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  • 1.
    Aggeborn, Linuz
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Andersson, Henrik
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning (IBF).
    Håfström Dehdari, Sirus
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Department of Political Science, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning (IBF).
    Granting Immigrants the Right to Vote in National Elections: Empirical Evidence from Swedish Administrative Data2023Ingår i: British Journal of Political Science, ISSN 0007-1234, E-ISSN 1469-2112, s. 1-18Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Faced with rising levels of cross-border migration, many countries have extended local voting rights to non-citizen residents. However, empirical evidence indicates that voter turnout among non-naturalized immigrants is lower when compared to citizens. This raises the question of how to explain this difference. A common answer is that the low turnout rates of non-citizen residents are primarily due to the socio-economic composition of this group and the challenges involved in adapting to a new political system. An alternative but less discussed possibility is that the low turnout concerns the nature of the elections. Hence, we examine whether the turnout of non-citizens is hampered because they are only allowed to partake in local elections. Based on a regression discontinuity design (RDD) using Swedish administrative data, we find that turnout could increase by 10–20 percentage points if the voting rights of non-citizens were extended to the national level.

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  • 2.
    Aggeborn, Linuz
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Lajevardi, Nazita
    Michigan State Univ, E Lansing, MI 48824 USA..
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Nyman, Pär
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Parents, Peers, and Politics: The Long-term Effects of Vertical Social Ties2020Ingår i: Quarterly Journal of Political Science, ISSN 1554-0626, E-ISSN 1554-0634, Vol. 15, nr 2, s. 221-253Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    We examine how one's adult political participation is affected by having social ties to a politician during adolescence. Specifically, we estimate the long-term effect of having had a classmate during upper secondary school whose parent was running for office on future voter turnout and the likelihood of running for and winning political office. We use unique Swedish population-wide administrative data and find that students in school classes with a larger number of politically active parents are more politically active as adults, both in terms of voting and political candidacy. Our results suggest that the effect of vertical social ties is predominantly mediated by indirect links between the politician and the student via the children of politicians. Moreover, we show that the strength of these mobilizing effects depends on the individual's basic predisposition to engage in different types of political activities.

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  • 3.
    Ahlskog, Rafael
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Quantifying Bias from Measurable and Unmeasurable Confounders Across Three Domains of Individual Determinants of Political Preferences2023Ingår i: Political Analysis, ISSN 1047-1987, E-ISSN 1476-4989, Vol. 31, nr 2, s. 181-194Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    A core part of political research is to identify how political preferences are shaped. The nature of these questions is such that robust causal identification is often difficult to achieve, and we are not seldom stuck with observational methods that we know have limited causal validity. The purpose of this paper is to measure the magnitude of bias stemming from both measurable and unmeasurable confounders across three broad domains of individual determinants of political preferences: socio-economic factors, moral values, and psychological constructs. We leverage a unique combination of rich Swedish registry data for a large sample of identical twins, with a comprehensive battery of 34 political preference measures, and build a meta-analytical model comparing our most conservative observational (naive) estimates with discordant twin estimates. This allows us to infer the amount of bias from unobserved genetic and shared environmental factors that remains in the naive models for our predictors, while avoiding precision issues common in family-based designs. The results are sobering: in most cases, substantial bias remains in naive models. A rough heuristic is that about half of the effect size even in conservative observational estimates is composed of confounding.

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  • 4.
    Andersson, Henrik
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutet för bostads- och urbanforskning (IBF).
    Lajevardi, Nazita
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Effects of Settlement into Ethnic Enclaves on Immigrant Voter Turnout2022Ingår i: Journal of Politics, ISSN 0022-3816, E-ISSN 1468-2508, Vol. 84, nr 1, s. 578-584Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    What is the effect of residing in ethnic enclaves on immigrants’ future political participation? We study a comprehensive refugee placement reform that was implemented in Sweden in the mid-1980s in combination with unique individual-level turnout data to study the causal effect of being settled in neighborhoods with a high residential concentration of coethnics on immigrants’ future probability of voting. We find little evidence that ethnic concentration per se affects voter turnout. On average, newly arrived immigrants were equally likely to vote whether they were placed in a neighborhood with many or few coethnics. Further analyses, however, indicate that the effect of ethnic concentration depends on the degree of political integration among previously settled coethnics; ethnic concentration increases turnout among the newly immigrated when they are placed with already politically integrated coethnics. These results underscore the conditions under which the political socialization of immigrant newcomers is enhanced in ethnic enclaves.

  • 5.
    Becker, Joel
    et al.
    NYU, Dept Econ, New York, NY 10003 USA..
    Burik, Casper A. P.
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Goldman, Grant
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Wang, Nancy
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Jayashankar, Hariharan
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Bennett, Michael
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Belsky, Daniel W.
    Columbia Univ, Dept Epidemiol, Mailman Sch Publ Hlth, New York, NY USA.;Columbia Univ, Robert N Butler Columbia Aging Ctr, New York, NY USA..
    Linner, Richard Karlsson
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Ahlskog, Rafael
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Kleinman, Aaron
    23andMe Inc, Mountain View, CA USA..
    Hinds, David A.
    23andMe Inc, Mountain View, CA USA..
    Caspi, Avshalom
    Duke Univ, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Durham, NC USA.;Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat Psychol & Neurosci, Social Genet & Dev Psychiat Ctr, London, England.;Duke Univ, Ctr Genom & Computat Biol, Durham, NC USA.;Duke Univ, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Durham, NC USA..
    Corcoran, David L.
    Duke Univ, Ctr Genom & Computat Biol, Durham, NC USA..
    Moffitt, Terrie E.
    Duke Univ, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Durham, NC USA.;Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat Psychol & Neurosci, Social Genet & Dev Psychiat Ctr, London, England.;Duke Univ, Ctr Genom & Computat Biol, Durham, NC USA.;Duke Univ, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Durham, NC USA..
    Poulton, Richie
    Univ Otago, Dunedin Multidisciplinary Hlth & Dev Res Unit, Dunedin, New Zealand..
    Sugden, Karen
    Duke Univ, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Durham, NC USA..
    Williams, Benjamin S.
    Duke Univ, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Durham, NC USA..
    Harris, Kathleen Mullan
    Univ N Carolina, Dept Sociol, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA.;Univ N Carolina, Carolina Populat Ctr, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 USA..
    Steptoe, Andrew
    UCL, Dept Behav Sci & Hlth, London, England..
    Ajnakina, Olesya
    UCL, Dept Behav Sci & Hlth, London, England.;Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat Psychol & Neurosci, Dept Biostat & Hlth Informat, London, England..
    Milani, Lili
    Univ Tartu, Inst Genom, Tartu, Estonia..
    Esko, Tonu
    Univ Tartu, Inst Genom, Tartu, Estonia.;Broad Inst MIT & Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA..
    Iacono, William G.
    Univ Minnesota, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN USA..
    McGue, Matt
    Univ Minnesota, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN USA..
    Magnusson, Patrik K. E.
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Swedish Twin Registry, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Mallard, Travis T.
    Univ Texas Austin, Dept Psychol, Austin, TX 78712 USA..
    Harden, K. Paige
    Univ Texas Austin, Dept Psychol, Austin, TX 78712 USA.;Univ Texas Austin, Populat Res Ctr, Austin, TX 78712 USA..
    Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.
    Univ Texas Austin, Dept Psychol, Austin, TX 78712 USA.;Univ Texas Austin, Populat Res Ctr, Austin, TX 78712 USA..
    Herd, Pamela
    Georgetown Univ, McCourt Sch Publ Policy, Washington, DC USA..
    Freese, Jeremy
    Stanford Univ, Dept Sociol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA..
    Young, Alexander
    Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.;Univ Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Human Genet Dept, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA..
    Beauchamp, Jonathan P.
    George Mason Univ, Interdisciplinary Ctr Econ Sci, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA.;George Mason Univ, Dept Econ, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA..
    Koellinger, Philipp
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Univ Wisconsin, Robert M La Follette Sch Publ Affairs, Madison, WI USA..
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Johannesson, Magnus
    Stockholm Sch Econ, Dept Econ, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Visscher, Peter M.
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Meyer, Michelle N.
    Geisinger Hlth Syst, Ctr Translat Bioeth & Hlth Care Policy, Danville, PA USA..
    Laibson, David
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.;Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Cesarini, David
    NYU, Dept Econ, New York, NY 10003 USA.;NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Benjamin, Daniel J.
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.;Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.;Univ Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Human Genet Dept, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA..
    Turley, Patrick
    Univ Southern Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA.;Univ Southern Calif, Dept Econ, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA..
    Okbay, Aysu
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Resource profile and user guide of the Polygenic Index Repository2021Ingår i: Nature Human Behaviour, E-ISSN 2397-3374, Vol. 5, nr 12, s. 1744-1758Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Benjamin et al. construct polygenic indexes (DNA-based predictors) for 47 phenotypes and make them available to researchers in 11 datasets. They also present a theoretical framework and estimator to help interpret analyses using polygenic indexes. Polygenic indexes (PGIs) are DNA-based predictors. Their value for research in many scientific disciplines is growing rapidly. As a resource for researchers, we used a consistent methodology to construct PGIs for 47 phenotypes in 11 datasets. To maximize the PGIs' prediction accuracies, we constructed them using genome-wide association studies-some not previously published-from multiple data sources, including 23andMe and UK Biobank. We present a theoretical framework to help interpret analyses involving PGIs. A key insight is that a PGI can be understood as an unbiased but noisy measure of a latent variable we call the 'additive SNP factor'. Regressions in which the true regressor is this factor but the PGI is used as its proxy therefore suffer from errors-in-variables bias. We derive an estimator that corrects for the bias, illustrate the correction, and make a Python tool for implementing it publicly available.

  • 6.
    Bratsberg, Bernt
    et al.
    The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway.
    Dawes, Christopher T.
    Wilf Family Department of Politics, New York University, New York, United States.
    Kotsadam, Andreas
    The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Öhrvall, Richard
    Centre for Local Government Studies (CKS), Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm, Sweden.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Raaum, Oddbjørn
    The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Oslo, Norway.
    Birth Order and Voter Turnout2022Ingår i: British Journal of Political Science, ISSN 0007-1234, E-ISSN 1469-2112, Vol. 52, nr 1, s. 475-482Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Previous studies have stressed the role of a child's family environment for future political participation. This field of research has, however, overlooked that children within the same family have different experiences depending on their birth order. First-borns spend their first years of life without having to compete over their parents' attention and resources, while their younger siblings are born into potential rivalry. We examine differences in turnout depending on birth order, using unique population-wide individual level register data from Sweden and Norway that enables precise within-family estimates. We consistently find that higher birth order entails lower turnout, and that the turnout differential with respect to birth order is stronger when turnout is lower. The link between birth order and turnout holds when we use data from four other, non-Nordic countries. This birth order effect appears to be partly mediated by socio-economic position and attitudinal predispositions.

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  • 7.
    Dancygier, Rafaela
    et al.
    Princeton University.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Nyman, Pär
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Vernby, Kåre
    Stockholm University.
    Candidate Supply Is Not a Barrier to Immigrant Representation: A Case-Control Study2021Ingår i: American Journal of Political Science, ISSN 0092-5853, E-ISSN 1540-5907, Vol. 65, nr 3, s. 683-698Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Immigrants are underrepresented in most democratic parliaments. To explain the immigrant–native representation gap, existing research emphasizes party gatekeepers and structural conditions. But a more complete account must consider the possibility that the representation gap begins at the supply stage. Are immigrants simply less interested in elected office? To test this explanation, we carried out an innovative case–control survey in Sweden. We surveyed elected politicians, candidates for local office, and residents who have not run; stratified these samples by immigrant status; and linked all respondents to local political opportunity structures. We find that differences in political ambition, interest, and efficacy do not help explain immigrants' underrepresentation. Instead, the major hurdles lie in securing a candidate nomination and being placed on an electable list position. We conclude that there is a sufficient supply of potential immigrant candidates, but immigrants' ambition is thwarted by political elites.

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  • 8. Dancygier, Rafaela
    et al.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Vernby, Kåre
    Representationsgapet2017Ingår i: Valdeltagande och representation: om invandring och politisk integration i Sverige / [ed] Bevelander, Pieter; Spång, Mikael, Delmi , 2017Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
  • 9. Dancygier, Rafaela M.
    et al.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Vernby, Kåre
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Why Are Immigrants Underrepresented in Politics?: Evidence from Sweden2015Ingår i: American Political Science Review, ISSN 0003-0554, E-ISSN 1537-5943, Vol. 109, nr 4, s. 703-724Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Widespread and persistent political underrepresentation of immigrant-origin minorities poses deep challenges to democratic practice and norms. What accounts for this underrepresentation? Two types of competing explanations are prevalent in the literature: accounts that base minority underrepresentation on individual-level resources and accounts that emphasize political opportunity structures. However, due to the lack of data suitable for testing these explanations, existing research has not been able to adjudicate between these theories. Using registry-based microdata covering the entire Swedish adult population between 1991 and 2010 our study is the first to empirically evaluate these alternative explanations. We examine election outcomes to municipal councils over the course of six elections and find that variation in individual-level resources cannot explain immigrants' underrepresentation. Further, when comparing immigrants and natives who face comparable political opportunity structures a large representation gap remains. Instead, we argue that discrimination by party gatekeepers plays a more significant role in perpetuating the underrepresentation of immigrants than do individual resources or structural variables.

