenthood are perhaps the most important transitions to adulthood. While much is known about the family

Kirk Scott, the Institute for Futures Studies and Lund University
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