Linnaeus Center on Social Policy and Family Dynamics in Europe, SPaDE
List of publications and other activities
Updated April 1, 2012
Publications in scientific journals and books
2012
Thomson, Elizabeth, Maria Winkler-Dvorak, Martin Spielauer and Alexia Prskawtz, 2012. Union stability as an
engine of fertility? A micro-simulation model for France. Demography 49(1): 175-195.
Thomson, Elizabeth, Maria Winkler-Dvorak and Sheela Kennedy, 2012. The standard family life course: An
assessment of variability in life course pathways. In: Evans, A. and J. Baxter Eds, Negotiating the Life
Course: Stability and Change in Life Pathways. Springer.
2011
Andersson, Gunnar, 2011. Family policies and fertility in Sweden. In: Takayama, N., and M. Werding, Eds,
Fertility and Public Policy: How to Reverse the Trend of Declining Birth Rates. Cambridge MA and
London: MIT-Press. Pp. 203-218.
Billingsley, Sunnee, 2011. Second and third births in Armenia and Moldova: An economic perspective of recent
behaviour and current preferences. European Journal of Population 27(2): 125-155.
Billingsley, Sunnee, 2011. Exploring the conditions for a mortality crisis: Bringing context back into the debate.
Population, Space and Place 17(3): 267-289.
Billingsley, Sunnee, 2011. Economic crisis and recovery: Changes in second birth rates within occupational
classes and educational groups. Demographic Research 24(16): 375-406.
Boye, Katarina, 2011. Work and well-being in a comparative perspective – the role of family policy. European
Sociological Review 27(1): 16-30.
Bygren, Magnus, Ann-Zofie Duvander and Tommy Ferrarini, 2011. Moulding parents’ childcare?: A
comparative analysis of paid work and time with children in different family policy models. In: Drobnic, S.
and A. Guillén, 2011. Work-Life Balance in Europe: The Role of Job Quality. Palgrave Macmillan. Pp.
207-230.
Eriksson, Helen, 2011. The gendering effects of Sweden’s gender-neutral care leave policy. Population Review
50(1): 156-169.
Goldscheider, Frances, Calvin Goldscheider, and Eva Bernhardt, 2011. Creating egalitarian families among adult
children of immigrants in Sweden. International Migration Review 45(1): 68-88
Hoem, Jan and Cornelia Mureşan, 2011. The Total Marital Fertility Rate and its extensions. European Journal of
Population 27(3): 295-213.
Hoem, Jan and Cornelia Mureşan, 2011. An extension of the conventional TFR: Une extension de l'indicateur
conjoncturel de fécondité. European Journal of Population 27(4): 389-401.
Holland, Jennifer and Elizabeth Thomson, 2011. Stepfamily childbearing in Sweden: Quantum and tempo
effects, 1950-99. Population Studies 65(1): 115-128.
Härkönen, Juho, 2011. Children and dual worklessness in Europe: A comparison of nine countries. European
Journal of Population 27(2): 217-241.
Härkönen, Juho and Erik Bihagen, 2011. Occupational Attainment and Career Progression in Sweden. European
Societies: The Official Journal of the European Sociological Association 13(3): 451-479.
Kolk, Martin, 2011. Deliberate birth spacing in nineteenth century Northern Sweden. European Journal of
Population 27(3): 337-359
Korpi, Martin, William A.V. Clark and Bo Malmberg, 2011. The urban hierarchy and domestic migration: the
interaction of internal migration, disposable income and the cost of living, Sweden 1993-2002. Journal of
Economic Geography 11(6): 1051-1077.
Malmberg, Bo. 2011. The rural population: Agriculture, birth-rates, and demographic transition. In: Antonson,
H. and U. Jansson, Eds, Agriculture and forestry in Sweden since 1900: Geographical and historical studie.
Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry: Stockholm. Pp. 109-122.
Neyer, Gerda and Laura Bernardi, 2011. Feminist Perspectives on Motherhood and Reproduction. Historical
Social Research / Historische Sozialforschung. 36(2): 162-176.
Neyer, Gerda, 2011. Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise
fertility? The second "NO". Demographic Research 24(10): 225-250.
Oláh, Livia Sz., 2011. Should governments in Europe be more aggressive in pushing for gender equality to raise
fertility? The second "YES". Demographic Research 24(9): 217-224.
Oláh, Livia Sz., 2011. Family policies and birth rates.: Childbearing, female work, and the time policy of early
childhood education in postwar Europe. In: K. Hagemann, K. Jarausch and C. Allemann-Ghionda, Eds.
Children, Families, and States: Time Policies of Childcare, Preschool, and Primary Education in Europe.
New York and Oxford: Beghahn Books. Pp. 113-131.
Ohlsson-Wijk, Sofi 2011. Sweden's marriage revival: An analysis of thenew-millennium switch from long-term
decline toincreasing popularity. Population Studies 65(2): 183-200.
Rijken, Arieke and Elizabeth Thomson, 2011. Partners’ relationship quality and childbearing. Social Science
Research 40(2): 485-497.
Sjöberg, Ola, 2012. Sweden: Ambivalent adjustment. In: Clasen, J. and D. Clegg, Eds, Regulating the Risk of
Unemployment: National Adaptations to Post-Industrial Labour Markets in Europe. Oxford University
Press. Pp. 208-231.
Vignoli, Daniele, Sven Drefahl and Gustavo De Santis, 2012. Whose Job Instability Affects the Likelihood of
Becoming a Parent in Italy? A Tale of two Partners. Demographic Research 26(2): 41-62.
2010
Andersson, Gunnar and Turid Noack, 2010. Legal advances and demographic developments of same-sex unions
in Scandinavia. Zeitschrift für Familienforschung / Journal of Family Research 22 Sonderheft 2010: 87101.
Andersson, Gunnar, 2010. Book review: Gavin Jones, Paulin Tay Straughan and Angelique Chan, Eds, Ultralow fertility in Pacific Asia. Journal of Population Research. Published online: 15 October 2010.
Billingsley, Sunnee, 2010. The post-communist fertility puzzle. Population Research and Policy Review 29(2):
193-231.
Bäckman, Olof, Ingrid Esser, Tommy Ferrarini, Kenneth Nelson, Yerko Rojas and Ola Sjöberg, 2010.
Comparative indicators of job quality and social protection. In: Guillén Rodrigez, A.M., S.Å. Dahl, Eds,
Quality of Work in the European Union. Brussels: Peter Lang.
Bäckman, Olof, and Tommy Ferrarini, 2010. Combating child poverty? A multilevel assessment of links
between family policy institutions in 20 countries. Journal of Social Policy 39(2): 275-296.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie, 2010. Immigrants’ use of parental leave in Sweden. In: Knudsen, L. B. and A. Linhardt
Olsen, Eds, Our Demographic Future – A Challenge. On the Need for Demographic Analyses.
Scandinavian Population Studies 14: 203-224.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie and Johanna Lammi-Taskula, 2010. Föräldraledighet [Parental Leave]. In: Gislason I. and
G.B. Eydal, Eds, Föräldraledighet, omsorgspolitik och jämställdhet i Norden. Tema Nord 2010:595,
Nordic Council of Ministers, Copenhagen. Pp. 29-62.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie, Trude Lappegård, and Gunnar Andersson, 2010. Family policy and fertility: Fathers’ and
mothers’ use of parental leave and continued childbearing in Norway and Sweden. Journal of European
Social Policy 20(1): 45-57.
Evertsson, Marie and Ann-Zofie Duvander, 2010. Parental leave - possibility or trap? Does family leave length
affect Swedish women's labor market opportunities? European Sociological Review 27: 1-16.
Evertsson, Marie, 2010. Kön [Gender]. In: Edling, C. and F. Liljeros, Eds, Ett delat samhälle – Om samhällets
sociala skiktning [A divided society – On social stratification in society]. Stockholm: Liber. Chapter 3.
Ferrarini, Tommy and Ann-Zofie Duvander, 2010. Earner-Career model at the cross-roads: Reforms and
outcomes of Sweden’s family policy in comparative perspective. International Journal of Health Services
40(3): 373-398.
