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Social Exclusion among Peers: The Role of Immigrant Status and Classroom Immigrant Density by Plenty, Stephanie, Jonsson, Jan O.

“…Increasing immigration and school ethnic segregation have raised concerns about the social integration of minority students. We examined the role of immigrant…”
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The Social Consequences of Poverty: An Empirical Test on Longitudinal Data by Mood, Carina, Jonsson, Jan O.

“…Poverty is commonly defined as a lack of economic resources that has negative social consequences, but surprisingly little is known about the importance of…”
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Explaining change in social fluidity : Educational equalization and educational expansion in twentieth-century Sweden by BREEN, Richard, JONSSON, Jan O

“…The authors analyze social fluidity among Swedish men and women using a series of 24 annual surveys, 1976-99 (N = 63,280). A theoretical model suggests that…”
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Inequality of Opportunity in Comparative Perspective: Recent Research on Educational Attainment and Social Mobility by Breen, Richard, Jonsson, Jan O.

“…Studies of how characteristics of the family of origin are associated with educational and labor market outcomes indicate the degree of openness of societies…”
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Gender Differences in Resistance to Schooling: The Role of Dynamic Peer-Influence and Selection Processes by Geven, Sara, O. Jonsson, Jan, van Tubergen, Frank

“…Boys engage in notably higher levels of resistance to schooling than girls. While scholars argue that peer processes contribute to this gender gap, this claim…”
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Microclass Mobility : Social Reproduction in Four Countries by JONSSON, Jan O, DI CARLO, Matthew, GRUSKY, David B, POLLAK, Reinhard, BRINTON, Mary C

“…In the sociological literature on social mobility, the long-standing convention has been to assume that intergenerational reproduction takes one of two forms:…”
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It's All about the Parents: Inequality Transmission across Three Generations in Sweden by Engzell, Per, Mood, Carina, Jonsson, Jan

“…A recent literature studies the role of grandparents in status transmission. Results have been mixed, and theoretical contributions highlight biases that…”
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The Mental Health Advantage of Immigrant-Background Youth: The Role of Family Factors by Mood, Carina, Jonsson, Jan O., Låftman, Sara Brolin

“…Children of immigrant background, despite problems with acculturation, poverty, and discrimination, have better mental health than children of native parents…”
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Neither Friend nor Foe: Ethnic Segregation in School Social Networks by Bracegirdle, Chloe, Jonsson, Jan O., Spiegler, Olivia

“…High levels of ethnic segregation have been widely observed in school friendship networks, whereas the degree to which school bullying networks are divided…”
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How Much Scope for a Mobility Paradox? The Relationship between Social and Income Mobility in Sweden by Breen, Richard, Mood, Carina, Jonsson, Jan

“…It is often pointed out that conclusions about intergenerational (parent-child) mobility can differ depending on whether we base them on studies of class or…”
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Religious development from adolescence to early adulthood among Muslim and Christian youth in Germany: A person-oriented approach by Spiegler, Olivia, Jonsson, Jan O, Bracegirdle, Chloe

“…Religious decline, often observed among North American Christian youth, may not apply universally. We examined this and whether religiosity is associated with…”
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Gender Inequalities in the Education of the Second Generation in Western Countries by Fleischmann, Fenella, Kristen, Cornelia, Heath, Anthony F., Brinbaum, Yaël, Deboosere, Patrick, Granato, Nadia, Jonsson, Jan O., Kilpi-Jakonen, Elina, Lorenz, Georg, Lutz, Amy C., Mos, David, Mutarrak, Raya, Phalet, Karen, Rothon, Catherine, Rudolphi, Frida, van de Werfhorst, Herman G.

“…Drawing on comparative analyses from nine Western countries, we ask whether local-born children from a wide range of immigrant groups show patterns of female…”
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Ethnic Inequality in Choice-driven Education Systems: A Longitudinal Study of Performance and Choice in England and Sweden by Jackson, Michelle, Jonsson, Jan O., Rudolphi, Frida

“…The authors ask whether choice-driven education systems, with comprehensive schools and mass education at the secondary and tertiary level, represented in this…”
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Students’ Occupational Aspirations: Can Family Relationships Account for Differences Between Immigrant and Socioeconomic Groups? by Plenty, Stephanie M., Jonsson, Jan O.

“…Immigrant background and disadvantaged socioeconomic background are two key predictors of poorer school achievement in Europe. However, the former is…”
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Is ‘immigrant optimism’ in educational choice a problem? Ethnic gaps in Swedish upper secondary school completion by Dollmann, Jörg, Jonsson, Jan O, Mood, Carina, Rudolphi, Frida

“…Abstract In many Western countries, researchers have documented ambitious educational choices among students of immigrant origin, for example, the tendency to…”
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The role of education for intergenerational income mobility: A comparison of the United States, Great Britain, and Sweden by Gregg, Paul, Jonsson, Jan O, Macmillan, Lindsey, Mood, Carina

“…Previous studies have found that intergenerational income persistence is relatively high in the United States and Britain, especially as compared to Nordic…”
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Estimating Social and Ethnic Inequality in School Surveys: Biases from Child Misreporting and Parent Nonresponse by Engzell, Per, Jonsson, Jan O.

“…We study the biases that arise in estimates of social inequalities in children's cognitive ability test scores due to (i) children's misreporting of…”
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Weak Performance—Strong Determination: School Achievement and Educational Choice among Children of Immigrants in Sweden by Jonsson, Jan O., Rudolphi, Frida

“…We ask how the advantages and disadvantages in the educational careers of children of immigrants in Sweden are produced, making a theoretical distinction…”
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Trends in Child Poverty in Sweden: Parental and Child Reports by Mood, Carina, Jonsson, Jan O.

“…We use several family-based indicators of household poverty as well as child-reported economic resources and problems to unravel child poverty trends in…”
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Erratum to: The Social Consequences of Poverty: An Empirical Test on Longitudinal Data by Mood, Carina, Jonsson, Jan O.

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