Browsing Institutt for sosiologi og samfunnsgeografi by Author "Conley, Dalton C"

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  • Genetic Influences on Educational Achievement in Cross-National Perspective 
    Baier, Tina; Lang, Volker; Grätz, Michael; Barclay, Kieron J.; Conley, Dalton C; Dawes, Christopher; Laidley, Thomas; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Abstract There is a growing interest in how social conditions moderate genetic influences on education [gene–environment interactions (GxE)]. Previous research has focused on the family, specifically parents’ ...
  • Sibling Similarity in Education Across and Within Societies 
    Grätz, Michael; Barclay, Kieron J.; Wiborg, Øyvind N; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; Karhula, Aleksi; Erola, Jani; Präg, Patrick; Laidley, Thomas; Conley, Dalton C (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    The extent to which siblings resemble each other measures the omnibus impact of family background on life chances. We study sibling similarity in cognitive skills, school grades, and educational attainment in Finland, ...
  • Social and genetic associations with educational performance in a Scandinavian welfare state 
    Isungset, Martin Arstad; Conley, Dalton C; Zachrisson, Henrik Daae; Ystrøm, Eivind; Havdahl, Alexandra; Njølstad, Pål Rasmus; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
    Recent research has suggested that across Western developed societies, the influence of genetics on educational outcomes is relatively constant. However, the degree to which family environment matters varies, such that ...
  • The Production of Inequalities within Families and across Generations: The Intergenerational Effects of Birth Order on Educational Attainment 
    Barclay, Kieron J.; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; Conley, Dalton C (Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    Abstract There has long been interest in the extent to which effects of social stratification extend and persist across generations. We take a novel approach to this question by asking whether birth order in the ...