  • 10.
    Dawes, Christopher T.
    et al.
    NYU, Wilf Family Dept Polit, New York, NY 10012 USA..
    Okbay, Aysu
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Rustichini, Aldo
    Univ Minnesota, Dept Econ, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA..
    A polygenic score for educational attainment partially predicts voter turnout2021Ingår i: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, ISSN 0027-8424, E-ISSN 1091-6490, Vol. 118, nr 50, artikel-id e2022715118Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Twin and adoption studies have shown that individual differences in political participation can be explained, in part, by genetic variation. However, these research designs cannot identify which genes are related to voting or the pathways through which they exert influence, and their conclusions rely on possibly restrictive assumptions. In this study, we use three different US samples and a Swedish sample to test whether genes that have been identified as associated with educational attainment, one of the strongest correlates of political participation, predict self-reported and validated voter turnout. We find that a polygenic score capturing individuals' genetic propensity to acquire education is significantly related to turnout. The strongest associations we observe are in second-ordermidterm elections in the United States and European Parliament elections in Sweden, which tend to be viewed as less important by voters, parties, and the media and thus present a more information-poor electoral environment for citizens to navigate. A within-family analysis suggests that individuals' education-linked genes directly affect their voting behavior, but, for second-order elections, it also reveals evidence of genetic nurture. Finally, a mediation analysis suggests that educational attainment and cognitive ability combine to account for between 41% and 63% of the relationship between the genetic propensity to acquire education and voter turnout.

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  • 11.
    Engdahl, Mattias
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Enheter med anknytning till universitetet, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU).
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Enheter med anknytning till universitetet, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU).
    Rosenqvist, Olof
    Uppsala universitet, Enheter med anknytning till universitetet, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU).
    The Role of Local Voting Rights for Non-Naturalized Immigrants: A Catalyst for Integration?2020Ingår i: The international migration review, ISSN 0197-9183, E-ISSN 1747-7379, Vol. 54, nr 4, s. 1134-1157Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Recent decades have seen a strong trend among democratic countries to extend voting rights at subnational levels to non-naturalized immigrants, creating substantial variation across countries in terms of voting eligibility rules for non-naturalized immigrants. Our knowledge of the consequences of these different systems for immigrant political integration is, however, limited. This article seeks to shed new light on this important issue by using Swedish data to study whether immigrants who face shorter residency requirements for voting eligibility in local elections are more likely to integrate politically. We find little compelling evidence that such is the case. The results suggest that immigrants who became eligible to vote after six to seven years were as likely to naturalize and vote in future elections in both the short and long run as those who received the right to vote after only three years of residency. Thus, although expanded franchise can be of symbolic, as well as practical, value, it is unlikely to be a panacea for immigrant political inclusion. The argument that early voting rights for non-naturalized immigrants is desirable since it helps speed up immigrant political integration should, therefore, be used with some care by those advocating for such reforms.

  • 12.
    Howe, Laurence J.
    et al.
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Univ Bristol, Bristol Med Sch, Populat Hlth Sci, Bristol, Avon, England.
    Nivard, Michel G.
    Vrije Univ, Netherlands Twin Register, Dept Biol Psychol, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    Morris, Tim T.
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Univ Bristol, Bristol Med Sch, Populat Hlth Sci, Bristol, Avon, England.
    Hansen, Ailin F.
    Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, KG Jebsen Ctr Genet Epidemiol, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Trondheim, Norway.
    Rasheed, Humaira
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, KG Jebsen Ctr Genet Epidemiol, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Trondheim, Norway.
    Cho, Yoonsu
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Univ Bristol, Bristol Med Sch, Populat Hlth Sci, Bristol, Avon, England.
    Chittoor, Geetha
    Geisinger Hlth, Dept Populat Hlth Sci, Danville, PA USA.
    Ahlskog, Rafael
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Lind, Penelope A.
    QIMR Berghofer Med Res Inst, Psychiat Genet, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.;Queensland Univ Technol, Sch Biomed Sci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.;Univ Queensland, Fac Med, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
    Palviainen, Teemu
    Univ Helsinki, Inst Mol Med FIMM, Helsinki, Finland.
    van der Zee, Matthijs D.
    Vrije Univ, Netherlands Twin Register, Dept Biol Psychol, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    Cheesman, Rosa
    Univ Oslo, PROMENTA Res Ctr, Dept Psychol, Oslo, Norway.;Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat Psychol & Neurosci, Social Genet & Dev Psychiat Ctr, London, England.
    Mangino, Massimo
    Kings Coll London, Dept Twin Res & Genet Epidemiol, London, England.;Guys & St Thomas Fdn Trust, NIHR Biomed Res Ctr, London, England.
    Wang, Yunzhang
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Li, Shuai
    Univ Melbourne, Melbourne Sch Populat & Global Hlth, Ctr Epidemiol & Biostat, Parkville, Vic, Australia.;Univ Cambridge, Ctr Canc Genet Epidemiol, Dept Publ Hlth & Primary Care, Cambridge, England.;Monash Univ, Sch Clin Sci Monash Hlth, Precis Med, Clayton, Vic, Australia.
    Klaric, Lucija
    Univ Edinburgh, Western Gen Hosp, Inst Genet & Canc, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    Ratliff, Scott M.
    Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
    Bielak, Lawrence F.
    Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
    Nygaard, Marianne
    Univ Southern Denmark, Dept Publ Hlth, Danish Twin Registry, Odense, Denmark.;Odense Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Genet, Odense, Denmark.
    Giannelis, Alexandros
    Univ Minnesota, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN USA.
    Willoughby, Emily A.
    Univ Minnesota, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN USA.
    Reynolds, Chandra A.
    Univ Calif Riverside, Dept Psychol, Riverside, CA 92521 USA.
    Balbona, Jared V.
    Univ Colorado, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Genet, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
    Andreassen, Ole A.
    Univ Oslo, NORMENT Ctr, Oslo, Norway.;Oslo Univ Hosp, Div Mental Hlth & Addict, Oslo, Norway.
    Ask, Helga
    Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Mental Disorders, Oslo, Norway.
    Baras, Aris
    Regeneron Genet Ctr, Tarrytown, NY USA.
    Bauer, Christopher R.
    BioMarin Pharmaceut Inc, Novato, CA USA.;Geisinger Hlth, Biomed & Translat Informat, Danville, PA USA.
    Boomsma, Dorret I.
    Vrije Univ, Netherlands Twin Register, Dept Biol Psychol, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Amsterdam Publ Hlth APH & Amsterdam Reprod & Dev, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    Campbell, Archie
    Univ Edinburgh, Western Gen Hosp, Inst Genet & Canc, Ctr Genom & Expt Med, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    Campbell, Harry
    Univ Edinburgh, Usher Inst, Ctr Global Hlth, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    Chen, Zhengming
    Univ Oxford, Nuffield Dept Populat Hlth, Oxford, England.;Univ Oxford, MRC Populat Hlth Res Unit, Oxford, England.
    Christofidou, Paraskevi
    Kings Coll London, Dept Twin Res & Genet Epidemiol, London, England.
    Corfield, Elizabeth
    Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Mental Disorders, Oslo, Norway.;Lovisenberg Diaconal Hosp, Nic Waals Inst, Oslo, Norway.
    Dahm, Christina C.
    Aarhus Univ, Dept Publ Hlth, Aarhus, Denmark.
    Dokuru, Deepika R.
    Univ Colorado, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Genet, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
    Evans, Luke M.
    Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Genet, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Dept Ecol & Evolutionary Biol, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
    de Geus, Eco J. C.
    Vrije Univ, Netherlands Twin Register, Dept Biol Psychol, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam Publ Hlth Res Inst, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    Giddaluru, Sudheer
    Univ Oslo, Inst Hlth & Soc, Oslo, Norway.;Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Oslo, Norway.
    Gordon, Scott D.
    QIMR Berghofer Med Res Inst, Dept Genet & Computat Biol, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
    Harden, K. Paige
    Univ Texas Austin, Dept Psychol, Austin, TX 78712 USA.;Univ Texas Austin, Populat Res Ctr, Austin, TX 78712 USA.
    Hill, W. David
    Univ Edinburgh, Dept Psychol, Lothian Birth Cohorts Grp, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    Hughes, Amanda
    Univ Edinburgh, Dept Psychol, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    Kerr, Shona M.
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Univ Bristol, Bristol Med Sch, Populat Hlth Sci, Bristol, Avon, England.
    Kim, Yongkang
    Univ Edinburgh, Western Gen Hosp, Inst Genet & Canc, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    Kweon, Hyeokmoon
    Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Genet, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
    Latvala, Antti
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    Lawlor, Deborah A.
    Univ Helsinki, Fac Social Sci, Inst Criminol & Legal Policy, Helsinki, Finland.
    Li, Liming
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Univ Bristol, Bristol Med Sch, Populat Hlth Sci, Bristol, Avon, England.;Bristol NIHR Biomed Res Ctr, Bristol, Avon, England.
    Lin, Kuang
    Peking Univ, Hlth Sci Ctr, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, Beijing, Peoples R China.
    Magnus, Per
    Univ Oxford, Nuffield Dept Populat Hlth, Oxford, England.
    Magnusson, Patrik K. E.
    Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Ctr Fertil & Hlth, Oslo, Norway.
    Mallard, Travis T.
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Martikainen, Pekka
    Univ Texas Austin, Dept Psychol, Austin, TX 78712 USA.;Univ Texas Austin, Populat Res Ctr, Austin, TX 78712 USA.
    Mills, Melinda C.
    Univ Helsinki, Fac Social Sci, Populat Res Unit, Helsinki, Finland.;Max Planck Inst Demog Res, Rostock, Germany.;Stockholm Univ, Dept Publ Hlth Sci, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Njolstad, Pal Rasmus
    Univ Oxford, Leverhulme Ctr Demog Sci, Oxford, England.
    Overton, John D.
    Univ Bergen, Dept Clin Sci, Bergen, Norway.;Haukeland Hosp, Children & Youth Clin, Bergen, Norway.
    Pedersen, Nancy L.
    Regeneron Genet Ctr, Tarrytown, NY USA.
    Porteous, David J.
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Reid, Jeffrey
    Univ Edinburgh, Western Gen Hosp, Inst Genet & Canc, Ctr Genom & Expt Med, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Silventoinen, Karri
    Regeneron Genet Ctr, Tarrytown, NY USA.
    Southey, Melissa C.
    Univ Helsinki, Fac Social Sci, Populat Res Unit, Helsinki, Finland.
    Stoltenberg, Camilla
    Monash Univ, Sch Clin Sci Monash Hlth, Precis Med, Clayton, Vic, Australia.;Univ Melbourne, Melbourne Med Sch, Dept Clin Pathol, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.;Canc Council Victoria, Canc Epidemiol Div, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.
    Tucker-Drob, Elliot M.
    Univ Bergen, Dept Global Publ Hlth & Primary Care, Bergen, Norway.
    Wright, Margaret J.
    Univ Texas Austin, Dept Psychol, Austin, TX 78712 USA.;Univ Texas Austin, Populat Res Ctr, Austin, TX 78712 USA.
    Hewitt, John K.
    Univ Colorado, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Genet, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
    Keller, Matthew C.
    Univ Colorado, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Genet, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
    Stallings, Michael C.
    Univ Colorado, Dept Psychol & Neurosci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Genet, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.
    Lee, James J.
    Univ Minnesota, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN USA.
    Christensen, Kaare
    Univ Southern Denmark, Dept Publ Hlth, Danish Twin Registry, Odense, Denmark.;Odense Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Genet, Odense, Denmark.;Odense Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Biochem & Pharmacol, Odense, Denmark.
    Kardia, Sharon L. R.
    Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
    Peyser, Patricia A.
    Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.
    Smith, Jennifer A.
    Univ Michigan, Sch Publ Hlth, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.;Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Survey Res Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI USA.
    Wilson, James F.
    Univ Edinburgh, Western Gen Hosp, Inst Genet & Canc, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    Hopper, John L.
    Univ Melbourne, Melbourne Sch Populat & Global Hlth, Ctr Epidemiol & Biostat, Parkville, Vic, Australia.
    Hagg, Sara
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, Sweden.
    Spector, Tim D.
    Kings Coll London, Dept Twin Res & Genet Epidemiol, London, England.
    Pingault, Jean-Baptiste
    Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat Psychol & Neurosci, Social Genet & Dev Psychiat Ctr, London, England.;UCL, Dept Clin Educ & Hlth Psychol, London, England.
    Plomin, Robert
    Kings Coll London, Inst Psychiat Psychol & Neurosci, Social Genet & Dev Psychiat Ctr, London, England.
    Havdahl, Alexandra
    Univ Oslo, PROMENTA Res Ctr, Dept Psychol, Oslo, Norway.;Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Mental Disorders, Oslo, Norway.;Lovisenberg Diaconal Hosp, Nic Waals Inst, Oslo, Norway.
    Bartels, Meike
    Vrije Univ, Netherlands Twin Register, Dept Biol Psychol, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    Martin, Nicholas G.
    QIMR Berghofer Med Res Inst, Dept Genet & Computat Biol, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Justice, Anne E.
    Geisinger Hlth, Dept Populat Hlth Sci, Danville, PA USA.
    Millwood, Iona Y.
    Univ Oxford, Nuffield Dept Populat Hlth, Oxford, England.;Univ Oxford, MRC Populat Hlth Res Unit, Oxford, England.
    Hveem, Kristian
    Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, KG Jebsen Ctr Genet Epidemiol, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Trondheim, Norway.;Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, HUNT Res Ctr, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Levanger, Norway.
    Naess, Oyvind
    Univ Oslo, Inst Hlth & Soc, Oslo, Norway.;Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Oslo, Norway.
    Willer, Cristen J.
    Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, KG Jebsen Ctr Genet Epidemiol, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Trondheim, Norway.;Univ Michigan, Dept Internal Med Cardiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.;Univ Michigan, Dept Computat Med & Bioinformat, Ann Arbor, MI USA.
    Asvold, Bjorn Olav
    Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, KG Jebsen Ctr Genet Epidemiol, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Trondheim, Norway.;Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, HUNT Res Ctr, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Levanger, Norway.;Trondheim Reg & Univ Hosp, St Olavs Hosp, Dept Endocrinol, Clin Med, Trondheim, Norway.
    Koellinger, Philipp D.
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Univ Wisconsin, La Follette Sch Publ Affairs, Madison, WI USA.
    Kaprio, Jaakko
    Univ Helsinki, Inst Mol Med FIMM, Helsinki, Finland.
    Medland, Sarah E.
    QIMR Berghofer Med Res Inst, Psychiat Genet, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.;Univ Queensland, Fac Med, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.;Univ Queensland, Sch Psychol, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
    Walters, Robin G.
    Univ Oxford, Nuffield Dept Populat Hlth, Oxford, England.;Univ Oxford, MRC Populat Hlth Res Unit, Oxford, England.
    Benjamin, Daniel J.
    Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA USA.;Univ Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Gonda Goldschmied Neurosci & Genet Res Ctr, Dept Human Genet, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.;Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.
    Turley, Patrick
    Univ Southern Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA.;Univ Southern Calif, Dept Econ, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA.
    Evans, David M.
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Univ Queensland, Diamantina Inst, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.;Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
    Smith, George Davey
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Univ Bristol, Bristol Med Sch, Populat Hlth Sci, Bristol, Avon, England.
    Hayward, Caroline
    Univ Edinburgh, Western Gen Hosp, Inst Genet & Canc, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
    Brumpton, Ben
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, KG Jebsen Ctr Genet Epidemiol, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Trondheim, Norway.;Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, HUNT Res Ctr, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Levanger, Norway.
    Hemani, Gibran
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Univ Bristol, Bristol Med Sch, Populat Hlth Sci, Bristol, Avon, England.
    Davies, Neil M.
    Univ Bristol, Med Res Council, Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol, Avon, England.;Univ Bristol, Bristol Med Sch, Populat Hlth Sci, Bristol, Avon, England.;Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, NTNU, KG Jebsen Ctr Genet Epidemiol, Dept Publ Hlth & Nursing, Trondheim, Norway.
    Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses decrease bias in estimates of direct genetic effects2022Ingår i: Nature Genetics, ISSN 1061-4036, E-ISSN 1546-1718, Vol. 54, nr 5, s. 581-592Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Estimates from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of unrelated individuals capture effects of inherited variation (direct effects), demography (population stratification, assortative mating) and relatives (indirect genetic effects). Family-based GWAS designs can control for demographic and indirect genetic effects, but large-scale family datasets have been lacking. We combined data from 178,086 siblings from 19 cohorts to generate population (between-family) and within-sibship (within-family) GWAS estimates for 25 phenotypes. Within-sibship GWAS estimates were smaller than population estimates for height, educational attainment, age at first birth, number of children, cognitive ability, depressive symptoms and smoking. Some differences were observed in downstream SNP heritability, genetic correlations and Mendelian randomization analyses. For example, the within-sibship genetic correlation between educational attainment and body mass index attenuated towards zero. In contrast, analyses of most molecular phenotypes (for example, low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol) were generally consistent. We also found within-sibship evidence of polygenic adaptation on taller height. Here, we illustrate the importance of family-based GWAS data for phenotypes influenced by demographic and indirect genetic effects. Within-sibship genome-wide association analyses using data from 178,076 siblings illustrate differences between population-based and within-sibship GWAS estimates for phenotypes influenced by demographic and indirect genetic effects.

