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Lobbying for profits
If a social scientific observer of the mid-1980s had been presented with a line-up of rich Western countries – say Germany, Sweden, the UK, France, the US – and asked to guess which of these countrie
New perspectives on the privatization of Swedish welfare
If a social scientific observer of the mid-1980s had been presented with a line-up of rich Western countries – say Germany, Sweden, the UK, France, the US – and asked to guess which of these countriesextent come from for-profit providers.
On Tax Efforts and Colonial Heritage in Africa
One commonly observed phenomena on taxation in Africa are regional differences and that southern African countries have higher levels of shares of taxation in GDP. Using a panel data framework and div
Acceptance of homosexuality through education? Investigating the role of education, family background and individual characteristics in the United Kingdom.
Social Science Research, 71, 109-128. doi.org/10.1016/j.ssresearch.2017.12.006 Abstract Higher educated people tend to be more accepting of homosexuality than lower educated people. This has inspired clai
Weak support for a U-shaped pattern between societal gender equality and fertility when comparing societies across time
Demographic Research, Volume 40 - Article 2, p. 27–48. Abstract Background:A number of recent theories in demography suggest a U-shaped relationship between gender equality and fertility. Fertility is t
Experiences matter: A longitudinal study of individual-level sources of declining social trust in the United States.
Social Science Research 95 Abstract The US has experienced a substantial decline in social trust in recent decades. Surprisingly few studies analyze whether individual-level explanations can account for
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
Cooperation through collective punishment and participation
Political Science Research and Methods Abstract We experimentally explore the role of institutions imposing collective sanctions in sustaining cooperation. In our experiment, players only observe noisy
Do Employers Prefer Fathers? Evidence from a Field Experiment Testing the Gender by Parenthood Interaction Effect on Callbacks to Job Applications
European Sociological Review, 2017, Vol. 33, No. 3, 337–348 In research on fatherhood premiums and motherhood penalties in career-related outcomes, employers’ discriminatory behaviours are often argued
Discounting for Public Policy: A Survey
Economics and Philosophy 33(3), pp. 391-439. Published online 31 May 2017. doi.org/10.1017/S0266267117000062 Abstract This article surveys the debate over the social discount rate. The focus is on the ec