Ferrarini, Tommy and Thor Norström, 2010. Family policy, economic development and infant mortality: A
longitudinal comparative analysis. International Journal of Social Welfare 19: 89-102.
Ferrarini, Tommy and Ola Sjöberg, 2010. Social policy institutions and health outcomes: Transition countries in
comparative perspective. International Journal of Social Welfare 19: 60-66.
Goldscheider, Frances, Livia Sz. Oláh and Allan Puur, 2010. Reconciling studies of men’s gender attitudes and
fertility: Response to Westoff and Higgins. Demographic Research 22(8): 189-198.
Gupta, Sanjiv, Marie Evertsson, Daniela Grunow and Magnus Nermo, 2010. The economic disparity in time
spent on housework among women in Germany, Sweden, and the US. In: Treas, J. and S. Drobnic, Eds,
Dividing the Domestic. Men, Women and Housework in Cross-national Perspective. Stanford University
Press. Pp. 105-124.
Hoem, Jan M., Giuseppe Gabrielli, Aiva Jasilioniene, Dora Kostova and Anna Matysiak, 2010. Levels of recent
union formation: Six European countries compared. Demographic Research 22(9): 199-210.
Malmberg, Bo, 2010. Low fertility and the housing market: Evidence from Swedish regional data. European
Journal of Population 26(2): 229-244.
Mureşan, Cornelia and Jan M. Hoem, 2010. The negative educational gradients in Romanian fertility.
Demographic Research 22(4): 95-114.
Neyer, Gerda, 2010. Familienpolitik in Österreich zwischen Beharrung und Veränderung. Revue d'Allemagne et
des pays de langue allemande 42(1): 57-70.
Oláh, Livia Sz., 2010. First childbearing at higher ages in Sweden and Hungary, from the mid-1970s to the early
1990s: A gender approach. Scandinavian Population Studies 14: 91-116.
Sjöberg, Ola, 2010. Social insurance as a collective resource: Unemployment benefits, job insecurity and
subjective well-being in a comparative perspective. Social Forces 88(3): 1281-1304.
Sjöberg, Ola, 2010. Ambivalent attitudes, contradictory institutions: Ambivalence in gender-role attitudes in
comparative perspective. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 51(1-2): 33-57.
Sjöberg, Ola and Tommy Ferrarini, 2010. Social policy and health: Transition countries in a comparative
perspective. In: Åberg Y. M., J. Fritzell, M. Kölegård and O. Lundberg, Eds, Social Policies and Public
Health across the Life Course, International Journal of Social Welfare 19 (Suppl X). Pp. S60-S88.
Ström Sara, 2010. Childbearing and psycho-social work life conditions in Sweden 1991-2000. Scandinavian
Population Studies 14: 289-317.
Ström, Sara, 2010. Housing and first births in Sweden, 1972-2005. Housing Studies 25(4): 509-526.
2009
Aisenbrey, Silke, Marie Evertsson and Daniela Grunow, 2009. Is there a career penalty for mothers’ time out?
Germany, Sweden and the U.S. compared. Social Forces 88(2): 573-606.
Andersson, Gunnar, 2009. Family policies in Sweden and the Swedish life-cycle model. In: von der Leyen, U.,
and V. Spidla, Eds, Voneinender lernen – miteinander handeln: Aufgaben und Perspektiven der
Europäischer Allianz für Familien. Baden-Baden: Nomos. Pp. 159-170.
Andersson, Gunnar, Marit Rønsen, Lisbeth Knudsen, Trude Lappegård, Gerda Neyer, Kari Skrede, Kathrin
Teschner and Andres Vikat, 2009. Cohort fertility patterns in the Nordic countries. Demographic Research
20(14): 313-352.
Boye, Katarina, 2009. Work and well-being in a comparative perspective – the role of family policy. European
Sociological Review, DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcp051.
Boye, Katarina, 2009. Relatively different? How do gender differences in well-being depend on paid and unpaid
work in Europe? Social Indicators Research 93(3): 509-525.
De la Croix, David, Thomas Lindh and Bo Malmberg, 2009. Demographic change and economic growth in
Sweden. Journal of Macroeconomics 31(1): 132-148.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie and Ann-Christin Jans, 2009. Consequences of fathers’ parental leave use: Evidence from
Sweden. Finnish Demographic Yearbook 2009: 51-62.
Hoem, Jan M. and Dora Kostova, 2009. Early traces of the Second Demographic Transition in Bulgaria: A joint
analysis of marital and non-marital union formation. Population Studies 62(3): 1-13.
Hoem, Jan M., Aiva Jasilioniene, Dora Kostova, and Cornelia Mureşan, 2009. Traces of the Second
Demographic Transition in selected countries in Central and Eastern Europe: Union formation as a
demographic manifestation. European Journal of Population 25(3): 239-255.
Esser, Ingrid, Tommy Ferrarini, Kenneth Nelson and Ola Sjöberg, 2009. A framework for comparing social
protection in developing countries with the example of child benefits. International Social Security Review
62(1): 91-115.
Evertsson, Marie, Paula England, Irma Mooi-Reci, Joan Hermsen, Jeanne de Bruijn and David Cotter, 2009. Is
gender equality greater at lower or higher educational levels? Common patterns in the Netherlands, Sweden
and the United States. Social Politics 16(2): 210-241.
Lindh, Thomas and Bo Malmberg, 2009. European Union economic growth and the age structure of the
population. Economic Change and Restructuring 42(3): 159-187.
Neyer, Gerda, 2009. Bildung und Kinderlosigkeit in Österreich und in Schweden. Zeitschrift für
Familienforschung / Journal of Family Research 21(3): 287-310.
Neyer, Gerda, 2009. Rodinná politika a plodnost v Evrope: Pronatalitní politika v souvislosti s politikou
genderovou, politikou zamestnanosti a opatreneními týkajícími se péce o deti [Family policies and fertility
in Europe: Fertility policies at the intersection of gender policies, employment policies and care policies].
Demografie 51: 235-251.
Oláh, Livia Sz., 2009. Zeitpolitiken und Fertilität: Fertilitätsraten, Frauenerwerbstätigkeit und die Zeitstrukturen
frühkindlicher Betreuung und Bildung im Europa der Nachkriegszeit [Time policies and fertility: Fertility
rates, female work and the time structure of early childhood education in post-war Europe]. In: Stecher, L.,
C. Allemann-Ghionda, W. Helsper, and E. Klieme, Eds, Zeitschrift für Pädagogik 54: 247-265. Beiheft:
Ganztägige Bildung und Betreuung.
Sjöberg, Ola, 2009. Corporate governance and earnings inequality in the OECD countries 1979–2000. European
Sociological Review 25(5): 519-534.
2008
Andersson, Gunnar, 2008. A review of policies and practices related to the “highest-low” fertility of Sweden.
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2008: 89-102.
Dronkers, Jaap and Juho Härkönen, 2008. The intergenerational transmission of divorce in cross-national
perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Surveys. Population Studies 62: 273-288.
Frejka, Tomas, Tomas Sobotka, Jan M. Hoem and Laurent Toulemon, 2008. Childbearing Trends and Policies
in Europe, Special Collection 7 of Demographic Research (3 volumes). With Summary and general
conclusions as article 19(2): 5-14.
Hoem, Jan M., 2008. Preface to Demographic Research, Special Collection 7: Childbearing Trends and Policies
in Europe, article 19(1): 1-4.
Hoem, Jan M., 2008. The impact of public policies on European fertility. Overview Chapter 8 of Demographic
Research, Special Collection 7: Childbearing Trends and Policies in Europe, article 19(10): 249-259.
Lindh, Thomas and Bo Malmberg, 2008. Demography and housing demand: What can we learn from residential
construction data? Journal of Population Economics 21(3): 521-539.