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  • 13.
    Håfström Dehdari, Sirus
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Stockholm University, Sweden.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Vernby, Kåre
    Stockholm University, Sweden.
    The Ex-Factor: Examining the Gendered Effect of Divorce on Voter Turnout2022Ingår i: American Political Science Review, ISSN 0003-0554, E-ISSN 1537-5943, Vol. 116, nr 4, s. 1293-1308Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    The absence of a gendered analysis of the effect of marriage on voting is surprising given researchers’ cognizance of the heterogeneous effects of marriage on a range of other social outcomes. In this paper, we shed new light on spousal dependency by studying the gendered effect of marital disruption, in the form of divorce, on voter turnout. First, drawing on Swedish populationwide data, we use the differential timing of divorces in relation to general elections to generate more credible estimates of the causal effect of divorce on turnout. Second, although we find that both sexes are adversely affected by divorce, we show that the effect is much more pronounced for men. Specifically, the long-term effect is almost twice as large for men. Finally, we use these data to show that the gendered effect of divorce is mainly driven by asymmetrical spousal mobilization due to higher levels of turnout among women.

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  • 14.
    Håfström Dehdari, Sirus
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Stockholm Univ, Swedish Inst Social Res, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Merilainen, Jaakko
    ITAM, Ctr Invest Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico.;ITAM, Dept Econ, Mexico City, DF, Mexico..
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Selective abstention in simultaneous elections: Understanding the turnout gap2021Ingår i: Electoral Studies, ISSN 0261-3794, E-ISSN 1873-6890, Vol. 71, artikel-id 102302Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    If two elections are held at the same day, why do some people choose to vote in one but to abstain in another? We argue that selective abstention is driven by the same factors that determine voter turnout. Our empirical analysis focuses on Sweden where the (aggregate) turnout gap between local and national elections has been about 2-3%. Rich administrative register data reveal that people from higher socio-economic backgrounds, immigrants, women, older individuals, and people who have been less geographically mobile are less likely to selectively abstain.

  • 15.
    Lee, James J.
    et al.
    Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN USA..
    Wedow, Robbee
    Univ Colorado, Dept Sociol, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Genet, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA..
    Okbay, Aysu
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Complex Trait Genet, Ctr Neurogen & Cognit Res, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Kong, Edward
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Maghzian, Omeed
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Zacher, Meghan
    Harvard Univ, Dept Sociol, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Nguyen-Viet, Tuan Anh
    Bowers, Peter
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Sidorenko, Julia
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.;Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, Tartu, Estonia..
    Linner, Richard Karlsson
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Complex Trait Genet, Ctr Neurogen & Cognit Res, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Fontana, Mark Alan
    Hosp Special Surg, Ctr Adv Value Musculoskeletal Care, 535 E 70th St, New York, NY 10021 USA..
    Kundu, Tushar
    Univ Southern Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA USA..
    Lee, Chanwook
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Li, Hui
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Li, Ruoxi
    Univ Southern Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA USA..
    Royer, Rebecca
    Univ Southern Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA USA..
    Timshel, Pascal N.
    Univ Copenhagen, Fac Hlth & Med Sci, Sect Metab Genet, Novo Nordisk Fdn Ctr Basic Metab Res, Copenhagen, Denmark.;Statens Serum Inst, Dept Epidemiol Res, Copenhagen, Denmark..
    Walters, Raymond K.
    Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Analyt & Translat Genet Unit, Boston, MA 02114 USA.;MIT & Harvard, Stanley Ctr Psychiat Res, Broad Inst, Cambridge, MA USA..
    Willoughby, Emily A.
    Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN USA..
    Yengo, Loic
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Alver, Maris
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, Tartu, Estonia..
    Bao, Yanchun
    Univ Essex, Inst Social & Econ Res, Colchester, Essex, England..
    Clark, David W.
    Univ Edinburgh, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Day, Felix R.
    Univ Cambridge, Inst Metab Sci, MRC Epidemiol Unit, Cambridge, England..
    Furlotte, Nicholas A.
    23&Me Inc, Mountain View, CA USA..
    Joshi, Peter K.
    Univ Edinburgh, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Lausanne Hosp, Inst Social & Prevent Med, Lausanne, Switzerland..
    Kemper, Kathryn E.
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Kleinman, Aaron
    23&Me Inc, Mountain View, CA USA..
    Langenberg, Claudia
    Univ Cambridge, Inst Metab Sci, MRC Epidemiol Unit, Cambridge, England..
    Magi, Reedik
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, Tartu, Estonia..
    Trampush, Joey W.
    BrainWorkup LLC, Santa Monica, CA USA.;Univ Southern Calif, Keck Sch Med, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Los Angeles, CA USA..
    Verma, Shefali Setia
    Geisinger Hlth Syst, Dept Biomed & Translat Informat, Danville, PA USA..
    Wu, Yang
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Lam, Max
    Inst Mental Hlth, Singapore, Singapore.;Genome Inst, Singapore, Singapore..
    Zhao, Jing Hua
    Univ Cambridge, Inst Metab Sci, MRC Epidemiol Unit, Cambridge, England..
    Zheng, Zhili
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.;Wenzhou Med Univ, Sch Ophthalmol & Optometry, Eye Hosp, Wenzhou, Peoples R China..
    Boardman, Jason D.
    Univ Colorado, Dept Sociol, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Genet, Boulder, CO 80309 USA.;Univ Colorado, Inst Behav Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA..
    Campbell, Harry
    Univ Edinburgh, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Freese, Jeremy
    Stanford Univ, Dept Sociol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA..
    Harris, Kathleen Mullan
    Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill, Dept Sociol, Chapel Hill, NC USA.;Univ North Carolina Chapel Hill, Carolina Populat Ctr, Chapel Hill, NC USA..
    Hayward, Caroline
    Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Herd, Pamela
    Univ Essex, Inst Social & Econ Res, Colchester, Essex, England.;Univ Wisconsin, La Follette Sch Publ Affairs, Madison, WI USA..
    Kumari, Meena
    Univ Essex, Inst Social & Econ Res, Colchester, Essex, England..
    Lencz, Todd
    Hofstra Northwell Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Hempstead, NY USA.;Hofstra Northwell Sch Med, Dept Mol Med, Hempstead, NY USA.;Feinstein Inst Med Res, Ctr Psychiat Neurosci, Manhasset, NY USA.;Zucker Hillside Hosp, Psychiat Res, Glen Oaks, CA USA..
    Luan, Jian'an
    Univ Cambridge, Inst Metab Sci, MRC Epidemiol Unit, Cambridge, England..
    Malhotra, Anil K.
    Hofstra Northwell Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, Hempstead, NY USA.;Hofstra Northwell Sch Med, Dept Mol Med, Hempstead, NY USA.;Feinstein Inst Med Res, Ctr Psychiat Neurosci, Manhasset, NY USA.;Zucker Hillside Hosp, Psychiat Res, Glen Oaks, CA USA..
    Metspalu, Andres
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, Tartu, Estonia.;Univ Tartu, Inst Mol & Cell Biol, Tartu, Estonia..
    Milani, Lili
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, Tartu, Estonia..
    Ong, Ken K.
    Univ Cambridge, Inst Metab Sci, MRC Epidemiol Unit, Cambridge, England..
    Perry, John R. B.
    Univ Cambridge, Inst Metab Sci, MRC Epidemiol Unit, Cambridge, England..
    Porteous, David J.
    Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, Ctr Genom & Expt Med, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Ritchie, Marylyn D.
    Smart, Melissa C.
    Univ Edinburgh, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Smith, Blair H.
    Univ Dundee, Div Populat Hlth Sci, Ninewells Hosp, Dundee, Scotland.;Univ Dundee, Med Sch, Dundee, Scotland.;Univ Dundee, Med Res Inst, Dundee, Scotland..
    Tung, Joyce Y.
    23&Me Inc, Mountain View, CA USA..
    Wareham, Nicholas J.
    Univ Cambridge, Inst Metab Sci, MRC Epidemiol Unit, Cambridge, England..
    Wilson, James F.
    Univ Edinburgh, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Beauchamp, Jonathan P.
    Univ Toronto, Dept Econ, Toronto, ON, Canada..
    Conley, Dalton C.
    Princeton Univ, Dept Sociol, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA..
    Esko, Tonu
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, Tartu, Estonia..
    Lehrer, Steven F.
    Queens Univ, Sch Policy Studies, Kingston, ON, Canada.;New York Univ Shanghai, Dept Econ, Shanghai, Peoples R China.;Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Magnusson, Patrik K. E.
    Karolinska Inst, Depnt Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Pers, Tune H.
    Univ Copenhagen, Fac Hlth & Med Sci, Sect Metab Genet, Novo Nordisk Fdn Ctr Basic Metab Res, Copenhagen, Denmark.;Statens Serum Inst, Dept Epidemiol Res, Copenhagen, Denmark..
    Robinson, Matthew R.
    Univ Lausanne, Dept Computat Biol, Lausanne, Switzerland..
    Thom, Kevin
    NYU, Dept Econ, New York, NY 10003 USA..
    Watson, Chelsea
    Univ Southern Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA USA..
    Chabris, Christopher F.
    Geisinger Hlth Syst, Autism & Dev Med Inst, Lewisburg, PA USA..
    Meyer, Michelle N.
    Geisinger Hlth Syst, Ctr Translat Bioeth & Hlth Care Policy, Danville, PA USA..
    Laibson, David I.
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Yang, Jian
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.;Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Johannesson, Magnus
    Stockholm Sch Econ, Dept Econ, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Koellinger, Philipp D.
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Complex Trait Genet, Ctr Neurogen & Cognit Res, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus Univ, Inst Behav & Biol, Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Turley, Patrick
    Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Analyt & Translat Genet Unit, Boston, MA 02114 USA.;MIT & Harvard, Stanley Ctr Psychiat Res, Broad Inst, Cambridge, MA USA..
    Visscher, Peter M.
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia.;Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Benjamin, Daniel J.
    Univ Southern Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA USA.;Natl Bur Econ Res, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.;Univ Southern Calif, Dept Econ, Los Angeles, CA USA..
    Cesarini, David
    NYU, Ctr Expt Social Sci, New York, NY USA..
    Gene discovery and polygenic prediction from a genome-wide association study of educational attainment in 1.1 million individuals2018Ingår i: Nature Genetics, ISSN 1061-4036, E-ISSN 1546-1718, Vol. 50, nr 8, s. 1112-+Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Here we conducted a large-scale genetic association analysis of educational attainment in a sample of approximately 1.1 million individuals and identify 1,271 independent genome-wide-significant SNPs. For the SNPs taken together, we found evidence of heterogeneous effects across environments. The SNPs implicate genes involved in brain-development processes and neuron-to-neuron communication. In a separate analysis of the X chromosome, we identify 10 independent genome-wide-significant SNPs and estimate a SNP heritability of around 0.3% in both men and women, consistent with partial dosage compensation. A joint (multi-phenotype) analysis of educational attainment and three related cognitive phenotypes generates polygenic scores that explain 11-13% of the variance in educational attainment and 7-10% of the variance in cognitive performance. This prediction accuracy substantially increases the utility of polygenic scores as tools in research.

