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Cohort Effects on Earning Profiles: Evidence from Sweden
This paper estimates cohort size effects on earning profiles and whether these are affected by an individual’s position in the Swedish Baby Boom and Baby Busts. Amongst other, it is found that higher
Generationally Parochial Geoengineering: Early Warning-Signs of a Basic Threat
In: Mosquera, J. & O. Torpman (ed.),Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generationsvol. 6. Working Paper Series 2024:10–17 Abstract ‘Geoengineering' has come to refer to massive technological inter
Projecting environmental impacts with varying population, affluence and technology using IPAT – Climate change and land use scenarios
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research Abstract We theoretically explore the interrelations between population (P), affluence (A) and technology (T) for various environmental impacts (I ) using IPAT-typ
Completed: Valuing future lives
How should we value future lives when making decisions? This question is directly relevant to for example prioritisation in health care, population control, climate change, and existential risk (the survival of animal species and humanity).
Learning to play
In 2007, the Swedish gambling agency ran a simple gambling game called LIMBO. Gamblers were invited to stake 10 kronor on a number of their choice between 1 and 99,999. The person choosing the smalles
PostDoc wanted for research on valuing future lives
The Institute for Futures Studies is looking for a postdoc to be part of a research project on valuing future lives. The applicant needs to hold a PhD degree on a relevant philosophical topic when the (Philosophy).
Learning the Natural Numbers as a Child
Noûs 53 (1), 3-22 Abstract How do we get out knowledge of the natural numbers? Various philosophical accounts exist, but there has been comparatively little attention to psychological data on how the lea
Are animals needed for food supply, efficient resource use, and sustainable cropping systems? An argumentation analysis regarding livestock farming
Food Ethics, vol. 9 Abstract It has been argued that livestock farming is necessary to feed a growing population, that it enables efficient use of land and biomass that would otherwise be lost from the
Why are the home addresses of your friends causing greenhouse warming?
Kay Axhausen, ETH Zürich Transport planning has studied social networks as central element behind the location choice for residential locations and for leisure activities. The talk will introduce the o
Studies on Climate Ethics and Future Generations vol. 6
Julia Mosquera & Olle Torpman (eds) Working paper series 2024:10–17 10: Productive Justice in the 'Post-Work Future' Caleb Althorpe & Elizabeth Finneron-Burns 11: Degrees of Incommensurability and
