https://hdl.handle.net/10419/246930 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 07:40:24 GMT 2026-10-16T07:40:24Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339328 Title: The mechanisms of intergenerational status transmission in modern Scandinavia Authors: Clark, Gregory; Hørlyk Kristensen, Martin Abstract: There is continued debate, with important social consequences, about how social status is transmitted between parents and children. In particular, how much does genetics as opposed to social causation matter? In an ingenious recent article, Collado et al. (2023), using an extended family lineage from Sweden and the outcome of years of education, claim that outcome correlations across relatives are inconsistent with genetic transmission. In contrast, Clark (2023) claims that a simple 3-parameter additive genetic model of social outcomes predicts well correlations as remote as 4th cousins in a stable way for England 1600-2022. In this paper we show that the genetic model of Clark (2023) fits the correlation in educational attainment for extended sets of relatives in modern Denmark and Sweden as well as the 20-parameter social causation model of Collado et al. Further, the parameter values in the genetic model for Denmark and Sweden are similar to those found for a variety of social outcomes in both pre-industrial and modern England. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339328 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339209 Title: Physical memories of the past and support for the far-right: Evidence from inter-war Denmark Authors: Aaskoven, Lasse; Vedel, Christian Abstract: A growing literature concerns the role of symbolic politics, including how political parties benefit electorally from politicizing the past, a strategy which should be more effective in localities with physical memories of the past. We test this argument by studying the effect of the local concentration of pre-Christian monuments on electoral support for the Danish Nazi Party -- a far-right party who relied heavily on the symbols of Denmark's pre-Christian past in its propaganda -- in Danish parliamentary elections 1935-1943. In contrast to the proposed theoretical argument, we find no evidence that Danish localities with a greater concentration of pre-Christian monuments saw greater electoral support for the Danish Nazi Party. These findings hint at the limits of symbolic politics for electoral support for the far-right and suggest that investigating the scope conditions for the political effects of physical memories of the past may be a fruitful avenue for future research. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339209 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339325 Title: Historical social tables: Advantages, methodology, and problems Authors: Erfurth, Philipp; León, María Gómez; Gabbuti, Giacomo; Milanović, Branko Abstract: This paper provides a methodological contribution to the study of historical income inequality by examining the construction and use of social tables for the nineteenth century. In a period when modern household surveys were absent, social tables represent one of the only feasible approaches for providing distributional evidence for the entire population. At the same time, existing studies rely on a wide range of assumptions, classifications, and data treatments, which makes comparisons across countries and over time difficult. The paper reviews the main methodological challenges involved in constructing social tables, including class definitions, within-group inequality, units of analysis, and the external validation of income levels and subsistence benchmarks. Using simulations and historical examples, it shows how alternative methodological choices can generate substantial differences in inequality estimates. It finally proposes a set of guiding principles and template structures aimed at improving comparability, while still preserving the country-specific nature of historical evidence. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339325 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339208 Title: The early evolution of segregation and neighborhood disadvantage: Evidence from Stockholm during industrialization, 1878-1950 Authors: Molinder, Jakob; Önnerfors, Martin Abstract: While the influence of neighborhoods on later life outcomes is well documented, the historical processes that shaped the growth and social makeup of urban areas are less understood. We address this by analyzing newly compiled geocoded data covering the entire population of Stockholm from 1878 to 1950. Until the 1920s, population growth stayed concentrated in the city center. After that point, expanding tram and light rail lines allowed the city to spread outward, creating more distance between homes and workplaces. Two main types of suburban areas emerged: some developed into enclaves for the elite, while others housed a mix of working-class and white-collar families. As a result, the upper class became more segregated from the broader population, while other social groups mixed more with each other, including the lowest-status households. Consequently, children from low-status families saw an improvement in the social standing of their closest neighbors, so poverty did not concentrate in ways that could have worsened negative neighborhood effects. We also examine the time spent in areas with high concentrations of low-status households, finding class inequality in the opportunity to escape, but little role for demographic factors such as the gender or marital status of the household head. Thus, while selective out-migration, similar to today, served to exacerbate the spatial concentration of disadvantage, the overall evolution of the spatial makeup of the city reduced negative exposure for children from the lowest-status households. Our results suggest that worse peer exposure for children from disadvantaged backgrounds is not a deterministic consequence of sprawl and elite isolation. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/10419/339208 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z