  • 16.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Arbetsplatsstorlek och sjukfrånvaro2012Rapport (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [sv]

    Studien syftar till att studera hur in- och utflödet till sjukskrivning varierar med arbetsplatsstorlek. Mer precist undersöks om det positiva samband mellan arbetsplatsstorlek och sjukfrånvaro som har observerats både i Sverige och utomlands främst drivs av att sjukskrivningar är mer vanligt förekommande eller har längre varaktighet på stora arbetsplatser. Resultaten tyder på att sambandet helt förklaras av att anställda på stora arbetsplatser löper en större risk för att bli sjukskrivna än anställda på små arbetsplatser. Tidsperioden som studeras är 1994–2008.

  • 17.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Dyadic Regression in the Presence of Heteroscedasticity: An Assessment of Alternative Approaches2010Ingår i: Social Networks, ISSN 0378-8733, E-ISSN 1879-2111, Vol. 32, nr 4, s. 279-289Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Although the problem of heteroscedasticity has been the subject of much discussion in other areas of applied statistics the problem has received scant attention in the social network literature. This study attempts to remedy this situation by considering how traditional methods for significance testing in dyadic regression models, such as standard QAP tests, perform under conditions of heteroscedasticity. Moreover, the article presents two alternative methods to deal with heteroscedasticity that are both shown to perform rather well with typical social network data under conditions of both heteroscedasticity and homoscedasticity. Overall, the results of the study suggest that applied researchers using regression techniques to study dyadic data are well advised to correct for heteroscedasticity, by either of the two methods discussed here, whenever there is a reason to suspect heteroscedasticity.

  • 18.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    EU-medlemskapets inverkan på den svenska parlamentarismen2000Ingår i: Statsvetenskaplig tidskrift, nr 3Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
  • 19.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Explaining Wage Coordination2005Ingår i: Power and Institutions in Industrial Relation Regimes, Arbetslivsinstitutet, Stockholm , 2005Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Refereegranskat)
  • 20.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Invandring väcker folkhemmet till liv2022Ingår i: Liberal Debatt, ISSN 0024-1814, nr 4Artikel i tidskrift (Övrig (populärvetenskap, debatt, mm))
  • 21.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Kampen mot arbetslösheten: ett politiskt vägval2008Ingår i: Statsvetare ifrågasätter: Uppsalamiljön vid tiden för professorsskiftet den 31 mars 2008 / [ed] Gustavsson, Sverker, Jörgen Hermansson och Barry Holmström, Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis,Universitetsbiblioteket [distributör] , 2008Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
  • 22.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Leder demokrati till ekonomiskt välstånd2010Ingår i: Myt eller verklighet: om sambandet mellan demokrati och ekonomisk tillväxt / [ed] Sven Oskarsson och Sten Widmalm, Stockholm: Norstedts , 2010Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
  • 23.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Lägre arbetslöshet och ökad ojämlikhet2006Ingår i: Dagens Samhälle, nr 28Artikel i tidskrift (Övrig (populärvetenskap, debatt, mm))
  • 24.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Nya villkor för socialförsäkringarna?2013Ingår i: Ekonomisk Debatt, ISSN 0345-2646, nr 4, s. 18-31Artikel i tidskrift (Övrigt vetenskapligt)
    Abstract [sv]

    I sitt betänkande argumenterade Ekonomikommissionen för behovet av strukturella reformer på socialförsäkringsområdet. Bland annat menade kommissionen att socialförsäkringssystemet i större utsträckning borde inriktas mot att erbjuda ett basskydd som garanterar individernas grundläggande försörjningsnivå. I den här artikeln diskuteras de senaste decenniernas förändringar av arbetslöshetsförsäkringen i ljuset av kommissionens reformförslag. Genomgången visar att arbetslöshetsförsäkringen i flera avseenden har utvecklats i enlighet med kommissionens förslag. Något paradoxalt kan dock denna utveckling sägas ha stärkt de korporativa inslagen i arbetslöshetsförsäkringen vilket går på tvärs med en av Ekonomikommissionens centrala rekommendationer.

     

  • 25.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Skilda vägar till arbete2006Ingår i: Tiden, nr 5Artikel i tidskrift (Övrig (populärvetenskap, debatt, mm))
  • 26.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    The Variety of Capitalism in Sweden and Finland: Continuity Through Change2011Ingår i: The Changing Political Economies of Small West European Countries / [ed] Uwe Becker, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011, s. 45-72Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Refereegranskat)
  • 27.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Vägval arbete2006Ingår i: Socialpolitik, nr 3Artikel i tidskrift (Övrig (populärvetenskap, debatt, mm))
  • 28.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering.
    Workplace size and sickness absence transitions2012Rapport (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    This study examines how workplace size relates to transitions in- and out-of sickness absence. Overall, the study finds important differences in the long-term sickness absence behavior of individuals working in small and large workplaces. In particular, the results show that the sickness spells are of higher incidence, but somewhat shorter duration in large workplaces. However, the results also show that the strength of these relationships varies across different labor market groups. The analysis is based on rich administrative data from Sweden over the period 1994–2008.

  • 29.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Inkinen, Magdalena
    Swedish National Agency for Higher Education, Stockholm .
    Widmalm, Sten
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Who Knows Best What the People Want: Women or Men?: A Study of Political Representation in India2009Ingår i: Comparative Political Studies, ISSN 0010-4140, E-ISSN 1552-3829, Vol. 42, nr 1, s. 31-55Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    The notion of representation lies at the heart of liberal democratic thinking, and over the years considerable effort has gone into defining and measuring the concept. The least common denominator in the voluminous literature is that in a representative political system there should be a certain amount of attitudinal congruence between masses and elites. One much-debated strategy for obtaining a better match between elite and mass policy opinion is that of increasing the representation of women in important decision-making positions in society. Using data on nearly 5,000 elite-mass dyads within 24 Indian villages, the authors find strong support for the view that a more equal representation of women increases opinion congruence between masses and elites. The results are challenging because they show that women are not only better equipped than men to politically represent women but also that they are better at representing men—and the results are shown to apply in a variety of socioeconomic contexts.

  • 30.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Nicholson, Michael D.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Immigrant Political Representation and Local Ethnic Concentration: Evidence from a Swedish Refugee Placement Program2022Ingår i: British Journal of Political Science, ISSN 0007-1234, E-ISSN 1469-2112, Vol. 52, nr 3, s. 997-1012Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    This study leverages population registry data from Sweden to examine whether immigrants who live in areas with a high concentration of ethnic minorities are more or less likely to be nominated for political office. It exploits a refugee placement program in place in Sweden during the late 1980s and early 1990s that restricted refugees' opportunities to freely choose their place of residence. The article presents evidence that immigrants who live in areas with a high ethnic density are less likely to be nominated for political office. The findings have important implications for local integration policies as well as refugee placement policies, as many countries consider local context when resettling refugees.

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  • 31.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    The Perpetuity of the Past: Transmission of Political Inequality across Multiple Generations2022Ingår i: American Political Science Review, ISSN 0003-0554, E-ISSN 1537-5943, Vol. 117, nr 3, s. 1004-1018Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    It is a well-established fact, from decades of research on political socialization, that the children of politically active parents are more likely to become politically active themselves. This poses a challenge for democracy, as it means that inequalities in political influence are reproduced across generations. The present study argues that this problem may be more severe than has hitherto been acknowledged. The reason for this is that previous research on the topic has focused almost exclusively on political transmission between parents and their children, whereas the role played by more distant forebears, such as grandparents, has been largely neglected. In this study, we use Swedish register data to analyze multigenerational associations in electoral participation. The empirical results clearly indicate that the traditional two-generation approach to the study of political transmission tends to underestimate intergenerational persistence in voting behavior and that this excess persistence has both genetic and social roots.

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  • 32.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Uppsala universitet, Enheter med anknytning till universitetet, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU).
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Dawes, Christopher
    NYU, Wilf Family Dept Polit, 19 W 4th St,2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012 USA.
    Can Political Inequalities Be Educated Away? Evidence from a Large-scale Reform2017Ingår i: American Journal of Political Science, ISSN 0092-5853, E-ISSN 1540-5907, Vol. 61, nr 1, s. 222-236Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Over the years, many suggestions have been made on how to reduce the importance of family background in political recruitment. In this study, we examine the effectiveness of one such proposal: the expansion of mass education. We utilize a difference-in-difference strategy to analyze how a large school reform launched in Sweden in the 1950s, which lengthened schooling and postponed tracking, affected the likelihood of individuals with different family backgrounds to run for public office. The data come from public registers and pertain to the entire Swedish population born between 1943 and 1955. The empirical analysis provides strong support for the view that improved educational opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds can be an effective means to reduce the social bias of elected assemblies.

  • 33.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Dawes, Christopher
    Kan politisk ojämlikhet utbildas bort?2014Rapport (Refereegranskat)
  • 34.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Enheter med anknytning till universitetet, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU). UCLS, Uppsala, Sweden.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    UCLS, Uppsala, Sweden.
    Mikael, Persson
    Univ Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
    Access to education and political candidacy: Lessons from school openings in Sweden2019Ingår i: Economics of Education Review, ISSN 0272-7757, E-ISSN 1873-7382, Vol. 69, s. 138-148Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    How does availability of education affect who becomes a political representative? Theorists have pointed out that access to education is a key to a well-functioning democracy, but few empirical studies have examined how changes in the access to education influence the chances of becoming a politician. In this paper, we analyze the effects of a large series of school openings in Sweden during the early 20th century, which provided adolescents with better access to secondary education. We use administrative data pertaining to the entire Swedish population born between 1916 and 1945. According to our empirical results, the opening of a new lower secondary school in a municipality increased the baseline probability of running for political office by 10–20%, and the probability of holding office by 20–30%.

  • 35.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Uppsala universitet, Enheter med anknytning till universitetet, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU). Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Nationalekonomiska institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Nationalekonomiska institutionen.
    Persson, Mikael
    Univ Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
    Enhancing Electoral Equality: Can Education Compensate for Family Background Differences in Voting Participation?2019Ingår i: American Political Science Review, ISSN 0003-0554, E-ISSN 1537-5943, Vol. 113, nr 1, s. 108-122Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    It is well documented that voter turnout is lower among persons who grow up in families from a low socioeconomic status compared with persons from high-status families. This paper examines whether reforms in education can help reduce this gap. We establish causality by exploiting a pilot scheme preceding a large reform of Swedish upper secondary education in the early 1990s, which gave rise to exogenous variation in educational attainment between individuals living in different municipalities or born in different years. Similar to recent studies employing credible identification strategies, we fail to find a statistically significant average effect of education on political participation. We move past previous studies, however, and show that the reform nevertheless contributed to narrowing the voting gap between individuals of different social backgrounds by raising turnout among those from low socioeconomic status households. The results thus square well with other recent studies arguing that education is particularly important for uplifting politically marginalized groups.