Lundberg Olle, Monica Åberg Yngwe, Maria Kölegård Stjärne, Jon Ivar Elstad, Olli Kangas, Tommy Ferrarini,
Thor Norström, Joakim Palme and Johan Fritzell, 2008. The role of welfare state principles and generosity
in social policy programmes for public health: An international comparative study. The Lancet 372: 16331640.
Neyer, Gerda and Gunnar Andersson, 2008. Consequences of family policies on childbearing behavior: Effects
or artifacts? Population and Development Review 34(4): 699-724.
Oláh, Livia Sz. and Eva M. Bernhardt, 2008. Sweden: Combining childbearing and gender equality.
Demographic Research, Special Collection 7: Childbearing Trends and Policies in Europe 19(28): 11051144.
Puur, Allan, Livia Sz. Oláh, Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve and Jürgen Dorbritz, 2008. Men’s childbearing desires and
views of the male role in Europe at the dawn of the 21st century. Demographic Research 19(56): 18831912.
Other publications
2012
Ström, Sara, 2012. Rum för Barn? Boende och förstabarnsfödslar i Sverige 1972-2005. Forskningsrapport
2012/1, 93s. Stockholm: Institutet för Framtidsstudier.
2010
Andersson, Gunnar and Ann-Zofie Duvander, 2010. Barnafödande och familjepolitik i kristider [Childbearing
and family policy in times of recession]. In: Global kris – Håller välfärdssystemen? Social Insurance
Report 2010:6. Stockholm: Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
Ferrarini, Tommy, Kenneth Nelson and Ola Sjöberg, 2010. Multipla välfärdsproblem: Sverige i ett jämförande
perspektiv [Multiple welfare problems: Sweden in comparative perspective]. Social Rapport 2010.
Stockholm: The National Board of Health and Welfare.
Oláh, Livia Sz., 2010. The evaluation and challenges of European countries’ countermeasures against the
declining birthrates: The changes of the lifestyle and the social security system (report in Japanese). Tokyo:
Health and Welfare Information Association.
2009
Duvander, Ann-Zofie and Ann-Christin Jans, 2009. Hur länge spelar pappors föräldraledighet roll? En studie av
sambandet mellan pappors föräldraledighet och deras kontakt med sina barn”.[For how long do fathers’
leave matter? A study of the correlation between fathers’ leave use and later contact with their children],
Social Insurance Report 2009:1. Stockholm: Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
Neyer, Gerda and Dorothea Rieck, 2009. Moving towards gender equality. In: United Nations Economic
Commission for Europe (UNECE), Ed, How Generations and Gender Shape Demographic Change:
Towards Policies Based on Better Knowledge. New York [et al.]: United Nations. Pp. 139-154.
Palme, Joakim, Kenneth Nelson, Ola Sjöberg and Renate Minas, 2009. European social models, protection and
inclusion. Research Report 2009:1. Stockholm: Institute for Futures Studies.
Thalberg, Sara, 2009. Childbearing of students. The case of Sweden. Arbetsrapport 2009:6. Stockholm: Institute
for Futures Studies.
2008
Duvander, Ann-Zofie, 2008. Family policy in Sweden 2008. Social Insurance Report 2008:15. Stockholm:
Swedish Social Insurance Agency.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie and Mats Johansson, 2008. Barnbidraget – en pigg 60-åring [Child allowance – a healthy
60-year old reform]. Välfärd 4:16-17.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie, Tommy Ferrarini and Sara Thalberg, 2008. Towards a new family policy model?
Framtider International. Stockholm: Institute for Futures Studies.
SPaDE Working Papers
2012
2012:1 Kreyenfeld, Michaela, Gunnar Andersson, and Ariane Pailhé
Economic Uncertainty and Family Dynamics in Europe (Introduction to Special Issue of Demographic
Research)
2011
2011:1 Holland, Jennifer.
Home and Where the Heart Is: Marriage Timing and Joint Home Purchase .
2011:2 Enström Öst, Cecila.
Parental Wealth and First-time Homeownership: A Cohort Study of Family Background and Young Adults’
Housing Situation.
2011:3 Ström, Sara.
Childbearing Behavior in the Light of Different Housing Regimes: First Births in Sweden 1975-2004.
2011:4 Neyer, Gerda and Laura Bernardi.
Feminist Perspectives on Motherhood and Reproduction.
2011:5 Brandén, Maria and Sara Ström.
For Whose Sake Do Couples Relocate? Gender, Career Opportunities and Couples’ Internal Migration in
Sweden.
2011:6 Holland, Jennifer.
Cash-For-Care, Couple Economic Circumstances and Marriage in Norway
2011:8 Vignoli, Daniele, Sven Drefahl and Gustavo De Santis
Whose Economic Instability Affects the Likelihood of Becoming a Parent in Italy? A Tale of Two Partners
2011:7 Neyer, Gerda, Trude Lappegård and Daniele Vignoli.
Gender Equality and Fertility: Which Equality Matters?
2011:9 Lundström, Karin E. and Gunnar Andersson.
Labor-market Status, Migrant Status and First Childbearing in Sweden
2011:10 Billingsley, Sunnee and Tommy Ferrarini Family Policies and Fertility Intentions across New and Old
Welfare Democracies
2011:11 Ström, Sara and Johan Carlsson Dahlberg.
The Swedish Housing and Life Course Cohort Study: Contextual Database
2010
2010:1 Billingsley, Sunnee.
Downward Social Mobility and Fertility Decline in Russia.
2010:2 Andersson, Gunnar and Turid Noack.
Legal Advances and Demographic Developments of Same-sex Unions in Scandinavia.
2010:3 Matysiak, Anna and Daniele Vignoli.
Employment around the First Birth in Two Adverse Institutional Settings: Evidence from Italy and Poland.
2010:4 Ferrarini, Tommy and Ann-Zofie Duvander.
Conflicting Directions? Outcomes and New Orientations of Sweden's Family Policy.
2010:5 Eriksson, Helen.
Are There Gendering Effects of a Gender-neutral Care Leave Policy?
2010:6 Oláh, Livia Sz. and Gerda Neyer.
Should Governments in Europe be More Aggressive in Pushing for Gender Equality to Raise Fertility?
2010:7 Oláh , Livia Sz.
The Evaluation and Challenges of European Countries’ Counter Measures Against Declining Birth Rates.
2010:8 Fahlén, Susanne and Livia Sz. Oláh.
Female Employment, Work Hours and Childbearing Intentions in Sweden in the early 2000s: A Capability
Perspective.
2010:9 Duvander, Ann-Zofie and Mats Johansson.
What are the Effects of Reforms Promoting Fathers’ Parental Leave Use?
2010:16 Hedberg, Charlotta, ‘Every Soul is Needed!' Processes of Immigration and Demographic Consequences
for Swedish Rural Areas
2009
2009:1 Cassel, Per Gunnar.
Induced Legal Abortion in Sweden during 1939-1974: Change in Practice and Legal Reform.
2009:2 Evertsson Marie and Ann-Zofie Duvander.
Parental Leave - Possibility or Trap? Does Family Leave Length Affect Swedish Women's Labor Market
Opportunities?
2009:3 Ström, Sara.
Housing and First Births in Sweden, 1972-2005.
2009:4 Härkönen, Juho.
Childbearing and Dual Joblessness in Europe: A Comparison of Nine Countries.
2009:5 Thalberg, Sara.
Money, Policy and Norms: Childbearing Behavior of Swedish Students in the 1980s and 1990s.
2009:6 Andersson, Gunnar, Michaela Kreyenfeld and Tatjana Mika.
Welfare State Context, Female Earnings and Childbearing in Denmark and Germany.
2009:7 Sjöberg, Ola.
Temporary Work, Labour Market Careers and First Births in Sweden.
2009:8 Ma, Li.
Social Policy and Childbearing Behavior in Japan since the 1960s: An Individual Level Perspective.
2009:9 Billingsley, Sunnee.
Fertility and Economic Crisis: Inflation, Wage Devaluation and Job Instability in Russia.
2008
2008:1 Neyer, Gerda and Gunnar Andersson.
Consequences of Family Policies on Childbearing Behavior: Effects or Artifacts?
