Øystein Kravdal

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Visiting address Moltke Moes vei 31 Eilert Sundts hus blokk B 0851 OSLO
Postal address Postboks 1095 Blindern 0317 OSLO

Academic Interests

Demography: fertility, family and mortality

Courses taught

Background

  • Professor of demography, Department of economics, University of Oslo, 1994-
  • Phd. (demography), University of Oslo, 1994
  • Senior researcher, Norwegian Cancer Registry, 1994
  • Senior researcher, Statistics Norway, 1992-1994
  • Researcher, Statistics Norway, 1984-1991
  • MSc. (physics), University of Oslo, 1982

Positions held

  • Co-editor, Population Studies, 2004-
  • Member of the editorial board, European Journal of Population, 2001-
  • Member of the Scientific Review Board, Demographic Research, 2002-

 

Tags: Demography, Economics, Income Employment and Welfare

Publications

  • Jonas Minet, Kinge; Steingrímsdóttir, Ólöf Anna; Strand, Bjørn Heine & Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Can socioeconomic factors explain geographic variation in overweight in Norway?. SSM - Population Health.  ISSN 2352-8273.  2, s 333- 340 . doi: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352827316300192
  • Kinge, Jonas Minet; Steingrímsdóttir, Ólöf Anna; Strand, Bjørn Heine & Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Can socioeconomic factors explain geographic variation in overweight in Norway?. SSM - Population Health.  ISSN 2352-8273.  2, s 333- 340 . doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.04.010
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Alver, Kari; Bævre, Kåre; Kinge, Jonas Minet; Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan; Steingrímsdóttir, Ólöf Anna & Strand, Bjørn Heine (2015). How much of the variation in mortality across Norwegian municipalities is explained by the socio-demographic characteristics of the population?. Health and Place.  ISSN 1353-8292.  33, s 148- 158 . doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.02.013
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Grundy, Emily & Skirbekk, Vegard (2015). Fertility history and use of antidepressant medication in late mid-life: a register-based analysis of Norwegian women and men.. Aging & Mental Health.  ISSN 1360-7863. . doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1118010
  • Bævre, Kåre & Kravdal, Øystein (2014). The effects of earlier income variation on mortality: An analysis of Norwegian register data. Population Studies.  ISSN 0032-4728.  68(1), s 81- 94 . doi: 10.1080/00324728.2013.824603
  • Grundy, Emily & Kravdal, Øystein (2014). Do short birth intervals have long-term implications for parental health? Results from analyses of complete cohort Norwegian register data. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  ISSN 0143-005X.  68(10), s 958- 964 . doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204191
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2014). The Estimation of Fertility Effects on Happiness: Even More Difficult than Usually Acknowledged. European Journal of Population.  ISSN 0168-6577.  30(3), s 263- 290 . doi: 10.1007/s10680-013-9310-9
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Grundy, Emily (2014). Underuse of medication for circulatory disorders among unmarried women and men in Norway. BMC Pharmacology & Toxicology.  ISSN 2050-6511.  15:65 . doi: 10.1186/2050-6511-15-65
  • Sigle-Rushton, Wendy; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde; Andersen, Patrick Lie & Kravdal, Øystein (2014). Proceed with caution? Parents' union dissolution and children's educational achievement. Journal of Marriage and Family.  ISSN 0022-2445.  76(1), s 161- 174 . doi: 10.1111/jomf.12075
  • Kodzi, Ivy & Kravdal, Øystein (2013). What has high fertility got to do with the low birth weight problem in Africa?. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  28, s 713- 731
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). The poorer cancer survival among the unmarried in Norway: Is Much explained by comorbidities?. Social Science and Medicine.  ISSN 0277-9536.  81, s 42- 52 . doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.012
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Kodzi, Ivy & Sigle-Rushton, Wendy (2013). Effects of the Number and Age of Siblings on Educational Transitions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Studies in family planning.  ISSN 0039-3665.  44(3), s 275- 297 . doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00358.x
  • Berntsen, Kjersti Norgård & Kravdal, Øystein (2012). The relationship between mortality and time since divorce, widowhood or remarriage in Norway. Social Science and Medicine.  ISSN 0277-9536.  75(12), s 2267- 2274 . doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.08.028