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  • 36.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Persson, Mikael
    Ledde förlängd gymnasieutbildning till ökat valdeltagande?2017Rapport (Refereegranskat)
  • 37.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Persson, Mikael
    Leder bättre tillgång till utbildning till ökat politiskt deltagande?2016Rapport (Refereegranskat)
  • 38.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Persson, Thomas
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Input and Output Legitimacy: Synergy or Trade-off?: Empirical Evidence from an EU Survey2010Ingår i: Journal of European Public Policy, ISSN 1350-1763, E-ISSN 1466-4429, Vol. 17, nr 4, s. 449-467Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Since the breakdown of the 'permissive consensus' in the early 1990s we have witnessed an input turn in the debate on EU legitimacy. Many scholars have been arguing for enhancing the input legitimacy of the EU through promoting stakeholder participation and deliberation on important European issues. Yet, others warn that this strategy might not help in increasing overall legitimacy of the EU, since increased input legitimacy could be thought to undermine its output legitimacy by making decision-making less efficient. This article assesses, empirically, the relationship between input and output legitimacy within the context of the EU chemicals policy overhaul. Contrary to what some scholars suggest, we find evidence from a survey that measures aimed at increasing the input legitimacy of the EU also hold the promise of increasing its output legitimacy.

  • 39.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Persson, Thomas
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Participatory Governance in the EU: Enhancing or Endangering Democracy and Efficiency?2011Bok (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    This book is an empirical assessment of whether participatory governance reforms within the European Union enhance or endanger democracy. The alleged democratic deficit of the EU and its waning legitimacy have inspired scholars and practitioners to look for new ways of improving democracy and efficiency within it. Proponents of participatory governance, including the European Commission, argue that introducing new forums for interest-group participation and deliberation at the EU level will help create a more democratic and effective Union. This book examines the veracity of this claim. It looks at whether it is possible to enhance decision-making efficiency and democratic legitimacy by involving interest group representatives in the formulation and implementation of policy. In doing so, Participatory Governance in the EU employs data from a unique expert survey of stakeholders and EU officials.

  • 40.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Persson, Thomas
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Participatory governance in the European Union2018Ingår i: Handbook on Participatory Governance / [ed] Hubert Heinelt, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2018Kapitel i bok, del av antologi (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    In this chapter, we provide an assessment of civil society involvement in EU policy-making. The aim is to delineate the theoretical debate on the participatory governance approach in the EU and to describe the instruments developed to implement it. Furthermore, we consider how well these mechanisms have functioned so far and the extent to which they can alleviate the Union’s alleged democratic deficit.

  • 41.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Persson, Thomas
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    The structure of conflict over EU chemicals policy2008Ingår i: European Union Politics, ISSN 1465-1165, E-ISSN 1741-2757, Vol. 9, nr 1, s. 31-58Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    There is a lively academic debate over whether political cleavages in the European Union ( EU) follow mainly territorial ( national) or non-territorial ( ideological) patterns. This article analyses the cleavages that structure the conflict over European chemicals policy, the so-called REACH system. Taking positions on this major policy as an empirical example, we test these competing theories on the nature of cleavages on environmental policy issues in the EU. We use data from an expert survey of more than 600 individuals to fulfil this aim. The results show that neither of the hypotheses is unequivocally supported. But the data indicate that cleavages based on non-territorial interests are much more important than territorial interests in explaining positions on REACH.

  • 42.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Enheter med anknytning till universitetet, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU).
    Vernby, Kare
    Stockholm Univ, Dept Polit Sci, Stockholm & Uppsala Univ, S-10691 Stockholm, Sweden..
    The electoral impact of the financial crisis: Evidence using district-level data2016Ingår i: Electoral Studies, ISSN 0261-3794, E-ISSN 1873-6890, Vol. 44, s. 214-224Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Do economic downturns increase voter support for left or right parties? In our empirical analysis, we combine fine-grained registry-data on the labor market impact of the crisis and how it varied across 5000 electoral districts, with district-level data on vote-shares for all major parties in Swedish parliamentary elections before and after the crisis. Because the impact was so diverse across districts, we can estimate the electoral impact of unemployment more efficiently than usual. Moreover, because the crisis was an external and unexpected shock to the Swedish economy, we argue that the selection bias that is usually inherent in estimating the electoral impact of unemployment is mitigated. We find that the electoral impact of crisis-induced unemployment was large, benefiting right parties.

  • 43.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Vernby, Kåre
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Om kvinnorepresentation och rätten till heltid2007Ingår i: Kommunal ekonomi och politik, ISSN 1402-8700, Vol. 11, nr 4, s. 7-31Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [sv]

    Kommunernas dubbla roll som arbetsgivare och kanal för det politiska förverkligandet av sina invånares intressen gör dem till en ypperlig arena för att studera kvinnorepresentationens betydelse för kvinnors livsvillkor. Vi studerar politiska beslut att erbjuda alla kommunalt deltidsanställda heltid; beslut som framförallt gynnar kvinnor som grupp och som fattats i flera kommuner under senare år. Till skillnad från tidigare kvantitativa studier analyserar vi om kvinnorepresentation får större effekt när den innebär att kvinnor återfinns på högre, snarare än lägre, politiska poster. Våra empiriska resultat bekräftar att skillnader i förekomsten av heltidsbeslut kan hänföras till skillnader i kvinnorepresentation, men att detta samband framförallt återfinns då man ser till kvinnorepresentation på högre politiska poster.

  • 44.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS).
    Österman, Marcus
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS).
    Opening a door to politics?: Labour market entrance and political candidacy among refugees2022Ingår i: Journal of ethnic and migration studies, ISSN 1369-183X, E-ISSN 1469-9451, s. 1-19Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    In this study, we explore whether the economic integration of immigrants may function as a stepping stone to their political integration. We show that there are strong theoretical reasons to expect entrance into the labour market to be pivotal for the political socialisation of immigrants in the new host country and in extension for their opportunities to stand for office. Empirically, we make use of Swedish register data and study whether labour market entrance among refugees affects their chances of being nominated for political office in Swedish municipal councils. We focus on refugees that arrived in Sweden between 1985 and 1994 and explore whether they became political nominees in seven consecutive elections between 1994 and 2014. Our results indicate that getting an early foothold in the labour market has a significant positive effect on the likelihood of running for office. These results hold even when we make use of more exogenous variation in the labour market conditions that refugees encountered when they arrived in Sweden, which provides some support that labour market entrance may have a causal effect on political candidacy among refugees.

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  • 45. Linner, Richard Karlsson
    et al.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Beauchamp, Jonathan P.
    Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences2019Ingår i: Nature Genetics, ISSN 1061-4036, E-ISSN 1546-1718, Vol. 51, nr 2, s. 245-257Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Humans vary substantially in their willingness to take risks. In a combined sample of over 1 million individuals, we conducted genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of general risk tolerance, adventurousness, and risky behaviors in the driving, drinking, smoking, and sexual domains. Across all GWAS, we identified hundreds of associated loci, including 99 loci associated with general risk tolerance. We report evidence of substantial shared genetic influences across risk tolerance and the risky behaviors: 46 of the 99 general risk tolerance loci contain a lead SNP for at least one of our other GWAS, and general risk tolerance is genetically correlated (|r^g| ~ 0.25 to 0.50) with a range of risky behaviors. Bioinformatics analyses imply that genes near SNPs associated with general risk tolerance are highly expressed in brain tissues and point to a role for glutamatergic and GABAergic neurotransmission. We found no evidence of enrichment for genes previously hypothesized to relate to risk tolerance.