2008:2 Duvander, Ann-Zofie, Trude Lappegård and Gunnar Andersson.
Family Policy and Fertility: Fathers’ and Mothers’ Use of Parental Leave and Continued Childbearing in
Norway and Sweden.
2008:3 Andersson, Gunnar, Marit Rønsen, Lisbeth Knudsen, Trude Lappegård, Gerda Neyer, Kari Skrede,
Kathrin Teschner and Andres Vikat.
Cohort Fertility Patterns in the Nordic Countries.
2008:4 Kaufman, Gayle and Eva Bernhardt.
Employer Policies, Job Characteristics and Fertility in Sweden.
2008:5 Duvander, Ann-Zofie.
Family Policy in Sweden: An Overview.
2008:6 Duvander, Ann-Zofie and Ann-Christin Jans.
Consequences of Fathers’ Parental Leave Use: Evidence from Sweden.
Other working papers
Billingsley, Sunnee, 2009. Downward mobility, unemployment and mortality. MPIDR Working Paper 2009-015,
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.
Evertsson, Marie and Richard Breen, 2008. The importance of work. Changing work commitment following the
transition to parenthood. CIQLE WP 2008-5.
Ferrarini, Tommy, 2009. Barnbidraget i internationellt perspektiv: De kontanta och skattebaserade barnbidragens
utveckling och koppling till barnfattigdom i Sverige och andra välfärdsdemokratier 1930-2000 [Child
allowances in comparative perspective: The development of cash and tax based family benefits and their
link to child poverty in Sweden and other welfare democracies 1930-2000]. Working Papers in Social
Insurance 2009:2. Swedish National Social Insurance Agency.
Kennedy, Sheela, and Elizabeth Thomson, 2009. Children’s experiences of family disruption in Sweden:
Differentials by parent education over three decades. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography 2009:5.
Korpi, Walter, Tommy Ferrarini and Stefan Englund, 2010. Women's opportunities under different constellations
of family policies in Western countries: Inequality tradeoffs re-examined. Luxembourg Income Studies
Working Paper No. 556.
Ohlsson, Sofi, 2009. Marriage in fashion? Trend reversal in marriage formation in Sweden. Stockholm Research
Reports in Demography 2009:7
Conference presentations
2011
Thomson, Elizabeth. “Persistence and Change in the Standard Family Life Course”, presented at “Life-Course
Dynamics and the Mechanisms of Social Inequality”, University of Turku, 2011.
Thomson, Elizabeth, Trude Lappegård, Marcia Carlson, Ann Evans and Edith Gray. “Childbearing across
Partnerships in the U.S., Australia and Scandinavia”, presented at the annual meeting of the Population
Association of America (PAA), 2011.
2010
Andersson, Gunnar and Turid Noack. "Legal advances and demographic developments of same-sex unions in
Scandinavia", presented at 17th Nordic Demographic Symposium, Lund, June 17-19, 2010.
Andersson, Gunnar and Kirk Scott. "Divorce risks of immigrants in Sweden", presented at the 17th Nordic
Demographic Symposium, Lund, June 17-19, 2010 and the annual meeting of the Population Association of
America (PAA), Dallas, April 15-17, 2010.
Billingsley, Sunnee. “Regional inflation variation and fertility: A spurious relationship based on the effect of
policies or values?”, presented at the annual conference for the American Sociological Association in
Atlanta, Georgia, August, 2010.
Billingsley, Sunnee. ”Downward mobility, unemployment and mortality”, presented at the annual meeting of the
Population Association of America (PAA), Dallas, April 15-17, 2010.
Billingsley, Sunnee and Oxana Sinyavskaya. ”After the first child: Job stability and having another child”,
presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Dallas, April 15-17,
2010.
Brandén, Maria. "Gender, gender role attitudes and migration motives - Sweden 1999-2009", presented at the
17th Nordic Demographic Symposium, Lund, June 17-19, 2010.
Brandén, Maria and Sara Ström. "Occupation, gender and internal migration, Sweden 1998-2008", presented at
the 17th Nordic Demographic Symposium, Lund, June 17-19, 2010.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. "Who uses the most parental leave", presented at the 17th Nordic Demographic
Symposium, Lund, June 17-19, 2010 and the Nordic Demographic Symposium, Lund, 17-19 June, 2010.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “How effective are reforms promoting fathers’ parental leave use?“, presented at the
European Population Conference, Vienna, September 1-4, 2010.
Evertsson, Marie, Daniela Grunow and Silke Aisenbrey. “Employment interruptions and career penalties in
cross-national perspective: Are work interruptions related to women’s career prospects in Germany and
Sweden?”, presented at the 17th International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress in
Gothenburg, July, 2010.
Evertsson, Marie, Daniela Grunow and Silke Aisenbrey. “Family policy, education and employment careers of
mothers”, presented at the EQUALSOC Final Conference in Amsterdam, June 2010.
Härkönen, Juho. “The effects of birth order on educational transitions in West Germany”, presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Dallas, April 15-17, 2010.
Härkönen, Juho. “Family forerunners? Parental divorce and partnership formation in 18 countries“, presented at
the European Population Conference, Vienna, September 1-4, 2010.
Neyer, Gerda. “Wirkungsanalysen: Potentiale und Grenzen demografischer Mikroanalysen“, presented at the
Conference Zukunft mit Kinder: Zeit, Infrastruktur und Geld. Familienpolitik in Deutschland, Schweiz und
Österreich. Vienna, April 22-24, 2010.
Neyer, Gerda and Laura Bernardi “Controlling fertility: Control and change in reproductive discourses”,
presented at the Conference Fertility in the History of the 20th Century: Trends, Theories, Public
Discourses and Policies. Berlin, January 21-23, 2010.
Neyer, Gerda, Daniele Vignoli, Trude Lappegård, and Dorothea Rieck. “Gender, economic conditions, and
social norms: Does context matter for fertility intentions”, presented at VID International Conference,
Vienna, December 1-2, 2010.
Neyer, Gerda, Trude Lappegård and Daniele Vignoli. “Gender and equality: Which equality matters?”, presented
at the annual meeting of Population Association of America, Dallas, April 15-17, 2010 and at the European
Population Conference, Vienna, September 1-4, 2010.
Ohlsson, Sofi. "Type of occupation and the transition to parenthood in Sweden", presented at the 17th Nordic
Demographic Symposium, Lund, June 17-19, 2010.
Oláh, Livia. Statement on "Gendered agency and capabilities and family careers" presented at the EU Family
Platform – Research Agenda Conference, Brussels, November 4-5, 2010.
Oláh, Livia. "Parental divorce and gender equality in Sweden", presented at the 17th Nordic Demographic
Symposium, Lund, June 17-19, 2010, and the European Population Conference, Vienna, September 1-4,
2010.
Oláh, Livia and Susanne Fahlén. “Tensions reconciled? Female employment and fertility in Sweden in the early
21st century”, presented at the RECWOWE Annual Conference, Nantes, France, June 10, 2010.
Sjöberg, Ola. ”Nothing is certain but death and taxes: taxing inherited wealth in comparative perspective” ,
presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Chicago, November 18-21,
2010, and the 8th annual ESPAnet conference Social Policy and the Global Crisis: Consequences and
Responses, Budapest, September, 2-4, 2010.
Thomson, Elizabeth and Helen Eriksson. "Parental separation in Sweden 1968-2007", presented at the 17th
Nordic Demographic Symposium, Lund, June 17-19, 2010.
Thomson, Elizabeth, Marcia Carlson, and Trude Lappegård. “Childbearing across partnerships: Conceptual &
methodological issues”, presented at Workshop II on Nonmarital Childbearing, Max Planck Institute for
Demographic Research, Rostock, January 11-13, 2010.
2009
Andersson, Gunnar, Michaela Kreyenfeld and Tatanja Mika. "Welfare state context, female earnings and
childbearing", presented at the annual meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Dallas,
April 15-17, 2010 and the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, September 27 October 2, 2009.
