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Kristian Lasslett
Kristian is an investigative criminologist specialising in the study of elite networks involved in the organisation of serious economic crime. His research focuses thematically on grand corruption, kl
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
The Social Consequences of Poverty. An Empirical Test on Longitudinal Data
Social Indicators Research, May 2015, Open Access, DOI 10.1007/s11205-015-0983-9. Poverty is commonly defined as a lack of economic resources that has negative social consequences, but surprisingly lit
Welfare Enhancing Marginal Tax Rates: The Case of Publicly Provided Day Care
This paper highlights the role of tax funding of day care for children and demonstrates that the optimal income tax should face all agents with the cost of the needed day care in order to earn further
David Ellerman: Reframing the Labor Question
On Marginal Productivity Theory and the Labor Theory of Property. David Ellerman, Visiting scholar at the University of California in Riverside ABSTRACT Neoclassical economics uses the perfectly competit
Out of the Golden Cage: PR and the career opportunities of policy professionals
“Out of the Golden Cage: PR and the career opportunities of policy professionals”, Politics & Policy Vol 44 (1), 2016, pp 56-73. This paper focuses on a specific category of political actors – “pol
Family Formation and Men’s and Women’s Attainment of Workplace Authority
2012. Social Forces, 90:795-816. Abstract Using Swedish panel data, we assess whether the gender gap in supervisory authority has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to what extent the g

Sweden Democrat voters. Who are they, where do they come from, and where are they headed?
Forskningsrapport 2019:1, 108 s. Europe has experienced major political changes over recent decades, with new political parties having emerged and become established in many countries. The same develop
Research seminar with Oskar Nordström Skans: The Heterogeneous Earnings Impact of Job Loss Across Workers, Establishments, and Markets
Venue: Institutet för framtidsstudier, Holländargatan 13, 4th floor, Stockholm, and online Research seminar with Oskar Nordström Skans, Professor of Economics, Uppsala University. REGISTERAbstractUsing g
Lena Wängnerud: Why Women’s Political Representation affect Levels of Corruption. Trends in Bribery and Public Service Delivery Across European Regions
Venue: Institute for Futures Studies, Holländargatan 13 in Stockholm, or online. Research seminar with Lena Wängnerud, Professor of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg. Her work involves t