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    Okbay, Aysu
    et al.
    Erasmus Univ, Erasmus Sch Econ, Dept Appl Econ, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus MC, Dept Epidemiol, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus Univ, Inst Behav & Biol, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Beauchamp, Jonathan P.
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Fontana, Mark Alan
    Univ So Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA..
    Lee, James J.
    Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA..
    Pers, Tune H.
    Boston Childrens Hosp, Div Endocrinol, Boston, MA USA.;Boston Childrens Hosp, Ctr Basic & Translat Obes Res, Boston, MA USA.;Broad Inst MIT & Harvard, Program Med & Populat Genet, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA.;Univ Copenhagen, Fac Hlth & Med Sci, Novo Nordisk Fdn Ctr Basic Metab Res, Sect Metab Genet, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.;Statens Serum Inst, Dept Epidemiol Res, DK-2300 Copenhagen, Denmark..
    Rietveld, Cornelius A.
    Erasmus Univ, Erasmus Sch Econ, Dept Appl Econ, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus MC, Dept Epidemiol, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus Univ, Inst Behav & Biol, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Turley, Patrick
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Chen, Guo-Bo
    Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia..
    Emilsson, Valur
    Iceland Heart Assoc, IS-201 Kopavogur, Iceland.;Univ Iceland, Fac Pharmaceut Sci, IS-107 Reykjavik, Iceland..
    Meddens, S. Fleur W.
    Erasmus Univ, Inst Behav & Biol, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Ctr Neurogen & Cognit Res, Dept Complex Trait Genet, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Business Sch, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Pickrell, Joseph K.
    New York Genome Ctr, New York, NY 10013 USA..
    Thom, Kevin
    NYU, Dept Econ, New York, NY 10003 USA..
    Timshel, Pascal
    Broad Inst MIT & Harvard, Program Med & Populat Genet, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA.;Tech Univ Denmark, Ctr Biol Sequence Anal, Dept Syst Biol, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark..
    de Vlaming, Ronald
    Erasmus Univ, Erasmus Sch Econ, Dept Appl Econ, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus MC, Dept Epidemiol, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus Univ, Inst Behav & Biol, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Abdellaoui, Abdel
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Biol Psychol, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Ahluwalia, Tarunveer S.
    Univ Copenhagen, Fac Hlth & Med Sci, Novo Nordisk Fdn Ctr Basic Metab Res, Sect Metab Genet, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.;Univ Copenhagen, Herlev & Gentofte Hosp, Copenhagen Prospect Studies Asthma Childhood, COPSAC, DK-2820 Copenhagen, Denmark.;Steno Diabet Ctr, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark..
    Bacelis, Jonas
    Sahlgrens Acad, Inst Clin Sci, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, S-41685 Gothenburg, Sweden..
    Baumbach, Clemens
    German Res Ctr Environm Hlth, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Res Unit Mol Epidemiol, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.;German Res Ctr Environm Hlth, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Inst Epidemiol 2, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany..
    Bjornsdottir, Gyda
    Brandsma, Johannes H.
    Erasmus MC, Dept Cell Biol, NL-3015 CN Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Concas, Maria Pina
    Natl Res Council Italy, UOS Sassari, Ist Ric Genet & Biomed, I-07100 Sassari, Italy..
    Derringer, Jaime
    Univ Illinois, Psychol, Champaign, IL 61820 USA..
    Furlotte, Nicholas A.
    23andMe Inc, Mountain View, CA 94041 USA..
    Galesloot, Tessel E.
    Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Med Ctr, Radboud Inst Hlth Sci, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands..
    Girotto, Giorgia
    Univ Trieste, Dept Med Surg & Hlth Sci, I-34100 Trieste, Italy..
    Gupta, Richa
    Univ Helsinki, Dept Publ Hlth, Helsinki 00014, Finland..
    Hall, Leanne M.
    Univ Leicester, Dept Cardiovasc Sci, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leics, England.;Glenfield Gen Hosp, NIHR Leicester Cardiovasc Biomed Res Unit, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leics, England..
    Harris, Sarah E.
    Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Cognit Ageing & Cognit Epidemiol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, Ctr Genom & Expt Med, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Hofer, Edith
    Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, A-8036 Graz, Austria.;Med Univ Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria.;Gen Hosp, Inst Med Informat Stat & Documentat, A-8036 Graz, Austria..
    Horikoshi, Momoko
    Univ Oxford, Oxford Ctr Diabet Endocrinol & Metab, Oxford OX3 7LE, England.;Univ Oxford, Wellcome Trust Ctr Human Genet, Oxford OX3 7BN, England..
    Huffman, Jennifer E.
    Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Kaasik, Kadri
    Univ Helsinki, Inst Behav Sci, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland..
    Kalafati, Ioanna P.
    Harokopio Univ, Nutr & Dietet, Hlth Sci & Educ, Athens 17671, Greece..
    Karlsson, Robert
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Kong, Augustine
    Lahti, Jari
    Univ Helsinki, Inst Behav Sci, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.;Folkhalsan Res Ctr, Helsinki 00014, Finland..
    van der Lee, Sven J.
    Erasmus MC, Dept Epidemiol, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    de Leeuw, Christiaan
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Ctr Neurogen & Cognit Res, Dept Complex Trait Genet, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Inst Comp & Informat Sci, NL-6525 EC Nijmegen, Netherlands..
    Lind, Penelope A.
    QIMR Berghofer Med Res Inst, Quantitat Genet, Brisbane, Qld 4029, Australia..
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Liu, Tian
    Max Planck Inst Human Dev, Lifespan Psychol, D-14195 Berlin, Germany..
    Mangino, Massimo
    Kings Coll London, Dept Twin Res & Genet Epidemiol, London SE1 7EH, England.;Guys & St Thomas Fdn Trust, NIHR Biomed Res Ctr, London SE1 7EH, England..
    Marten, Jonathan
    Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Mihailov, Evelin
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, EE-51010 Tartu, Estonia..
    Miller, Michael B.
    Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA..
    van der Most, Peter J.
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Epidemiol, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands..
    Oldmeadow, Christopher
    Hunter Med Res Inst, Publ Hlth Stream, New Lambton, NSW 2305, Australia.;Univ Newcastle, Fac Hlth & Med, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia..
    Payton, Antony
    Univ Manchester, Inst Populat Hlth, Ctr Integrated Genom Med Res, Manchester M13 9PT, Lancs, England.;Univ Manchester, Sch Psychol Sci, Human Commun & Deafness, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England..
    Pervjakova, Natalia
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, EE-51010 Tartu, Estonia.;THL Natl Inst Hlth & Welf, Dept Hlth, Helsinki 00271, Finland..
    Peyrot, Wouter J.
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Psychiat, NL-1081 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands.;GGZ inGeest, NL-1081 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Qian, Yong
    NIA, Genet Lab, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA..
    Raitakari, Olli
    Univ Turku, Res Ctr Appl & Prevent Cardiovasc Med, Turku 20521, Finland..
    Rueedi, Rico
    Univ Lausanne, Dept Med Genet, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.;Swiss Inst Bioinformat, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland..
    Salvi, Erika
    Univ Milan, Dept Hlth Sci, I-20142 Milan, Italy..
    Schmidt, Brge
    Univ Hosp Essen, Inst Med Informat Biometry & Epidemiol, D-45147 Essen, Germany..
    Schraut, Katharina E.
    Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Shi, Jianxin
    NCI, Div Canc Epidemiol & Genet, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA..
    Smith, Albert V.
    Iceland Heart Assoc, IS-201 Kopavogur, Iceland.;Univ Iceland, Fac Med, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland..
    Poot, Raymond A.
    Erasmus MC, Dept Cell Biol, NL-3015 CN Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    St Pourcain, Beate
    Univ Bristol, MRC Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol BS8 2BN, Avon, England.;Univ Bristol, Sch Oral & Dent Sci, Bristol BS1 2LY, Avon, England..
    Teumer, Alexander
    Univ Med Greifswald, Inst Community Med, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany..
    Thorleifsson, Gudmar
    Verweij, Niek
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Cardiol, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands..
    Vuckovic, Dragana
    Univ Trieste, Dept Med Surg & Hlth Sci, I-34100 Trieste, Italy..
    Wellmann, Juergen
    Univ Munster, Inst Epidemiol & Social Med, D-48149 Munster, Germany..
    Westra, Harm-Jan
    Broad Inst MIT & Harvard, Program Med & Populat Genet, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA.;Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Genet,Dept Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Brigham & Womens Hosp, Div Rheumatol,Dept Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Partners Ctr Personalized Genet Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Yang, Jingyun
    Rush Univ, Rush Alzheimers Dis Ctr, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.;Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Neurol Sci, Chicago, IL 60612 USA..
    Zhao, Wei
    Univ Michigan, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA..
    Zhu, Zhihong
    Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia..
    Alizadeh, Behrooz Z.
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Epidemiol, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands.;Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Gastroenterol & Hepatol, NL-9713 GZ Groningen, Netherlands..
    Amin, Najaf
    Erasmus MC, Dept Epidemiol, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Bakshi, Andrew
    Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia..
    Baumeister, Sebastian E.
    Univ Med Greifswald, Inst Community Med, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany.;Univ Regensburg, Inst Epidemiol & Prevent Med, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany..
    Biino, Ginevra
    Natl Res Council Italy, Inst Mol Genet, I-27100 Pavia, Italy..
    Bonnelykke, Klaus
    Univ Bristol, Sch Oral & Dent Sci, Bristol BS1 2LY, Avon, England..
    Boyle, Patricia A.
    Rush Univ, Rush Alzheimers Dis Ctr, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.;Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Behav Sci, Chicago, IL 60612 USA..
    Campbell, Harry
    Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Cappuccio, Francesco P.
    Univ Warwick, Warwick Med Sch, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England..
    Davies, Gail
    Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Cognit Ageing & Cognit Epidemiol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Dept Psychol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland..
    De Neve, Jan-Emmanuel
    Univ Oxford, Said Business Sch, Oxford OX1 1HP, England..
    Deloukas, Panos
    Queen Mary Univ London, William Harvey Res Inst, Barts & London Sch Med & Dent, London EC1M 6BQ, England.;King Abdulaziz Univ, Princess Al Jawhara Al Brahim Ctr Excellence Res, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia..
    Demuth, Ilja
    Charite, Res Grp Geriatr, Berlin Aging Study 2, D-13347 Berlin, Germany.;Charite, Inst Med & Human Genet, D-13353 Berlin, Germany..
    Ding, Jun
    NIA, Genet Lab, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA..
    Eibich, Peter
    DIW Berlin, German Socioecon Panel Study, D-10117 Berlin, Germany.;Univ Oxford, Nuffield Dept Populat Hlth, Hlth Econ Res Ctr, Oxford OX3 7LF, England..
    Eisele, Lewin
    Univ Hosp Essen, Inst Med Informat Biometry & Epidemiol, D-45147 Essen, Germany..
    Eklund, Niina
    THL Natl Inst Hlth & Welf, Dept Hlth, Helsinki 00271, Finland..
    Evans, David M.
    Univ Bristol, MRC Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol BS8 2BN, Avon, England.;Univ Queensland, Diamantina Inst, Translat Res Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4102, Australia..
    Faul, Jessica D.
    Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Survey Res Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA..
    Feitosa, Mary F.
    Washington Univ, Sch Med, Div Stat Genom, Dept Genet, St Louis, MO 63018 USA..
    Forstner, Andreas J.
    Univ Bonn, Inst Human Genet, D-53127 Bonn, Germany.;Univ Bonn, Life & Brain Ctr, Dept Genom, D-53127 Bonn, Germany..
    Gandin, Ilaria
    Univ Trieste, Dept Med Surg & Hlth Sci, I-34100 Trieste, Italy..
    Gunnarsson, Bjarni
    Halldorsson, Bjarni V.
    Reykjavik Univ, Sch Sci & Engn, Inst Biomed & Neural Engn, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland..
    Harris, Tamara B.
    NIA, Lab Epidemiol, Demog, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA..
    Heath, Andrew C.
    Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, St Louis, MO 63110 USA..
    Hocking, Lynne J.
    Univ Aberdeen, Div Appl Hlth Sci, Aberdeen AB25 2ZD, Scotland..
    Holliday, Elizabeth G.
    Hunter Med Res Inst, Publ Hlth Stream, New Lambton, NSW 2305, Australia.;Univ Newcastle, Fac Hlth & Med, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia..
    Homuth, Georg
    Univ Med Greifswald, Interfac Inst Genet & Funct Genom, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany..
    Horan, Michael A.
    Univ Manchester, Manchester Med Sch, Manchester M13 9PT, Lancs, England..
    Hottenga, Jouke-Jan
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Biol Psychol, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    de Jager, Philip L.
    Broad Inst MIT & Harvard, Program Med & Populat Genet, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA.;Brigham & Womens Hosp, Dept Neurol, Program Translat NeuroPsychiat Genom, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Brigham & Womens Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Program Translat NeuroPsychiat Genom, 75 Francis St, Boston, MA 02115 USA.;Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Joshi, Peter K.
    Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Jugessur, Astanand
    Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Genes & Environm, N-0403 Oslo, Norway..
    Kaakinen, Marika A.
    Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Dept Genom Common Dis, London W12 0NN, England..
    Kahonen, Mika
    Tampere Univ Hosp, Dept Clin Physiol, Tampere 33521, Finland.;Univ Tampere, Sch Med, Dept Clin Physiol, Tampere 33014, Finland..
    Kanoni, Stavroula
    Queen Mary Univ London, William Harvey Res Inst, Barts & London Sch Med & Dent, London EC1M 6BQ, England..
    Keltigangas-Jarvinen, Liisa
    Univ Helsinki, Inst Behav Sci, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland..
    Kiemeney, Lambertus A. L. M.
    Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Med Ctr, Radboud Inst Hlth Sci, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands..
    Kolcic, Ivana
    Univ Split, Sch Med, Publ Hlth, Split 21000, Croatia..
    Koskinen, Seppo
    THL Natl Inst Hlth & Welf, Dept Hlth, Helsinki 00271, Finland..
    Kraja, Aldi T.
    Washington Univ, Sch Med, Div Stat Genom, Dept Genet, St Louis, MO 63018 USA..
    Kroh, Martin
    DIW Berlin, German Socioecon Panel Study, D-10117 Berlin, Germany..
    Kutalik, Zoltan
    Univ Lausanne, Dept Med Genet, CH-1005 Lausanne, Switzerland.;Swiss Inst Bioinformat, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland.;Lausanne Univ Hosp CHUV, Inst Social & Prevent Med, CH-1010 Lausanne, Switzerland..
    Latvala, Antti
    Univ Helsinki, Dept Publ Hlth, Helsinki 00014, Finland..
    Launer, Lenore J.
    NIA, Neuroepidemiol Sect, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA..
    Lebreton, Mael P.
    Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Business Sch, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Brain & Cognit Ctr, NL-1018 XA Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Levinson, Douglas F.
    Stanford Univ, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA..
    Lichtenstein, Paul
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Lichtner, Peter
    German Res Ctr Environm Hlth, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Inst Human Genet, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany..
    Liewald, David C. M.
    Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Cognit Ageing & Cognit Epidemiol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Dept Psychol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Loukola, Anu
    Univ Helsinki, Dept Publ Hlth, Helsinki 00014, Finland..
    Madden, Pamela A.
    Washington Univ, Sch Med, Dept Psychiat, St Louis, MO 63110 USA..
    Magi, Reedik
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, EE-51010 Tartu, Estonia..
    Maki-Opas, Tomi
    THL Natl Inst Hlth & Welf, Dept Hlth, Helsinki 00271, Finland..
    Marioni, Riccardo E.
    Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.;Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Cognit Ageing & Cognit Epidemiol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, Ctr Genom & Expt Med, Med Genet Sect, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Marques-Vidal, Pedro
    Lausanne Univ Hosp CHUV, Dept Internal Med, Internal Med, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland..
    Meddens, Gerardus A.
    Tema BV, NL-2131 HE Hoofddorp, Netherlands..
    McMahon, George
    Univ Bristol, MRC Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol BS8 2BN, Avon, England..
    Meisinger, Christa
    German Res Ctr Environm Hlth, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Inst Epidemiol 2, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany..
    Meitinger, Thomas
    German Res Ctr Environm Hlth, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Inst Human Genet, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany..
    Milaneschi, Yusplitri
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Psychiat, NL-1081 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands.;GGZ inGeest, NL-1081 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Milani, Lili
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, EE-51010 Tartu, Estonia..
    Montgomery, Grant W.
    QIMR Berghofer Med Res Inst, Mol Epidemiol, Brisbane, Qld 4029, Australia..
    Myhre, Ronny
    Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Genes & Environm, N-0403 Oslo, Norway..
    Nelson, Christopher P.
    Univ Leicester, Dept Cardiovasc Sci, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leics, England.;Glenfield Gen Hosp, NIHR Leicester Cardiovasc Biomed Res Unit, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leics, England..
    Nyholt, Dale R.
    QIMR Berghofer Med Res Inst, Mol Epidemiol, Brisbane, Qld 4029, Australia.;Queensland Inst Technol, Inst Hlth & Biomed Innovat, Brisbane, Qld 4059, Australia..
    Ollier, William E. R.
    Univ Manchester, Inst Populat Hlth, Ctr Integrated Genom Med Res, Manchester M13 9PT, Lancs, England..
    Palotie, Aarno
    Erasmus Univ, Inst Behav & Biol, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Med, Analyt & Translat Genet Unit, Boston, MA 02114 USA.;Broad Inst MIT & Harvard, Stanley Ctr Psychiat Res, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA.;Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Psychiat & Neurodev Genet Unit, Boston, MA 02114 USA.;Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, Boston, MA 02114 USA..
    Paternoster, Lavinia
    Univ Bristol, MRC Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol BS8 2BN, Avon, England..
    Pedersen, Nancy L.
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Petrovic, Katja E.
    Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, A-8036 Graz, Austria.;Med Univ Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria..
    Porteous, David J.
    Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, Ctr Genom & Expt Med, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Raikkonen, Katri
    Univ Helsinki, Inst Behav Sci, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.;Folkhalsan Res Ctr, Helsinki 00014, Finland..
    Ring, Susan M.
    Univ Bristol, MRC Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol BS8 2BN, Avon, England..
    Robino, Antonietta
    Inst Maternal & Child Hlth IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Med Genet, I-34100 Trieste, Italy..
    Rostapshova, Olga
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.;Social Impact, Arlington, VA 22201 USA..
    Rudan, Igor
    Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Rustichini, Aldo
    Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Econ, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA..
    Salomaa, Veikko
    THL Natl Inst Hlth & Welf, Dept Hlth, Helsinki 00271, Finland..
    Sanders, Alan R.
    NorthShore Univ HealthSyst, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Evanston, IL 60201 USA.;Univ Chicago, Dept Psychiat & Behav Neurosci, Chicago, IL 60637 USA..
    Sarin, Antti-Pekka
    Univ Helsinki, Inst Mol Med Finland FIMM, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland.;Natl Inst Hlth & Welf, Publ Hlth Genom Unit, Helsinki 00300, Finland..
    Schmidt, Helena
    Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, A-8036 Graz, Austria.;Med Univ Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria.;Gen Hosp, Ctr Mol Med, Inst Mol Biol & Biochem, Res Unit Genet Epidemiol, A-8010 Graz, Austria.;Med Univ, A-8010 Graz, Graz, Austria..
    Scott, Rodney J.
    Univ Newcastle, Fac Hlth & Med, Newcastle, NSW 2300, Australia.;Hunter Med Res Inst, Informat Based Med Stream, New Lambton, NSW 2305, Australia..
    Smith, Blair H.
    Univ Dundee, Res Inst, Dundee DD1 9SY, Scotland..
    Smith, Jennifer A.
    Univ Michigan, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA..
    Staessen, Jan A.
    Univ Leuven, Dept Cardiovasc Sci, Res Unit Hypertens & Cardiovasc Epidemiol, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.;Maastricht Univ, R&D VitaK Grp, NL-6229 EV Maastricht, Netherlands..
    Steinhagen-Thiessen, Elisabeth
    Charite, Res Grp Geriatr, Berlin Aging Study 2, D-13347 Berlin, Germany..
    Strauch, Konstantin
    German Res Ctr Environm Hlth, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Inst Genet Epidemiol, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany.;Univ Munich, Inst Med Informat Biometry & Epidemiol, Chair Genet Epidemiol, D-81377 Munich, Germany..
    Terracciano, Antonio
    Florida State Univ, Coll Med, Dept Geriatr, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA..
    Tobin, Martin D.
    Univ Leicester, Dept Hlth Sci & Genet, Leicester LE1 7RH, Leics, England..
    Ulivi, Sheila
    Inst Maternal & Child Hlth IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Med Genet, I-34100 Trieste, Italy..
    Vaccargiu, Simona
    Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Neurol Sci, Chicago, IL 60612 USA..
    Quaye, Lydia
    Kings Coll London, Dept Twin Res & Genet Epidemiol, London SE1 7EH, England..
    van Rooij, Frank J. A.
    Erasmus MC, Dept Epidemiol, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus MC, Dept Internal Med, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Venturini, Cristina
    Kings Coll London, Dept Twin Res & Genet Epidemiol, London SE1 7EH, England.;Guys & St Thomas Fdn Trust, NIHR Biomed Res Ctr, London SE1 7EH, England..
    Vinkhuyzen, Anna A. E.
    Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia..
    Volker, Uwe
    Univ Med Greifswald, Interfac Inst Genet & Funct Genom, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany..
    Volzke, Henry
    Univ Med Greifswald, Inst Community Med, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany..
    Vonk, Judith M.
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Epidemiol, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands..
    Vozzi, Diego
    Social Impact, Arlington, VA 22201 USA..
    Waage, Johannes
    Univ Copenhagen, Herlev & Gentofte Hosp, Copenhagen Prospect Studies Asthma Childhood, COPSAC, DK-2820 Copenhagen, Denmark.;Steno Diabet Ctr, DK-2820 Gentofte, Denmark..
    Ware, Erin B.
    Univ Michigan, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA.;Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Res Ctr Grp Dynam, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 USA..
    Willemsen, Gonneke
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Biol Psychol, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Attia, John R.
    Hunter Med Res Inst, Publ Hlth Stream, New Lambton, NSW 2305, Australia.;Univ Manchester, Inst Populat Hlth, Ctr Integrated Genom Med Res, Manchester M13 9PT, Lancs, England..
    Bennett, David A.
    Rush Univ, Rush Alzheimers Dis Ctr, Chicago, IL 60612 USA.;Rush Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Neurol Sci, Chicago, IL 60612 USA..
    Berger, Klaus
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Cardiol, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands..
    Bertram, Lars
    Univ Lubeck, Inst Neurogenet & Integrat & Expt Genom, Platform Genome Analyt, D-23562 Lubeck, Germany.;Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Neuroepidemiol & Ageing Res Unit, Sch Publ Hlth, Fac Med, London SW7 2AZ, England..
    Bisgaard, Hans
    Univ Copenhagen, Herlev & Gentofte Hosp, Copenhagen Prospect Studies Asthma Childhood, COPSAC, DK-2820 Copenhagen, Denmark..
    Boomsma, Dorret I.
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Dept Biol Psychol, NL-1081 BT Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Borecki, Ingrid B.
    Washington Univ, Sch Med, Div Stat Genom, Dept Genet, St Louis, MO 63018 USA..
    Bultmann, Ute
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Hlth Sci Community & Occupat Med, NL-9713 AV Groningen, Netherlands..
    Chabris, Christopher F.
    Union Coll, Dept Psychol, Schenectady, NY 12308 USA..
    Cucca, Francesco
    Cittadella Univ Monserrato, CNR, IRGB, I-9042 Cagliari, Italy..
    Cusi, Daniele
    Univ Milan, Dept Hlth Sci, I-20142 Milan, Italy.;Italian Natl Res Council, Inst Biomed Technol, I-20090 Milan, Italy..
    Deary, Ian J.
    Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Cognit Ageing & Cognit Epidemiol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Dept Psychol, Edinburgh EH8 9JZ, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Dedoussis, George V.
    Harokopio Univ, Nutr & Dietet, Hlth Sci & Educ, Athens 17671, Greece..
    van Duijn, Cornelia M.
    Erasmus MC, Dept Epidemiol, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Eriksson, Johan G.
    Folkhalsan Res Ctr, Helsinki 00014, Finland.;Univ Helsinki, Dept Gen Practice & Primary Hlth Care, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland..
    Franke, Barbara
    Donders Ctr Neurosci, Dept Human Genet, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands.;Donders Ctr Neurosci, Dept Psychiat, NL-6500 HB Nijmegen, Netherlands..
    Franke, Lude
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Genet, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands..
    Gasparini, Paolo
    Univ Trieste, Dept Med Surg & Hlth Sci, I-34100 Trieste, Italy.;Inst Maternal & Child Hlth IRCCS Burlo Garofolo, Med Genet, I-34100 Trieste, Italy.;Sidra, Expt Genet Div, Doha 26999, Qatar..
    Gejman, Pablo V.
    NorthShore Univ HealthSyst, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Evanston, IL 60201 USA.;Univ Chicago, Dept Psychiat & Behav Neurosci, Chicago, IL 60637 USA..
    Gieger, Christian
    German Res Ctr Environm Hlth, Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen, Res Unit Mol Epidemiol, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany..
    Grabe, Hans-Jorgen
    Univ Med Greifswald, Dept Psychiat & Psychotherapy, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany.;HELIOS Hosp Stralsund, Dept Psychiat & Psychotherapy, D-18437 Stralsund, Germany..
    Gratten, Jacob
    Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia..
    Groenen, Patrick J. F.
    Erasmus Univ, Erasmus Sch Econ, Econometr Inst, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Gudnason, Vilmundur
    Iceland Heart Assoc, IS-201 Kopavogur, Iceland.;Univ Iceland, Fac Med, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland..
    van der Harst, Pim
    Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Cardiol, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands.;Univ Groningen, Univ Med Ctr Groningen, Dept Genet, NL-9700 RB Groningen, Netherlands.;ICIN Netherlands Heart Inst, Durrer Ctr Cardiogenet Res, NL-1105 AZ Utrecht, Netherlands..
    Hayward, Caroline
    Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, Generat Scotland, Ctr Genom & Expt Med, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Hinds, David A.
    23andMe Inc, Mountain View, CA 94041 USA..
    Hoffmann, Wolfgang
    Univ Med Greifswald, Inst Community Med, D-17475 Greifswald, Germany..
    Hyppnen, Elina
    Univ S Australia, Sch Hlth Sci, Ctr Populat Hlth Res, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.;Univ S Australia, Sansom Inst, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.;South Australian Hlth & Med Res Inst, Adelaide, SA 5000, Australia.;UCL Inst Child Hlth, Populat Policy & Practice, London WC1N 1EH, England..
    Iacono, William G.
    Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA..
    Jacobsson, Bo
    Sahlgrens Acad, Inst Clin Sci, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, S-41685 Gothenburg, Sweden.;Norwegian Inst Publ Hlth, Dept Genes & Environm, N-0403 Oslo, Norway..
    Jarvelin, Marjo-Riitta
    Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Sch Publ Hlth, MRC PHE Ctr Environm & Hlth, Dept Epidemiol & Biostat, London W2 1PG, England.;Univ Oulu, Fac Med, Ctr Life Course Epidemiol, Oulu 90014, Finland.;Oulu Univ Hosp, Unit Primary Care, Oulu 90029, Finland.;Univ Oulu, Bioctr Oulu, Oulu 90014, Finland..
    Jockel, Karl-Heinz
    Univ Hosp Essen, Inst Med Informat Biometry & Epidemiol, D-45147 Essen, Germany..
    Kaprio, Jaakko
    Univ Helsinki, Dept Publ Hlth, Helsinki 00014, Finland.;THL Natl Inst Hlth & Welf, Dept Hlth, Helsinki 00271, Finland.;Univ Helsinki, Inst Mol Med Finland FIMM, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland..
    Kardia, Sharon L. R.
    Univ Michigan, Dept Epidemiol, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA..
    Lehtimaki, Terho
    Fimlab Labs, Tampere 33520, Finland.;Univ Tampere, Sch Med, Dept Clin Chem, Tampere 33014, Finland..
    Lehrer, Steven F.
    NYU Shanghai, Econ, Pudong 200122, Peoples R China.;Queens Univ, Policy Studies, Kingston, ON K7L 3N6, Canada..
    Magnusson, Patrik K. E.
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, S-17177 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Martin, Nicholas G.
    QIMR Berghofer Med Res Inst, Genet Epidemiol, Brisbane, Qld 4029, Australia..
    McGue, Matt
    Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA..
    Metspalu, Andres
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, EE-51010 Tartu, Estonia.;Univ Tartu, Inst Mol & Cell Biol, EE-51010 Tartu, Estonia..
    Pendleton, Neil
    Salford Royal Hosp, Inst Brain Behav & Mental Hlth, Ctr Clin & Cognit Neurosci, Manchester M6 8HD, Lancs, England.;Univ Manchester, Manchester Inst Collaborat Res Ageing, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England..
    Penninx, Brenda W. J. H.
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Med Ctr, Psychiat, NL-1081 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands.;GGZ inGeest, NL-1081 HL Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Perola, Markus
    Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, EE-51010 Tartu, Estonia.;THL Natl Inst Hlth & Welf, Dept Hlth, Helsinki 00271, Finland..
    Pirastu, Nicola
    Univ Trieste, Dept Med Surg & Hlth Sci, I-34100 Trieste, Italy..
    Pirastu, Mario
    Natl Res Council Italy, UOS Sassari, Ist Ric Genet & Biomed, I-07100 Sassari, Italy..
    Polasek, Ozren
    Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Split, Fac Med, Split 21000, Croatia..
    Posthuma, Danielle
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Ctr Neurogen & Cognit Res, Dept Complex Trait Genet, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Vrije Univ Amsterdam Med Ctr, Dept Clin Genet, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Power, Christine
    UCL Inst Child Hlth, Populat Policy & Practice, London WC1N 1EH, England..
    Province, Michael A.
    Washington Univ, Sch Med, Div Stat Genom, Dept Genet, St Louis, MO 63018 USA..
    Samani, Nilesh J.
    Univ Leicester, Dept Cardiovasc Sci, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leics, England.;Glenfield Gen Hosp, NIHR Leicester Cardiovasc Biomed Res Unit, Leicester LE3 9QP, Leics, England..
    Schlessinger, David
    NIA, Genet Lab, Baltimore, MD 21224 USA..
    Schmidt, Reinhold
    Gen Hosp, Dept Neurol, A-8036 Graz, Austria.;Med Univ Graz, A-8036 Graz, Austria..
    Sorensen, Thorkild I. A.
    Univ Copenhagen, Fac Hlth & Med Sci, Novo Nordisk Fdn Ctr Basic Metab Res, Sect Metab Genet, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark.;Univ Bristol, MRC Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol BS8 2BN, Avon, England.;Bispebjerg Hosp, Inst Prevent Med, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark.;Frederiksberg Univ Hosp, Inst Prevent Med, DK-2000 Frederiksberg, Denmark..
    Spector, Tim D.
    Kings Coll London, Dept Twin Res & Genet Epidemiol, London SE1 7EH, England..
    Stefansson, Kari
    Univ Iceland, Fac Med, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland..
    Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur
    Univ Iceland, Fac Med, IS-101 Reykjavik, Iceland..
    Thurik, A. Roy
    Erasmus Univ, Erasmus Sch Econ, Dept Appl Econ, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus Univ, Inst Behav & Biol, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Montpellier Business Sch, F-34080 Montpellier, France.;Panteia, NL-2715 CA Zoetermeer, Netherlands..
    Timpson, Nicholas J.
    Univ Bristol, MRC Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol BS8 2BN, Avon, England..
    Tiemeier, Henning
    Erasmus MC, Dept Epidemiol, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus MC, Dept Psychiat, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus MC, Dept Child & Adolescent Psychiat, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Tung, Joyce Y.
    23andMe Inc, Mountain View, CA 94041 USA..
    Uitterlinden, Andre G.
    Erasmus MC, Dept Epidemiol, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Erasmus MC, Dept Internal Med, NL-3015 GE Rotterdam, Netherlands..
    Vitart, Veronique
    Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Vollenweider, Peter
    Lausanne Univ Hosp CHUV, Dept Internal Med, Internal Med, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland..
    Weir, David R.
    Univ Michigan, Inst Social Res, Survey Res Ctr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA..
    Wilson, James F.
    Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Global Hlth Res, Usher Inst Populat Hlth Sci & Informat, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Wright, Alan F.
    Univ Edinburgh, Inst Genet & Mol Med, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Conley, Dalton C.
    NYU, Dept Sociol, 550 1St Ave, New York, NY 10012 USA.;NYU, Sch Med, 550 1St Ave, New York, NY 10016 USA..
    Krueger, Robert F.
    Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA..
    Smith, George Davey
    Univ Bristol, MRC Integrat Epidemiol Unit, Bristol BS8 2BN, Avon, England..
    Hofman, Albert
    Boston Childrens Hosp, Div Endocrinol, Boston, MA USA.;Boston Childrens Hosp, Ctr Basic & Translat Obes Res, Boston, MA USA..
    Laibson, David I.
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Medland, Sarah E.
    QIMR Berghofer Med Res Inst, Quantitat Genet, Brisbane, Qld 4029, Australia..
    Meyer, Michelle N.
    Icahn Sch Med Mt Sinai, Grad Coll, Bioeth Program, Schenectady, NY 12308 USA..
    Yang, Jian
    Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.;Univ Queensland, Diamantina Inst, Translat Res Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4102, Australia..
    Johannesson, Magnus
    Stockholm Sch Econ, Dept Econ, S-11383 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Visscher, Peter M.
    Univ Queensland, Queensland Brain Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia.;Univ Queensland, Diamantina Inst, Translat Res Inst, Brisbane, Qld 4102, Australia..
    Esko, Tonu
    Boston Childrens Hosp, Div Endocrinol, Boston, MA USA.;Boston Childrens Hosp, Ctr Basic & Translat Obes Res, Boston, MA USA.;Broad Inst MIT & Harvard, Program Med & Populat Genet, Cambridge, MA 02142 USA.;Univ Tartu, Estonian Genome Ctr, EE-51010 Tartu, Estonia.;Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USA..
    Koellinger, Philipp D.
    Erasmus Univ, Inst Behav & Biol, NL-3062 PA Rotterdam, Netherlands.;Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Ctr Neurogen & Cognit Res, Dept Complex Trait Genet, NL-1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam Business Sch, NL-1018 TV Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Cesarini, David
    NYU, Dept Econ, New York, NY 10003 USA.;Res Inst Ind Econ, S-10215 Stockholm, Sweden..
    Benjamin, Daniel J.
    Univ So Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA..
    Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment2016Ingår i: Nature, ISSN 0028-0836, E-ISSN 1476-4687, Vol. 533, nr 7604, s. 539-542Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    Educational attainment is strongly influenced by social and other environmental factors, but genetic factors are estimated to account for at least 20% of the variation across individuals(1). Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study (GWAS) for educational attainment that extends our earlier discovery sample(1,2) of 101,069 individuals to 293,723 individuals, and a replication study in an independent sample of 111,349 individuals from the UK Biobank. We identify 74 genome-wide significant loci associated with the number of years of schooling completed. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms associated with educational attainment are disproportionately found in genomic regions regulating gene expression in the fetal brain. Candidate genes are preferentially expressed in neural tissue, especially during the prenatal period, and enriched for biological pathways involved in neural development. Our findings demonstrate that, even for a behavioural phenotype that is mostly environmentally determined, a well-powered GWAS identifies replicable associated genetic variants that suggest biologically relevant pathways. Because educational attainment is measured in large numbers of individuals, it will continue to be useful as a proxy phenotype in efforts to characterize the genetic influences of related phenotypes, including cognition and neuropsychiatric diseases.