Billingsley, Sunnee. “Stratification and mobility: Men’s and women's fertility in Russia”, presented at the IUSSP
International Population Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, September, 2009
Billingsley, Sunnee. “Labour market trajectories and second births in Russia”, presentation at the Economic
Uncertainty and Family Dynamics Workshop, Berlin, July, 2009.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Nordic mothers and fathers on leave: Towards equal sharing”, presented at Conference
on Parental Leave, Care Policies and Gender Equalities in the Nordic Countries, Reykjavik, Iceland,
October 22, 2009.
Eriksson, Helen. “Are there gendering effects of a gender neutral parental leave policy?” presented at the annual
meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Dallas, April 15-17, 2010 and the 2009 Chaire
Quetelet seminar, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, November 19, 2009.
Evertsson, Marie and Daniela Grunow. “International and national studies of the transition to parenthood:
TransParent”, presented at the EQUALSOC meeting of the FAMNET and EMPLOY networks, Berlin,
May 11-12, 2009.
Ferrarini. Tommy. “Models and dimensions of gender policy in comparative perspective”, presented at
EQUALSOC Gender Stratification workshop, Stockholm, 2009.
Ferrarini. Tommy. “Earner-career model at the cross-roads”, presented at ISA RC19 Conference, Montreal,
August 20-22, 2009.
Holland, Jennifer and Elizabeth Thomson. “New partners, new children in Sweden”, presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA), Detroit, MI, April 30 - May 2, 2009 and the
XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, September 27 - October 2, 2009.
Härkönen, Juho. “Childbearing and dual joblessness in Europe: A comparison of nine countries”, presented at
the Economic Uncertainty and Family Dynamics Workshop, Berlin, July 3-4, 2009.
Ohlsson, Sofi. “Marriage in fashion? - Trend reversal in marriage formation in Sweden”, presented at the XXVI
IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, September 27 - October 2, 2009.
Oláh, Livia and Susanne Fahlén. “Female employment and fertility in Sweden in the early 21st century”,
presented at the RECWOWE Annual Conference, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June 10, 2009.
Oláh, Livia and Susanne Fahlén. “Female employment, work hours and childbearing intentions in Sweden in the
early 2000s: A capability perspective”, presented at the RECWOWE Annual Conference, Utrecht, The
Netherlands, June 9, 2009.
Sjöberg, Ola.”Rawlsian justice and job quality”, presented at the third Annual RECWOWE Integration Week,
Utrecht, the Netherlands, June 9-13, 2009,
Sjöberg, Ola. “Social insurance as a collective resource: Unemployment benefits, job insecurity and subjective
wellbeing in a comparative perspective”, presented at the Conference Managing the Social Impacts of
Change from a Risk Perspective, Beijing, May 15-17, 2009.
Ström, Sara. "Childbearing behavior in the light of different housing regimes – Sweden 1975-2005", presented at
the 17th Nordic Demographic Symposium, Lund, June 17-19, 2010 and at the Family, Migration and
Housing Workshop, Amsterdam, April 2-3, 2009.
Thalberg, Sara. “Money, policy and norms: childbearing behavior of Swedish students in the 1980s and 1990s”,
presented at the Annual Aage Sorensen Conference for Graduate Students in Sociology, Stockholm, April
2009.
Thomson, Elizabeth, Maria Winkler-Dworak and Sheela Kennedy. "Education and the family life course”,
presented at the XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference, Marrakech, September 27 - October 2,
2009.
2008
Andersson, Gunnar and Michaela Kreyenfeld. “Female unemployment and fertility: Evidence from German and
Danish register data”, presented at the European Population Conference, Barcelona, July 9-12, 2008.
Billingsley, Sunnee. “Downward social mobility and second births in Russia”, presented at the American
Sociological Association in Boston, Massachusetts, August, 2008.
Evertsson, Marie, Silke Aisenbrey and Daniela Grunow. “Time out as a stratifying mechanism: A comparison of
parental leave policies and mothers’ careers in the U.S., Germany and Sweden”, presented at the American
Sociological Association (ASA) meeting, August, 2008.
Oláh, Livia. “Gender role attitudes and late transition to parenthood in Sweden”, presented at the European
Population Conference, Barcelona, July 9-12, 2008.
Invited presentations
2011
Andersson, Gunnar. "Barnafödande i kristider" presented at Open Seminars at Stockholm University,November
2011.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Sweden”, presented at the conference Pancyprian organization of large families,
Larnaca, February 2011.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Reforms in the Swedish Parental leave system”, presented at Max Planck Institute for
Demographic Research, Rostock, March 2011.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Parenting – Putting the Pieces Together”, presented at Embassy of Sweden, Washington
DC, June 2011.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Fler ska jobba – men vem ska ta hand om barnen?” presented at Kommunals
seminarium, Almedalen, July 2011.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. "Barnafödande och föräldraledighet i kristider" presented at Open Seminars at Stockholm
University, Stockolm November 2011.
2010
Andersson, Gunnar. “National civil registration and vital statistics in Sweden and the other Nordic countries”,
paper presented at Lundis de l’Ined, Ined, Paris, June 2010.
Andersson, Gunnar. “International migration and family-demographic change: The case of Sweden”, presented
to Postgraduate Training Seminar in Demography, Statistics and Health at Centro de Ciencias Humanas y
Sociales, Madrid, March 2010.
Andersson, Gunnar. “Childbearing and family policy in times of economic recession” [Barnafödande och
familjepolitik i kristider]. Presentation at research seminar of the National Social Insurance Agency,
“Global crisis: Are the welfare systems robust?”, Umeå, January 2010.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Cohabitaton and marriage - any difference?” presented for the Norwegian Demographic
Association, Demographic Forum, October 2010.
Ferrarini, Tommy. “Family policy and perceived stress”, presentation for RECWOWE meeting in Stockholm,
February 2010.
Garriga, Anna and Juho Härkönen. "Parental divorce and children's well-being", EQUALSOC Policy Brief No. 1
for the European Commission, 2010.
Neyer, Gerda. “The state and reproduction: A historical overview”; “Welfare states, family policies, and
fertility”; and “Methodological issues of investigating the effects of family policies on fertility”, presented
to the Padua Winter School of Policies and Reproductive Behavior, Padua, December 13-18, 2010.
Neyer, Gerda. ”Comparative population and policy research: A political science research perspective”, presented
at Conference on Interdependencies between Demography and Policy, Berlin, February 1-2, 2010.
Oláh, Livia. “Sustainable development? Family policy models and childbearing in contemporary Europe”,
presented at RECWOWE Dissemination Conference on Childbearing and Work-Family Balance in
Hungary and Europe, Budapest, March 18, 2010.
Thomson, Elizabeth, and Helen Eriksson. “Parental separation in Sweden 1968-2007: New estimates from
administrative registers”, presented at Workshop on Family Change. Institute for European and American
Studies, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, October 11-12, 2010.
2009
Andersson, Gunnar. “Childbearing in times of economic recession” [Barnafödande i kristider]. Plenary
presentation to Statistics Sweden’s Day of Demography, Stockholm, May 14, 2009.
Andersson, Gunnar. “Welfare, labor-market status and fertility in Scandinavia”, presented at Australian
Demographic and Social Research Seminar at the Australian National University, Canberra, March, 2009.
Billingsley, Sunnee. “Downward social mobility and fertility decisions in Russia”, presented at the Challenges in
Family and Fertility Development in Russia and Germany DiaDem Conference, Berlin, December, 2009.
Ferrarini, Tommy. “Family policy and child health”, presentation at Rosenbad, Stockholm, December 2009.
Härkönen, Juho. “The intergenerational consequences of divorce”, presented at the Annual Graduate Training
Workshop in Demography, organized by the Finnish Demographic Society and University of Helsinki
Sociology Department, Tvärminne, November 15-16, 2009.
Härkönen, Juho. “Prenatal health, educational attainment, and intergenerational inequality”, presented at the
Oxford Network for Social Inequality Research, Oxford, October 26, 2009 and University of Turku,
January 29, 2009, and University of Oslo, February 23, 2009.
