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How racial wage discrimination of football players ended in England

A new study in economics used data from the English Premier League to investigate the impact of the so-called “Bosman ruling”, and found that racial discrimination disappeared – but not for non-EU players.

New study from Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)

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Friendships across class boundaries can influence political views - regardless of your own class

The class background of people in your social circles seems to have an effect on your political attitudes – regardless of which social class you belong to yourself.

New study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)

Risk of developing depression declined during the first Covid-19 lockdown in Denmark

Fewer were in the risk zone for developing stress or depression in the weeks following the Danish lockdown compared to the weeks prior to lockdown. But challenges in everyday life increased for many.

New study from Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)

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Children with less economic resources more often have poorer relationships with classmates

Having less money or not being able to participate in activities that cost money is linked to an increased risk of a poor social situation at school. These are the results of a new dissertation from Stockholm University.

New dissertation from Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI)

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We follow our older siblings' choice of higher education

In a new study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI) at Stockholm University Researchers have been able to isolate a direct effect, and measure how an older sibling's educational experience affects the choices of younger siblings.

"Older siblings' experience impact individuals in all types of families"

More news from SOFI

Michael Grätz appointed docent in sociology 2021-06-10
Job opening: Researcher in the GENPARENT Project 2021-05-06
Call for papers: Workshop on life-changing transitions i the LGBTQ+ community 2021-04-23
Sabina Hellborg is employed as senior lecturer in civil law 2021-04-20
Xiaojie Xu is our new Ph.D student in sociology 2021-02-15

SOFI researchers in the media

PODCAST: Matthew Lindquist, professor of economics at SOFI, discusses his new research on the health effects of prison, in the latest episode of the Probable Causation podcast.
"Economists: We need to track the virus". Erik Lindqvist, professor of economics at SOFI, has together with five other economists published a debate article at SvD Debatt (in Swedish).
Johannna Rickne and Olle Folke at SOFI have together with American and Japanese researchers published a study showing that women are exposed to sexual harassment at work even when they are in leadership positions, which got attention in both Swedish media such as SvD, DN and Aftonbladet, as well as international media like CBS News and The Independent.
The new SOFI study showing a dramatic increase of the risk of ending up in poverty for single persons without children has been noticed in several news media, among others Swedish Radio Vetenskapsradion, Göteborgs-Posten and TT Nyhetsbyrån.
"A woman who earns less than her partner or doesn’t work at all when they get married is significantly more likely to get divorced if her career suddenly takes off". The Quartz magazine writes about a study by our professor Johanna Rickne and Olle Folke at Uppsala University. Read the article here.

Latest publications

Dehdari SH. Economic Distress and Support for Radical Right Parties—Evidence From Sweden. Comparative Political Studies. June 2021. doi:10.1177/00104140211024301
Eklund, L, von Essen, E, Jonsson, F and Johansson, M (2021) To be or not to be on the Internet: unpacking online anonymity. Sociological Research Online. DOI: 10.1177/13607804211019760
Evertsson, Marie, Madeleine Eriksson Kirsch and Allison Geerts. (2021). “Family sociological theories questioned. Same-sex parent families sharing work and care”, in Schneider, N. S. and M. Kreyenfeld (eds.). Research handbook on the sociology of the family. Edward Elgar publishing. Open Access.
Shahbazian, R. (2021). Under the Influence of Our Older Brother and Sister: The Association between Sibling Gender Configuration and STEM Degrees. Social Science Research.
Adam Altmejd, Andrés Barrios-Fernández, Marin Drlje, Joshua Goodman, Michael Hurwitz, Dejan Kovac, Christine Mulhern, Christopher Neilson, Jonathan Smith, O Brother, Where Start Thou? Sibling Spillovers on College and Major Choice in Four Countries, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2021;, qjab006
Kjellsson S (2021) Do working conditions contribute differently to gender gaps in self-rated health within different occupational classes? Evidence from the Swedish Level of Living Survey. PLoS ONE 16(6): e0253119
Arvid Lindh, Anton B Andersson, Beate Volker (2021), The Missing Link: Network Influences on Class Divides in Political Attitudes, European Sociological Review

All publications from SOFI

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