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Identifying synergies and complementarities between MDGs: Results from cluster analysis

Bue, Maria Carmela Lo; Klasen, Stephan - 2012

The MDGs are interlinked: acceleration in one goal is likely to speed up progress in others. Nevertheless, these …', characterized by strong positive synergies in MDGs indicators; [2] 'poor performers', where there are synergies in poor progress … towards the MDGs and [3] 'partial performers' countries where progress in one MDG went along with regress or stagnation in …

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Getting Progress Right: Measuring Progress Towards the MDGs Against Historical Trends

Klasen, Stephan; Lange, Simon - 2012

Most numerical targets within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are overly ambitious for the … and ownership and jeopardizes the public support the MDGs have drawn in the past. This paper proposes an alternative … approach to evaluating progress towards non-income MDGs that allows a sensible appraisal of countries' progress. We fi rst …

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Origin and residential influences on the first partnership choices of the children of immigrants in Norway

Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug; Holland, Jennifer A. - 2021

Using Norwegian register data on migrant-background individuals born 1985 to 2001 who were either native born or who immigrated as children or teens, in combination with data from the World Marriage Database, we investigate how residential partner markets and marriage behavior in countries of...

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Marriage before children? First family formation among the children of immigrants in Norway

Holland, Jennifer A.; Wiik, Kenneth Aa. - 2021

Differences in the timing and pathway into family life provide insights into the social distance between majority and immigrant-background groups. Increasing similarity in these processes across immigrant generations may indicate blurring of group distinctions. We situate our study in Norway, a...

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Family formation, fatherhood and crime. An invitation to a broader perspective on crime and family transitions

Skarðhamar, Torbjørn; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde - 2009

Using large-scale individual-level Norwegian administrative register data on the total population of men, we study the offending rates five years prior to and after five different family-related transitions. Leading criminological theories predict that marriage and fatherhood has a preventive...

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Reconsidering the theory on adolescent-limited and life-course persistent antisocial behaviour

Skarðhamar, Torbjørn - 2009

This article presents a critical review of the taxonomic theory of adolescent-limited and life-course persistent antisocial behaviour (Moffitt 1993) and its empirical evidence. This influential theory suggests that there are two qualitatively distinct types of offenders that require distinct...

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Does parental income matter for onset of offending?

Galloway, Taryn Ann; Skardhamar, Torbjørn - 2009

Although several established theories of crime often suggest an association between socio-economic background and youth criminal involvement, the empirical evidence for such claims diverges considerably. The aim of this paper is to re-investigate the relationship between family income and...

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A Human Development Index by Internal Migrational Status

Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan - 2009

Migration continues to be a very important income diversi¯cation strategy, es- pecially for poor populations in developing countries. However, while there has been much analysis on the economic consequences of migration for migrants and the receiving regions, whether internal migration improves...

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A Reversal in the Relationship of Human Development with Fertility?

Harttgen, Kenneth; Vollmer, Sebastian - 2012

For more than a hundred years, advances in development were associated with decreasing fertility rates. This led to total fertility rates far below replacement level in most developed countries. However, during the last decade fertility rates started to increase again in various developed...

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Inequality in Human Development: An empirical assessment of thirty-two countries

Grimm, Michael; Harttgen, Kenneth; Klasen, Stephan; … - 2009

One of the most frequent critiques of the HDI is that it does not take into account inequality within countries in its three dimensions. In this paper, we apply a simple approach to compute the three components and the overall HDI for quintiles of the income distribution. This allows comparison...

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