Neyer, Gerda. “Effects of family policies on childbearing in developed countries”, presented at UN-Expert
Group Meeting on Recent and Future Trends of Fertility. New York, December 2-4, 2009.
Neyer, Gerda, 2009. “Which equality matters for fertility? Comparative perspectives on gender issues and
fertility intentions”, presented at DiaDem–German-Russian Dialogue on Demography. Berlin, December 78, 2009.
Neyer, Gerda. “Familienpolitik in Österreich: Beharrung oder Veränderung?“, presented at Les enjeux
démographiques en France et en Allemagne: Réalités et conséquences. Valenciennes, October 22-24, 2009.
Neyer, Gerda. “Family policies and fertility: What do we know?”, presented at Seoul National University and
Seoul Foundation of Women and Family. Seoul International Forum on Supporting Childbearing and
Childrearing, Seoul, September 3-4, 2009.
Neyer, Gerda. “Familienpolitik in den Nordischen Ländern” [Family policies in the Nordic countries], presented
at Parlamentarischer Klub der SPÖ [Parliamentary Club of the Austrian Social Democratic Party], July 3,
2009.
Neyer, Gerda. “Consequences of family policies on fertility: Effects or artefacts?” presented at Warsaw School
of Economics, May 19, 2009.
Neyer, Gerda. “Das österreichische Kinderbetreuungssystem im internationalen Vergleich” [The Austrian
childcare system in international comparison], presented at conference at University of Innsbruck: Who
Cares? Betreuung und Pflege in Österreich, May 13-15, 2009.
Oláh, Livia. “The evaluation and challenges of European countries’ countermeasures against the declining
birthrates: The changes of the lifestyle and the social security system”, presented at the Home Care &
Rehabilitation 2009 International Symposium, Tokyo, Japan, September 30, 2009.
Thomson, Elizabeth. “Family disruption in Sweden: New possibilities and preliminary results from
administrative registers”, presented at the Duke University Population Research Institute, Durham, North
Carolina, November 12, 2009 and at Vienna Institute of Demography, July 6, 2009.
Thomson, Elizabeth, Maria Winkler-Dworak, and Sheela Kennedy. “Education and the family life course”,
presented at the Swedish Demographic Association, March 27, 2009 and at the Conference on Negotiating
the Life Course, Canberra, Australia, September 29-30, 2008.
2008
Andersson, Gunnar. “Family policies and fertility in Sweden”, presented at the international conference Fertility
and Public Policy: How to Reverse the Trend of Declining Birth Rates, organized by Hitotsubashi
University and CESifo, Munich, February, 2008.
Andersson, Gunnar. “Family forerunners? Family dynamics in the Nordic countries versus Europe”, keynote
plenary presentation to The 16th Nordic Demographic Symposium, Helsinki, June, 2008.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Immigrants use of parental leave in Sweden”, presented at the workshop Diversity and
Leave Policies, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 28-29, 2008.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Child care and parental insurance in Sweden”, presented at Swedish-Dutch Conference
on Gender Equality and Labour Participation, The Hague, The Netherlands, November 21, 2008.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Parental leave – possibility or trap? Does parental leave length affect Swedish women’s
labour market opportunities?”, presented at network meeting of the Working Life Research Programme,
Statistics Norway, Oslo, November 4, 2008.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. “Swedish family policy and work-life balance”, presented at International Symposium,
Seoul, August 25-26, 2008.
Evertsson, Marie and Ann-Zofie Duvander. “Consequences of parental leave for Swedish women’s continued
career”, presented at Parental leave: Assessing impacts and refining policy directions, arranged by the
School of Political Science and International Studies’ at the University of Queensland and ‘Work and
Organisational Studies’ at the University of Sidney, Brisbane, Australia, November, 2008.
Ferrarini, Tommy. “Life cycle risk profiles of social rights”, presented at Life Cycle & Social Inclusion Seminar,
ESRI, Dublin, October, 2008.
Ferrarini Tommy. “Barnbidraget en internationell utblick” [Child allowances in an international perspective],
presented at the Swedish National Insurance Board seminar ‘Barnbidraget 60 år’ [Child allowances 60
years], September 2008.
Ström, Sara. “Childbearing behavior in the light of different housing regimes: Sweden 1975-2005”,
Försäkringskassans dag, Swedish National Social Insurance Agency, Stockholm, October 2008.
Organization of workshops and conferences
Andersson, Gunnar. Organizer of workshop for delegation from the Chinese National Population and Family
Planning Commission: Introduction to Population Issues and Population-related Policies of Sweden.
Stockholm, November 24-26, 2010.
Andersson, Gunnar. Organizer of workshop: Economic Uncertainty and Family Dynamics, Berlin, July 3-4,
2009, with Michaela Kreyenfeld (MPIDR) and Ariane Pailhé (Ined).
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Organizer of workshop: Global kris – Håller socialförsäkringen? [Global Crisis: Are the
Welfare Systems Robust?], National Social Insurance Agency, Umeå, January 21-22, 2010.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Organizer of workshop: Försäkringskassan möter forskare [National Social Insurance
Agency Meets Researchers], Stockholm, October 13, 2009.
Ferrarini, Tommy. Conference organizer: International Sociological Association Research Committee 19 (RC19)
annual meeting. The Future of Social Citizenship: Politics, Institutions and Outcomes, Stockholm,
September, 2008.
Härkönen, Juho. Conference co-organizer: International Sociological Association Research Committee 28
(RC28) summer meeting. Mobility and Inequality: Intergenerational and Life Course Perspectives, New
Haven (CT), August 3-6, 2009.
Härkönen, Juho. Workshop co-organizer for preparing Nordic network for life course research with register data,
Helsinki, May 26, 2009.
Oláh, Livia. Organizer of workshop: The Gender Story of European Family Change, Stockholm, October 24,
2009.
National and international activities
Memberships of Editorial Boards
Andersson, Gunnar. Since 2008. Associate Editor, European Journal of Population.
Andersson, Gunnar. Since 2008. Scientific Review Board Member, Demographic Research.
Andersson, Gunnar. Since 2008. Editorial Board Member, Canadian Studies in Population.
Andersson, Gunnar. Since 2009. Associate Editor, Genus.
Evertsson, Marie. 2009-2010. Editorial Board Member, Social Forces.
Oláh, Livia. Since 2008. Editorial Advisory Board Member, Open Demography Journal.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2009. Associate Editor, Demographic Research.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2009. Editorial Board, Genus.
Participation in Boards, Reference and Expert groups
Andersson, Gunnar. Since 2009. Board member, Swedish SIMSAM register-research school (SINGS).
Andersson, Gunnar. 2009. Member of reference group, Swedish Time-use Survey 2010, Statistics Sweden.
Andersson, Gunnar. 2009. Member of reference group, Project on second-generation immigrants, Statistics
Sweden.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. 2010. Member of the Statistics Board, Social Insurance Offices.
Evertsson, Marie. 2010. External expert for the ENAR project of Statistics Sweden.
Härkönen, Juho. 2010. Member of scientific committee, Eight Meeting of the European Network for the
Sociological and Demographic Study of Divorce, Valencia, Spain.
Oláh, Livia. 2010. Member of the international advisory panel to the UK’s fatherhood think-tank, the Fatherhood
Institute, in their work on a Fairness in Families Index (FiFI).
Oláh, Livia. 2010. Member of reference group for the government commission on parental collaboration and
economic issues among divorced/separated parents in Sweden, prepared by the Ministry of Social Affairs.
Oláh, Livia. 2009. Expert-group member for the fertility forecast of Statistics Sweden’s population forecast.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2011. User Board for population, demography and education, Statistics Sweden.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2011. Member of Board of Governors for the Information Center of Population
Europe.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2010. Scientific Advisory Board member, REPRO, 7th Framework Programme,
European Commission.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2010. Scientific Advisory Board member, Generations and Gender Programme.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2009. Member of Board of Governors, Information Center of the European
Population Partnership.
