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26 November, 2024

Why Morality and Other Forms of Normativity are Sometimes Dramatically Directly Collectively Self-Defeating

Arbetsrapport 2024:3Del av Studies in the Ethics of Coordination and Climate Change Abstract In a prisoner’s dilemma, if everyone follows the strategy of self-interest, then everyone is certain to be wo

Type of publication: Working papers | Budolfson, Mark |
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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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11 September, 2020

Spatial Numerical Associations by Modality: the Differences Between Symbolic and Non-Symbolic Numerical Representations

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology 72 (10), 2423-2436 Abstract During the last decades, there have been a large number of studies into the number-related abilities of humans. As a result, we kn

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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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25 October, 2022

The normality assumption in coordination games with flexible information acquisition

Journal of Economic Theory, vol. 203, 2022. Abstract Many economic models assume that random variables follow normal (Gaussian) distributions. Yet, real-world variables may be non-normally distributed.

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rigos, Alexandros
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09 December, 2003

Leaving Rurality Behind: Re-orientation of Spatial Policies in Sweden

The paper will address the changing status of rural regions in policy formation in Sweden, which includes two processes: self-propelling de-population and a shift towards supporting dynamic growth reg

Type of publication: Working papers | Erik Westholm
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07 March, 2016

How much scope for a mobility paradox? The relationship between social and income mobility in Sweden

Sociological Science 3:39-60. 10.15195/v3.a3. Abstract It is often pointed out that conclusions about intergenerational (parent–child) mobility can differ depending on whether we base them on studies of c

Type of publication: Journal articles | Mood, Carina , , Richard Breen Jonsson, Jan O. , , Richard Breen
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