Information for students and staff about the coronavirus

Information on the coronavirus in relation to Stockholm University's activities is updated continuously.

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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"

A higher level of trade union membership speeds up adoption of family leave policies

Societies where more workers are members of a trade union tend to get policies for family leave adopted faster than otherwise. These are the results of a new study.

New study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research

A bottle of red wine and at broken wine glass. Foto: Iyrii Seleznev

Alcohol-related mortality affects people with lower education more

When the alcohol consumption in society increases, alcohol-related deaths also increases. But the increase is not equally spread in the entire population, it particularly affects people with lower education.

"Drinking increased more or less equally in all groups”

A large lottery win makes us more content with life – but not necessarily happier

To win a large sum of money from a lottery makes people feel more satisfied with their life, and this effect lasts a long time, according to a new study from the Swedish Institute for Social Research.

Many large-prize winners have reduced their working hours

More news from SOFI

Xiaojie Xu is our new Ph.D student in sociology 2021-02-15
AME Labour Economics Seminar schedule for the spring 2021-02-12
Simon Hjalmarsson to defend his thesis 2021-03-10
Two "Assistant Professors" in labour economics now appointed 2021-02-08
Anne Boschini appointed Professor of Economics 2021-02-05

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.