Thomson, Elizabeth. 2008-2009. Member of nominations committee, Population Association of America.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2007. Scientific Advisory Board member, Linnaeus Centre on Aging and Living
Conditions, Umeå University.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2007. Scientific Advisory Board member, Research School in Economic
Demography, Lund University.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Since 2006. Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Demographic
Research.
Other Activities
Andersson, Gunnar. Organizer of the sixteen Fertility sessions of the European Population Conference 2010,
Vienna, September 1-3, 2010.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie, 2011. “Föräldrars attityder och föräldraledighet” presented at SPaDE Press-breakfast,
Södra Teatern, Stockholm, May 2011.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie, 2010. ”What is the economic and financial crisis’ impact on family policy?”, interview for
the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Moderator at the Demography Day of Statistics Sweden, May 14, 2009.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie, Seminar moderator at: Barnbidraget 60 år [Child allowance 60 year], Swedish Social
Insurance Agency, September 24, 2008.
Härkönen, Juho. Since 2010. Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Turku.
Härkönen, Juho. Outside expert for the EQUALSOC project on Effects of Divorce on Children, Barcelona,
March 9-10, 2009.
Neyer, Gerda. Invited at Family Policies and Low Fertility: Policy Options to Increase Fertility. Expert meeting
at the National University of Korea. Seoul, September 3-4, 2009.
Neyer, Gerda. Invited at Einfluss von Kinderbetreuung und Familienpolitik auf Geburtenentwicklung. Das
Beispiel Skandinavien [Influence of childcare and family policy on fertility development. The example of
Scandinavia]. SPÖ-Fraktionstagung: Meeting of the Austrian Social Democratic Party; Meeting of
members of Parliament and the Woman’s Minister, Vienna, July 3, 2009.
Oláh, Livia, 2011. Moderator at SPaDE Press-breakfast, Södra Teatern, Stockholm, May 2011.
Oláh, Livia, 2011. Child-bearing in a gender equal society: An Interview with Livia Sz. Oláh. Interviewed by
Veronika Herche, Demographic Research Institute, Hungary
Oláh, Livia, 2010. Appointed (by the Swedish Dept. of Social Affairs) academic observer for Sweden in the
European Alliance for Families – Network on Family Policies, organized by the European Commission.
Oláh, Livia, 2010. Interview for a European Commission study on reconciliation of work and private life and
gender equality with special focus on measures of paternity leave across EU countries.
Oláh, Livia, 2009. Invited panelist to discuss “The new challenges of parenthood” at the conference Children’s
Rights in the Family [Barnens rätt i familjen], organized by the Dept. of Social Affairs and the Children’s
Ombudsman in Sweden, Stockholm, September 23, 2009.
Ohlsson-Wijk, Sofi, 2011. “Yrke och benägenhet att skaffa ett första barn” presented at SPaDE Press-breakfast,
Södra Teatern, Stockholm, May 2011.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Vice-President, Population Association of America, 2007-2008.
Media reports (not entirely updated)
2011
2010
Andersson, Gunnar. Samkönade äktenskap i Skandinavien. Ny lagstiftning och nya utvecklingar Framtidsfokus.
2010-09-15. Published at Kunskapskanalen, available on http://www.ur.se/play/160188.
Andersson, Gunnar. Babyboom – fler födslar än på 15 år. Nya Wermlands Tidning. 2010-02-11
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Interview by Katrin Bennhold, International Herald Tribune & New York Times/Paris
2010-04-.
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. In Sweden, Men Can Have It All. The New York Times. 2010-06-09
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Rekordmånga pappor valde barnen. Nerikes Allehanda. 2010-02-15
Evertsson, Marie. Högutbildade mer jämställda. Göteborgsposten. 2010-10-27
Ferrarini, Tommy. Stress: Själen är kroppens fängelse. Dagens Nyheter. 2010-02-07
Malmberg, Bo. Debatt: Slå vakt om kvalitet i skolan! Dagens Samhälle. 2010-06-02
Malmberg, Bo. Positiv påverkan på kommunala skolor. Svenska Dagbladet. 2010-04-24
Malmberg, Bo. Ökad konkurrens gav ojämn kvalitet. Lärarnas tidning. 2010-03-31
Malmberg, Bo. Segregering växer i skolans värld. Riksdag & Departement. 2010-03-10
Malmberg, Bo. Skolfloppen. Sydsvenskan. 2010-03-10
Malmberg, Bo. Är någon förvånad? Gefle Dagblad. 2010-03-13
Malmberg, Bo. Fega politiker duckar om friskolor. Kommunalarbetaren. 2010-03-11
Malmberg, Bo. Replik: Skolstart. Svenska Dagbladet. 2010-04-16
Neyer, Gerda. Die gescheiterte Familie. Profil 45, Austrian weekly. 2010-11-08
Neyer, Gerda. Ergebnis nach zehn Jahren. Rheinischer Merkur. 2010-06-06
Neyer, Gerda. TV-interview on Scandinavian and Austrian family policies and fertility, in “Der Gebärstreik”,
Documentation in “Kreuz und Quer”, Chanel ORF 2, 2009-05-26
Oláh, Livia. Vi blir bara fler och fler människor i Sverige. 2010-01-07
Ohlsson, Sofi. Äktenskap på modet? Nya giftermålstrender i Sverige. Framtidsfokus. 2010-09-15. Published at
Kunskapskanalen, available on http://www.ur.se/play/160187.
2009
Andersson, Gunnar. Nedgång i kristider. Smålandsposten. 2009-04-29
Andersson, Gunnar. Olofström går mot strömmen. Blekinge läns tidning. 2009-03-31
Boye, Katarina. Den verkliga svininfluensan – Vård av frisk man i hemmet. Nöjesguiden. 2009-10-228
Brandén, Maria. Tillgången till hyresbostäder avgörande i kristider. Upsala Nya Tidning. 2009-01-16
Duvander, Ann-Zofie and Ferrarini, Tommy. Den heliga kärnfamiljen. Ordfront. 2009-09-15
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Sverige bäst på delad föräldraledighet. Dagen. 2009-04-13
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Sverige bäst på delad föräldraledighet. SVT Nyheter. 2009-04-13
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Mamma og pappa er gammeldagse. NRK. 2009-04-13
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Svenske mænd er bedst. Danmarks Radio. 2009-04-13
Evertsson, Marie. Det handlar om förväntningar. Helsingborgs Dagblad. 2009-06-05.
Evertsson, Marie. Traditionella könsroller går i arv. Helsingborgs Dagblad. 2009-06-05.
Malmberg, Bo. Valfrihetens följder synas. Skolvärlden. 2009-11-11
Malmberg, Bo. Replik: ’Arbetskravftsinvandringen är bra för Sverige’. Dagens Nyheter. 2009-10-24
Malmberg, Bo. Om fara med vinster och behov av kontroll. Dagbladet Sundsvall. 2009-10-14
Malmberg, Bo. Om fara med vinster och behov av kontroll. Länstidningen Östersund. 2009-10-154
Malmberg, Bo. Unga stannar hemma hos päronen. 2009-05-05
Oláh, Livia. "Baby, vilket rekord", Mia Karlsson. Expressen. 2009-12-22
Oláh, Livia. Vi bler fler i rekordfart, TT, 2009-12-21. Also in, for example, Svd.se, Dn.se, Metro, Aftonbladet,
Västerbottens Kuriren, Göteborgs-Posten.
Oláh, Livia. TT / Stockholm (Fredrik Månsson: Babyboom i hela Europa, 2009-08-05). Also in, for example,
Ystads allehanda, nyhetskanalen.se, hd, lt, Karlskogakuriren, Ekuriren, Folket, vlt, Kkuriren.
