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05 October, 2021

Completed: Cultural variation in social perceptions of norm-breakers and peer punishers

Social norms may be enforced by individuals informally punishing each other for norm transgressions. But how does society really perceive these informal punishers?

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26 June, 2018

Access to occupational networks and ethnic variation of depressive symptoms in young adults in Sweden

Social Science & Medicine, Volume 190, pp. 207-216. doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.08.022 Abstract Social capital research has recognized the relevance of occupational network contacts for individ

Type of publication: Journal articles | Rydgren, Jens , , Alexander Miething & Mikael Rostila
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03 April, 2024

Global variations in online privacy concerns across 57 countries

Computers in Human Behavior Reports, vol 9 Abstract Cross-cultural studies have found national differences in how concerned people are about online privacy. However, it has not yet been settled what cau

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma , , Marie Björnstjerna Eriksson, Kimmo , , Marie Björnstjerna Strimling, Pontus , , Marie Björnstjerna
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27 April, 2018

Ethnic variations in mental health among 10–15-year-olds living in England and Wales: The impact of neighbourhood characteristics and parental behaviour

Health & Place 51 (2018) pp.189–199, doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2018.03.010. Abstract Several studies indicate that young people from certain ethnic minority groups in Britain have significant men

Type of publication: Journal articles | Vartanova, Irina , , Kenisha Russell Jonsson & Marita Södergren
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17 June, 2011

Swedish Fertility Swings and Public Expenditure for Children

This paper studies whether Swedish fertility swings and variation in public expenditure for children are related events. Amongst the results, there are indications that the age group 25-29 is most sen

Type of publication: Working papers | Thomas Lindh and Ying Hong
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16 September, 2024

Comparing and modeling the use of online recommender systems

Computers in Human Behavior Reports, vol 15 Abstract This study explores a new way to model the adoption of AI, specifically online recommender systems. It aims to find factors that can explain the varia

Type of publication: Journal articles | Engström, Emma , & Jennifer Viberg Johansson Vartanova, Irina , & Jennifer Viberg Johansson Persson, Minna , & Jennifer Viberg Johansson Strimling, Pontus , & Jennifer Viberg Johansson
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08 August, 2005

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

Type of publication: Working papers | Olof Bäckman
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03 September, 2020

The Relation Between Gender Egalitarian Values and Gender Differences in Academic Achievement

Frontiers in Psychology, 11:236 Abstract Gender differences in achievement exhibit variation between domains and between countries. Much prior research has examined whether this variation could be due t

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , Vartanova, Irina
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19 March, 2021

Vaccine confidence is higher in more religious countries

Human vaccines and immunotherapeutics Abstract Vaccine hesitancy is a threat to global health, but it is not ubiquitous; depending on the country, the proportion that have confidence in vaccines ranges

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , Vartanova, Irina
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05 May, 2021

Perceptions of the appropriate response to norm violation in 57 societies

in: Nature Communications 12, 1481. AbstractNorm enforcement may be important for resolving conflicts and promoting cooperation. However, little is known about how preferred responses to norm violation

Type of publication: Journal articles | Eriksson, Kimmo , , Gelfand, Michele, et al. Strimling, Pontus , , Gelfand, Michele, et al.
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