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Internalising and externalising problems during adolescence and the subsequent likelihood of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) among males and females: The mediating role of school performance
SSM - Population Health, Volume 15, 2021 AbstractMental health problems are associated with a greater risk of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) during young adulthood. Yet evidence
The Origins and Maintenance of Female Genital Modification across Africa
Bayesian Phylogenetic Modeling of Cultural Evolution under the Influence of Selection Human Nature, 27(2), 173-200. DOI 10.1007/s12110-015-9244-5 Abstract We present formal evolutionary models for the oristratification appear to play a more important role in the cross-cultural distribution of FGMo. To explain these cases, one must consider cultural evolutionary explanations in conjunction with behavioral ecological ones.We conclude with a discussion of the implications of our study for policies designed to end the practice of FGMo.
Sex Selection for Daughters: Demographic Consequences of Female-Biased Sex Ratios
Population Research and Policy Review 41, p. 1619–1639 Abstract Modern fertility techniques allow parents to carry out preimplantation sex selection. Sex selection for non-medical purposes is legal in m
Changing local customs: The long run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting in Africa
Journal of Development Economics 166 (2024) Abstract We investigate the long-run impacts of Christian missions on female genital cutting (FGC) in Africa. Our empirical analysis draws on historical data o
Internalising and externalising problems during adolescence and the subsequent likelihood of being Not in Employment, Education or Training: The mediating role of school performance
Social Science & Medicine – Population Health, 15, 100873 Abstract Mental health problems are associated with a greater risk of being Not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET) during young adu
Social Exclusion among Peers: The Role of Immigrant Status and Classroom Immigrant Density.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Advanced online publication. DOI: 10.1007/s10964-016-0564-5. Abstract Increasing immigration and school ethnic segregation have raised concerns about the social integrat
Money, peers and parents: Social and economic aspects of inequality in youth wellbeing.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(7), 1294-1308. Abstract Indicators of social and economic status are important health determinants. However, evidence for the influence of family socioeconomic statu
Too much or too little? A short-term longitudinal study of youth's own economic resources and risk behaviour.
Journal of Adolescence, Vol 66, pp. 21-30, doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2018.04.005. Abstract This study examined socioeconomic differences in risk behaviours according to youth-oriented measures of eco
Åsa Burman and Katharina Berndt Rasmussen: Implicit bias, discrimination, and moral responsibility
Åsa Burman, Director of Studies in practical philosophy at Stockholm University and affilited researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies & Katharina Berndt Rasmussen, Researcher at the Institu
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