  • 47.
    Okbay, Aysu
    et al.
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Wu, Yeda
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Wang, Nancy
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Jayashankar, Hariharan
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Bennett, Michael
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Nehzati, Seyed Moeen
    Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA..
    Sidorenko, Julia
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Kweon, Hyeokmoon
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands..
    Goldman, Grant
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Gjorgjieva, Tamara
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Jiang, Yunxuan
    23AndMe Inc, Sunnyvale, CA USA..
    Hicks, Barry
    23AndMe Inc, Sunnyvale, CA USA..
    Tian, Chao
    23AndMe Inc, Sunnyvale, CA USA..
    Hinds, David A.
    23AndMe Inc, Sunnyvale, CA USA..
    Ahlskog, Rafael
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Govt, Uppsala, Sweden..
    Magnusson, Patrik K. E.
    Karolinska Inst, Dept Med Epidemiol & Biostat, Swedish Twin Registry, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Oskarsson, Sven
    Uppsala Univ, Dept Govt, Uppsala, Sweden..
    Hayward, Caroline
    Univ Edinburgh, Western Gen Hosp, Inst Genet & Canc, MRC Human Genet Unit, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Campbell, Archie
    Univ Edinburgh, Western Gen Hosp, Ctr Genom & Expt Med, Inst Genet & Canc, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Usher Inst, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Porteous, David J.
    Univ Edinburgh, Western Gen Hosp, Ctr Genom & Expt Med, Inst Genet & Canc, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Usher Inst, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.;Univ Edinburgh, Ctr Cognit Ageing & Cognit Epidemiol, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland..
    Freese, Jeremy
    Stanford Univ, Dept Sociol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA..
    Herd, Pamela
    Georgetown Univ, McCourt Sch Publ Policy, Washington, DC USA..
    Watson, Chelsea
    Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA..
    Jala, Jonathan
    Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA..
    Conley, Dalton
    Princeton Univ, Dept Sociol, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA..
    Koellinger, Philipp D.
    Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Sch Business & Econ, Dept Econ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.;Univ Wisconsin, Robert M La Follette Sch Publ Affairs, Madison, WI USA..
    Johannesson, Magnus
    Stockholm Sch Econ, Dept Econ, Stockholm, Sweden..
    Laibson, David
    Harvard Univ, Dept Econ, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA..
    Meyer, Michelle N.
    Geisinger Hlth Syst, Ctr Translat Bioeth & Hlth Care Policy, Danville, PA USA..
    Lee, James J.
    Univ Minnesota Twin Cities, Dept Psychol, Minneapolis, MN USA..
    Kong, Augustine
    Univ Oxford, Li Ka Shing Ctr Hlth Informat & Discovery, Big Data Inst, Oxford, England..
    Yengo, Loic
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Cesarini, David
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.;NYU, Dept Econ, New York, NY 10003 USA.;NYU, Ctr Expt Social Sci, New York, NY USA..
    Turley, Patrick
    Univ Southern Calif, Dept Econ, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA.;Univ Southern Calif, Ctr Econ & Social Res, Los Angeles, CA 90007 USA..
    Visscher, Peter M.
    Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, Brisbane, Qld, Australia..
    Beauchamp, Jonathan P.
    George Mason Univ, Interdisciplinary Ctr Econ Sci, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA.;George Mason Univ, Dept Econ, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA..
    Benjamin, Daniel J.
    NBER, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.;Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.;Univ Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Human Genet Dept, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA..
    Young, Alexander, I
    Univ Calif Los Angeles, Anderson Sch Management, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA.;Univ Calif Los Angeles, David Geffen Sch Med, Human Genet Dept, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA..
    Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals2022Ingår i: Nature Genetics, ISSN 1061-4036, E-ISSN 1546-1718, Vol. 54, nr 4, s. 437-449Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    We conduct a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of educational attainment (EA) in a sample of similar to 3 million individuals and identify 3,952 approximately uncorrelated genome-wide-significant single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). A genome-wide polygenic predictor, or polygenic index (PGI), explains 12-16% of EA variance and contributes to risk prediction for ten diseases. Direct effects (i.e., controlling for parental PGIs) explain roughly half the PGI's magnitude of association with EA and other phenotypes. The correlation between mate-pair PGIs is far too large to be consistent with phenotypic assortment alone, implying additional assortment on PGI-associated factors. In an additional GWAS of dominance deviations from the additive model, we identify no genome-wide-significant SNPs, and a separate X-chromosome additive GWAS identifies 57.

