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Social Capital, Friendship Networks, and Youth Unemployment.
Social Science Research, Volume 61, pp. 234-250. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.06.017 Abstract Youth unemployment is a contemporary social problem in many societies. Youths often have limited access
Social interaction and youth unemployment
Pp. 201-226 in Analytical Sociology and Social Mechanisms, Pierre Demeulenaere (Ed.). Cambridge University Press.

Integration of youth in Sweden in a multidimensional perspective (SEMI)
How is the integration among youth developing? This project will study different dimensions of integration among 14-22-year-olds in Sweden.
Money, peers and parents: Social and economic aspects of inequality in youth wellbeing.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(7), 1294-1308. Abstract Indicators of social and economic status are important health determinants. However, evidence for the influence of family socioeconomic statu
The Mental Health Advantage of Immigrant‐Background Youth: The Role of Family Factors
Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 79, Issue 2, pp. 419-436. Abstract Children of immigrant background, despite problems with acculturation, poverty, and discrimination, have better mental health th
Has the Youth Labour Market Deteriorated in Recent Decades? Evidence from Developed Countries?
This paper investigates the evidence concerning trends in youth relative pay and employment in developed economies since the mid-1970s, focusing on structural change on the demand-side of the labour m
Researcher & assistant to SEMI, a research project on integration of youth in Sweden
The Institute for Futures Studies (IFFS), Stockholm, is appointing one or two researchers (sociologist/social scientist), or one researcher and one assistant, to the project SEMI, for a one- or two-ye
Disparities in depressive symptoms between heterosexual and lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth in a Dutch cohort: The TRAILS Study
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45(3), 440-456. doi.org/10.1007/s10964-015-0403-0 Abstract Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) youth experience elevated levels of depressive symptoms compared to heterosexu
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
Religious development from adolescence to early adulthood among Muslim and Christian youth in Germany: A person-oriented approach, Child Development
Child Development Abstract Religious decline, often observed among North American Christian youth, may not apply universally. We examined this and whether religiosity is associated with well-being, risk