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Cultural traits operating in senders are driving forces of cultural evolution
Proceedings of the royal society Biological Sciences Abstract Cultural evolution typically studies how ideas and behaviours spread and change depending on how we learn and from whom. A new model suggest
Bo Malmberg: Spatial polarization in Sweden: Patterns, driving forces and consequences
Research seminar with Bo Malmberg, Professor of Geography at Stockholm University. RegisterAbstractAt this seminar, Bo Malmberg discusses what polarization looks like in Sweden, what is driving polariz
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
Family Formation and Men’s and Women’s Attainment of Workplace Authority
2012. Social Forces, 90, 795-816.
The Impact of Ageing on Innovation and Productivity Growth in Europe
Vienna Institute of Demography and Institute for Futures Studies, Research Report No. 28 Various studies on policy implications of demographic changes in national and community policies: Lot6: Impact o
Four Phases in Demographic Transition: Implications for Economic and Social Developments in Sweden 1820-2000
In contrast to earlier research, historical and contemporary comparisons to Swedish demographical changes show that the age group upon which the population growth is based—either child, adult, maturit
Welfare States, Social Structure and the Dynamics of Poverty Rates. A comparative study of 16 countries, 1980-2000
This paper attempts to explain temporal and spatial variation of poverty rates in terms of unemployment insurance and socio-demographic factors, and test the ‘convergence hypothesis’ of the poverty ra
Interaction domains and suicides: A population-based panel study of suicides in the Stockholm metropolitan area, 1991–1999
2009. Social Forces 87(2): 713–740.
Using Models to Predict Cultural Evolution From Emotional Selection Mechanisms
Emotion Review Abstract Cultural variants may spread by being more appealing, more memorable, or less offensive than other cultural variants. Empirical studies suggest that such “emotional selection” is
EU Citizens - Thirty years on. An introduction
Nordisk Socialrättslig Tidskrift/Nordic Social Law Journal 38.2024 Patricia Mindus & Anna-Sara Lind (eds.) Abstract 2023 marked thirty years since European Union citizenship was introduced as the Trea