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  • 48.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS).
    Ahlskog, Rafael
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Dawes, Christopher T.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. Uppsala universitet, Enheter med anknytning till universitetet, Institutet för arbetsmarknads- och utbildningspolitisk utvärdering (IFAU). Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Uppsala Center for Labor Studies (UCLS).
    Persistent Inequalities: The Origins of Intergenerational Associations in Voter Turnout2022Ingår i: Journal of Politics, ISSN 0022-3816, E-ISSN 1468-2508, Vol. 84, nr 3, s. 1337-1352Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    We use population-wide Swedish data with information on adopted children’s biological and adoptive parents to assess the importance of prebirth factors (measured by biological parents’ voting) and postbirth socialization factors (as captured by adoptive parents’ voting) for generating intergenerational associations in voter turnout. We find that both prebirth and postbirth factors explain the parent-child similarity in turnout behavior. More importantly, we show that the conditions that strengthen the social pathways to intergenerational transmission—such as youth and exposure to consistent parental behavior—at the same time weaken the biological mechanisms and vice versa. Follow-up analyses based on US and UK samples suggest that these results are externally valid. Our findings are important for understanding how political inequality is reproduced across generations.

  • 49.
    Oskarsson, Sven
    et al.
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. UCLS, Box 514, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
    Dawes, Christopher
    NYU, Wilf Family Dept Polit, 19 W 4th St,2nd Floor, New York, NY 10012 USA.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen. UCLS, Box 514, S-75120 Uppsala, Sweden.
    It Runs in the Family: A Study of Political Candidacy Among Swedish Adoptees2018Ingår i: Political Behavior, ISSN 0190-9320, E-ISSN 1573-6687, Vol. 40, nr 4, s. 883-908Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    What motivates citizens to run for office? Recent work has shown that early life parental socialization is strongly associated with a desire to run for office. However, parents not only shape their children's political environment, they also pass along their genes to those same children. A growing area of research has shown that individual differences in a wide range of political behaviors and attitudes are linked to genetic differences. As a result, genetic factors may confound the observed political similarities among parents and their children. This study analyzes Swedish register data containing information on all nominated and elected candidates in the ten parliamentary, county council, and municipal elections from 1982 to 2014 for a large sample of adoptees and their adoptive and biological parents. By studying the similarity in political ambition within both adoptive and biological families, our research design allows us to disentangle so-called pre-birth factors, such as genes and pre-natal environment, and post-birth factors like parental socialization. We find that the likelihood of standing as a political candidate is twice as high if one's parent has been a candidate. We also find that the effects of pre-birth and post-birth factors are approximately equal in size. In addition, we test a number of potential pre- and post-birth transmission mechanisms. First, disconfirming our expectations, the pre-birth effects do not seem to be mediated by cognitive ability or leadership skills. Second, consistent with a role modeling mechanism, we find evidence of a strong transmission in candidacy status between rearing mothers and their daughters.

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    Oskarsson, Sven
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    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Dawes, Christopher T.
    New York University, Politics, New York, NY 10012, USA.
    Lindgren, Karl-Oskar
    Uppsala universitet, Humanistisk-samhällsvetenskapliga vetenskapsområdet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.
    Öhrvall, Richard
    Linköping University and Research Institute of Industrial Economics, Linköping, Sweden.
    Big Brother Sees You, but Does He Rule You?: The Relationship between Birth Order and Political Candidacy2021Ingår i: Journal of Politics, ISSN 0022-3816, E-ISSN 1468-2508, Vol. 83, nr 3, s. 1158-1162Artikel i tidskrift (Refereegranskat)
    Abstract [en]

    While recent research finds strong evidence that birth order affects outcomes such as education, IQ scores, earnings, and health, the evidence for effects on political outcomes is more limited. Using population-wide data from Sweden, our within-family estimates show that firstborns are significantly more likely to run for and be elected to political office. In addition, for the males in our sample we test whether a number of potential mechanisms account for the relationship between birth order and political participation. Disconfirming our expectations, the birth order effects are only marginally smaller when controlling for occupational economic status, cognitive ability, and leadership skills. Our results suggest that big brother, or for that matter big sister, not only sees us; to a certain extent he or she also rules us.

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