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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

Martin Kolk: Low-fertility countries are responsible for almost all of the CO2 emissions
Do we need to reduce population growth to address the climate challenge? From the perspective that each person contributes to green house gas emissions and resource consumption, it is a logical though
Lev Rubinstein - Om poesins roll i samhället . INSTÄLLT
Seminariet är tyvärr inställt! Vi hoppas kunna erbjuda seminariet igen under våren 2022. Ett samtal med den ryske poeten och essäisten Lev Rubinstein. Samtalsledare och utfrågare: Dmitri Plax Tolk: Vadim
Demographic and Educational Success of Lineages in Northern Sweden
Population and Development Review, Vol. 43, Issue 3, pp. 491-512, https://doi.org/10.1111/padr.12091 REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS AND socioeconomic status are inherited across generations, both in contemporar
The Long-Term Cognitive and Socioeconomic Consequences of Birth Intervals: A Within-Family Sibling Comparison Using Swedish Register Data
Demography, 54(2): 459-484, doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0550-x Abstract We examine the relationship between birth-to-birth intervals and a variety of mid- and long-term cognitive and socioeconomic outcom
A Life‐Course Analysis of Geographical Distance to Siblings, Parents, and Grandparents in Sweden
Population, Space and Place, VolumLäe 23, Issue 3, e2020, doi.org/10.1002/psp.2020 Abstract This study makes a contribution to the demography and geography of kinship by studying how internal migration
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
Educational Expansion and Intergenerational Proximity in Sweden
Population, Space and Place, Volume 23, Issue 1, doi.org/10.1002/psp.1973. Abstract Education is one of the most important drivers of regional migration in European countries, and educational expansion
Birth Intervals and Health in Adulthood: A Comparison of Siblings Using Swedish Register Data
Demography, Volume 55, Issue 3, pp 929–955. Abstract A growing body of research has examined whether birth intervals influence perinatal outcomes and child health as well as long-term educational and s
Explaining Swedish Sibling Similarity in Fertility: Parental Fertility Behavior vs. Social Background
Demographic Research, 39(32): 884-893. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.39.32 Abstract Objective: The aim of this descriptive study is to determine which of the family-specific factors, parental fertility behav