Oláh, Livia. Interview by BBC World Service in the program "Europe Today", on reconciliation policies and
fertility in Sweden, 2009-07-24
Oláh, Livia. Jämställdhet är en fråga om överlevnad. Annette Wallqvist, Akademikern, no 5. 2009.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Dagen efter midsommar. Borås Tidning. 2009-06-18
Thomson, Elizabeth and Gunnar Andersson. Press interview. Ledande forskning om familjebildning i Europa,
Per Larsson, 2009-06-10, On the Stockholm University Web
2008
Brandén, Maria. Hyresrätter viktiga för jobben. Malmö Lund City. 2008-11-21
Brandén, Maria. Bygg fler prisvärda bostäder. Landskrona posten. 2008-07-25
Brandén, Maria. Bygg fler prisvärda bostäder. Helsingborgs Dagblad. 2008-07-24
Brandén Maria. On the topic Bostadens betydelse för rörligheten på arbetsmarknaden. SVT Rapport. 2008-11
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Kids och karriär en (o)möjlig ekvation? E24. 2008-12-04
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Clas väljer att dela föräldraledigheten. Dagbladet Sundsvall. 2008-11-08
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Få är pappalediga en längre tid. Upsala Nya Tidning. 2008-10-15
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Fördel pappalediga. CSR i Praktiken. 2008-10-08
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Föräldraledig får tydligare papparoll. ST Press. 2008-09-25
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Pappalediga jobbar mindre även senare. Aftonbladet. 2008-09-22
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Föräldralediga pappor jobbar mindre övertid. Dagen. 2008-09-21
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Föräldralediga pappor jobbar mindre övertid. Dagens Nyheter. 2008-09-21
Duvander, Ann-Zofie. Pappalediga jobbar mindre övertid. Sveriges Radio Ekot. 2008-09-21
Malmberg, Bo. Framtidens vårdpersonal har växt upp i Afrika. LO-Tidningen. 2008-09-30
Malmberg, Bo. Den nödvändiga integrationen. Folket. 2008-08-30
Malmberg, Bo. Hårdare kraveller integration?. Piteå-Tidningen. 2008-08-29
Malmberg, Bo. Invandringen höjer välståndet. Ekonominytt.nu. 2008-08-28
Malmberg, Bo. Berikande invandring. Dalademokraten. 2008-08-28
Malmberg, Bo. Berikande invandring. Dalademokraten. 2008-08-28
Malmberg, Bo. Glömt uppdraget, Billström? Karlskoga-Kuriren. 2008-08-28
Malmberg, Bo. Invandring räddningen för EU. Sydsvenskan. 2008-08-27
Malmberg, Bo. Politiker manas lyssna på facken. LO-Tidningen. 2008-08-27
Malmberg, Bo. Migrationen positiv för välståndet. Webfinanser. 2008-08-27
Malmberg, Bo. Invandring viktigare för Sverige än barnafödande. Dagens Nyheter. 2008-08-27
Oláh, Livia. Dålig barnomsorg ger låga födelsetal. Landskrona Posten. 2008-11-11
Oláh, Livia. Bra barnomsorg ger fler barn. Vi föräldrar. 2008-10-03
Oláh, Livia. Aldrig tidigare har så få barn fötts. Upsala Nya Tidning. 2008-08-27
Oláh, Livia. Press interview, Jörn Spolander. Forskning & Framsteg. 2008-08-14
New research grants of SPaDE members and affiliates
Andersson, Gunnar. Register-based Research in Nordic Demography. 24.7 M SEK during 2008-2013 (VR).
Andersson, Gunnar. Welfare, labor-market status and family dynamics. 2.5 M SEK during 2009-2011 (FAS).
Boye, Katarina. Family work and wages in Sweden and Europe. 2.0 M SEK during 2011-2013 (FAS).
Boye, Katarina. The division of temporary parental leave and its consequences for women’s and men’s wage
trends. 0.95 M SEK during 2010-2012 (IFAU).
Evertsson, Marie. Between dream and reality. International and national studies of parenting and work from a
gender perspective. 3.0 M SEK during 2009-2011 (VR). Includes funding for project participants Katarina
Boye (SOFI) and Jenny Ahlberg (Örebro University).
Evertsson, Marie and Katarina Boye. Parental leave, temporary parental leave and its consequences for women’s
and men’s wage trends. 1 M SEK during 2011- 2012 (Försäkringskassan).
Ferrarini, Tommy. Social Policy Indicator Database. 5.0 M SEK during 2011-2013 (RJ).
Ferrarini, Tommy. Changing generational welfare contracts: Fair institutions and outcomes in Sweden and
Europe. 3.9 M SEK during 2011-2013 (FAS).
Härkönen, Juho. Socio-economic differences in family demographic behavior: Trends and intergenerational
implications. 3.37 M SEK during 2011-2013 (FAS).
Thomson, Elizabeth and Gunnar Andersson. Swedish Generations and Gender Survey. 12.5 M SEK during
2011-2012 (RJ and VR).
Thomson, Elizabeth and Gunnar Andersson. Planning for a Swedish Generations and Gender Survey. 0.54 M
SEK during 2010 (VR).
External collaborations (not entirely updated)
Andersson, Gunnar. Marika Jaalovaara, visit for advice on research on Finnish register data and planning of
research collaboration. May 15-16, 2009.
Andersson, Gunnar. Michaela Kreyenfeld, visiting from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research,
August 2009. Supported by the 2008 guest researcher award from the Swedish-German Programme for
Scientific Cooperation (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond and the Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung).
Andersson, Gunnar. Visiting Fellow, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute at the Australian
National University, January through March, 2009.
Andersson, Gunnar, 2009, Research visit at Statistics Iceland and University of Iceland, December 4-5, 2009.
Planning of Icelandic longitudinal demographic register database.
Billingsley, Sunnee. Oxana Sinyavskaya, “After the first child: Job stability and having another child.”
Duvander Ann-Zofie. Member of the 6th EU Network of Excellence Project Reconciling Work and Welfare
(RECWOWE).
Evertsson, Marie. Daniela Grunow, University of Amsterdam. International project “TransParent”.
Evertsson, Marie. Frances Goldscheider. “The Relationship between Gender Attitudes and Sharing
Housework/Childcare”. Work in progress.
Ferrarini, Tommy. Member of the 6th EU Network of Excellence Project Economic Change, Quality of Life &
Social Cohesion (EQUALSOC).
Ferrarini, Tommy. Member of the 6th EU Network of Excellence Project Reconciling Work and Welfare
(RECWOWE)
Härkönen, Juho. Marika Jalovaara (Helsinki) and Jani Erola (Turku) on “Gender equality and family dynamics
in Finland”, as part of larger international collaboration coordinated by Lynn Prince Cooke (Kent).
Härkönen, Juho. Jaap Dronkers (EUI) on “Parental divorce and family formation in cross-national perspective”,
work in progress.
Härkönen, Juho. Berkay Özcan (Yale) on “Marital satisfaction, marital instability and female labor supply. Work
in progress.
Oláh, Livia. Coordinator of the Europe-wide research network “Gendering European Family Dynamics”, 2005.
Oláh, Livia. Coordinator of the project on ‘Fertility, female employment and reconciliation policies’, in the
frame of RECWOWE, work package no. 2., 2008-2010.
Oláh, Livia. Member of Network of excellence, RECWOWE (Reconciling Work and Welfare in Europe),
financed via the Sixth Framework Programme of the European Council, 2006.
Oláh, Livia. Participant of the international book project "Children, Families and States: Time Policies of
Childcare and Primary Schooling in East and West Europe", organized by professors Karen Hagemann and
Konrad H. Jarausch, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, and Cristina Allemann-Ghionda,
University of Cologne, Germany. 2007.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Arieke Rijken (Utrecht University), Couple relationship quality and childbearing
Thomson, Elizabeth. Brienna Pirelli-Harris (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research), Network on
nonmarital childbearing.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Jennifer Holland (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Stepfamily childbearing in Sweden.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Maria Winkler-Dworak (Vienna Institute of Demography) and Sheela Kennedy (University
of Minnesota), Education and the family life course.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Maria Winkler-Dworak, Alexia Prskawetz (Vienna Institute of Demography), Martin
Spielauer (Statistics Canada), Union stability and fertility.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Sheela Kennedy (University of Minnesota), Parental separation in Sweden.
Thomson, Elizabeth. Marcia Carlson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Trude Lappegård (Statistics Norway),
Childbearing across partnerships.