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12 March, 2021

Why the immorality of consuming alcohol during pregnancy cannot tell us that abortion is immoral: A reply to Hendricks

in: BioethicsAbstractRecently, Perry Hendricks argued that abortion is immoral even if the fetus is not a person. He did so by arguing that causing a future child to suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome

Type of publication: Journal articles | Lundgren, Björn
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19 March, 2020

The coronavirus, mortality and life expectancy

 A demographer calculates how the average life expectancy can be affected In Sweden, we now experience the first pandemic that occurs in a society with modern information technology, and it is also the

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14 December, 2022

Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2022, vol. 20, pp. 1–32. Abstract In this study, we provide an account of mortality levels in Sweden in 2020, focusing on both excess mortality and mortality due t

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , , Drefahl, Sven, Wallace, Matthew & Gunnar Andersson
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16 April, 2019

Parity and Mortality: An Examination of Different Explanatory Mechanisms Using Data on Biological and Adoptive Parents

European Journal of Population,  Volume 35, Issue 1, pp 63–85. doi.org/10.1007/s10680-018-9469-1 Abstract A growing literature has demonstrated a relationship between parity and mortality, but the explana

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , & Kieron Barclay
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28 March, 2018

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

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , , Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Kieron Barclay
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28 October, 2020

Residential context and COVID-19 mortality among adults aged 70 years and older in Stockholm: a population-based, observational study using individual-level data

The Lancet Healthy Longevity' Abstract Housing characteristics and neighbourhood context are considered risk factors for COVID-19 mortality among older adults. The aim of this study was to investigate h

Type of publication: Journal articles | Kolk, Martin , , Branden, Maria, Aradhya, Siddartha, Härkönen, Juho, Drefahl, Sven, Malmberg, Bo, Rostila, Mikael, Cederström, Agneta, Andersson, Gunnar & Mussino, Eleonora
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17 May, 2023

Research seminar with Michael Rosen: The Shadow of God and the Passage from Heaven to History

Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, and onlineResearch seminar with Michael Rosen, professor of political theory, Government Department, Harvard UniversityYou can jo

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17 August, 2023
The Shadow of God and the Passage from Heaven to History - Michael Rosen (1)

The Shadow of God and the Passage from Heaven to History - Michael Rosen

Research seminar with Michael Rosen, professor of political theory, Government Department, Harvard University. Abstract In a letter to his friend, Étienne Falconet, Denis Diderot wrote that “Posterity

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08 May, 2024
Michael Rosen: The Shadow of God and the Passage from Heaven to History (1)

Michael Rosen: The Shadow of God and the Passage from Heaven to History

Research seminar with Michael Rosen, professor of political theory, Government Department, Harvard University. Abstract In a letter to his friend, Étienne Falconet, Denis Diderot wrote that “Posterity

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03 June, 2014

Workplace Sex Composition and Ischaemic Heart Disease: A Longitudinal Analysis using Swedish Register Data

Forthcoming in Scandinavian Journal of Public Health. Available on internet: http://sjp.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/04/09/1403494814529033.abstract The aim of this study is to follow-up on previous res

Type of publication: Journal articles | Barclay, K. and Scott, K.
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