We construct linked register data on five Norwegian birth cohorts, covering: criminal charges after age 15; family … characteristics and history up to age 15; and (for males) IQ test scores. A longitudinal analysis of the risk of initiation into crime … disruptive family events including divorce or maternal death during childhood. There is a relationship between continuity of …

People in the Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Sweden work more than the countries’ high tax rates …

Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel … Norway have an immigrant origin, and that corresponding proportion is as high as about a half in Denmark as well as in Sweden …

between the United States, on one hand, and the Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) on the other. Our base …The correlation in economic status among siblings is a useful ?omnibus measure? of the overall impact of family and … somewhat sensitive to some assumptions that have to be made, we conclude that the family and community factors are more …

We study the development of wealth concentration in Sweden over 130 years, from the beginning of industrialization … foreign and domestic family firm-wealth and of pension and social security wealth. We find that the Swedish wealth …