  • Elstad, Jon Ivar; Torstensrud, Rita; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde & Kravdal, Øystein (2012). Trends in educational inequalities in mortality, seven types of cancers, Norway 1971-2002. European Journal of Public Health.  ISSN 1101-1262.  22(6), s 771- 776 . doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckr181
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2012). Further evidence of community education effects on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  27(22), s 645- 680 . doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2012.27.22
  • Kravdal, Øystein; Grundy, Emily; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde & Wiik, Kenneth Aarskaug (2012). Family Life History and Late Mid-Life Mortality in Norway. Population and Development Review.  ISSN 0098-7921.  38(2), s 237- 257 . doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2012.00491.x
  • Shkolnikov, Vladimir; Andreev, E; Jdanov, D; Jasilonis, D; Kravdal, Øystein; Vågerø, D & Valkonen, Tapani (2012). Increasing absolute mortality disparities by education in Finland, Norway and Sweden, 1971-2000. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  ISSN 0143-005X.  66(4), s 372- 378 . doi: 10.1136/jech.2009.104786
  • Syse, Astri; Lyngstad, Torkild Hovde & Kravdal, Øystein (2012). Is mortality after childhood cancer dependent on social or economic resources of parents? A population-based study. International Journal of Cancer.  ISSN 0020-7136.  130(8), s 1870- 1878 . doi: 10.1002/ijc.26186
  • Cohen, Joel; Kravdal, Øystein & Keilman, Nico (2011). Childbearing impeded education more than education impeded childbearing among Norwegian women. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.  ISSN 0027-8424.  108(29), s 11830- 11835 . doi: 10.1073/pnas.1107993108
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Kodzi, Ivy (2011). Children's stunting in sub-Saharan Africa: Is there an externality effect of high fertility?. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  25, s 565- 594 . doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2011.25.18
  • Grundy, E & Kravdal, Øystein (2010). Fertility history and cause-specific mortality: A register-based analysis of complete cohorts of Norwegian women and men. Social Science and Medicine.  ISSN 0277-9536.  70(11), s 1847- 1857 . doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.004
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2010). Demographers' interest in fertility trends and determinants in developed countries: Is it warranted?. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  22, s 663- 690 . doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.22
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2010). The importance of community education for individual mortality: a fixed-effects analysis of longitudinal multilevel data on 1.7 million Norwegian women and men. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  ISSN 0143-005X.  64(12), s 1029- 1035 . doi: 10.1136/jech.2008.081034
  • Rindfuss, Ronald; Guilkey, David; Morgan, S Philip & Kravdal, Øystein (2010). Child care availability and fertility: Norway. Population and Development Review.  ISSN 0098-7921.  36, s 725- 748
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2009). Mortality effects of average education in current and earlier municipality of residence among internal migrants, net of their own education. Social Science and Medicine.  ISSN 0277-9536.  69(10), s 1484- 1492 . doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.035
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2009). Mortality effects of average education: a multilevel study of small neighbourhoods in rural and urban areas in Norway . International Journal for Equity in Health.  ISSN 1475-9276.  8 . doi: 10.1186/1475-9276-8-41
  • Steele, Fiona; Sigle-Rushton, Wendy & Kravdal, Øystein (2009). CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY DISRUPTION ON CHILDREN'S EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES IN NORWAY. Demography.  ISSN 0070-3370.  46(3), s 553- 574
  • Syse, Astri; Tretli, Steinar; Kravdal, Øystein & Kravdal, O (2009). The Impact of Cancer on Spouses' Labor Earnings A Population-Based Study . Cancer.  ISSN 0008-543X.  115(S18), s 4350- 4361
  • Grundy, E & Kravdal, Øystein (2008). Reproductive history and mortality in late middle age among Norwegian men and women. American Journal of Epidemiology.  ISSN 0002-9262.  167 . doi: 10.1093/aje/kwm295
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2008). A broader perspective on education and mortality: Are we influenced by other people's education?. Social Science and Medicine.  ISSN 0277-9536.  66 . doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.10.009
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2008). Does income inequality really influence individual mortality? Results from a 'fixed-effects analysis' where constant unobserved municipality characteristics are controlled. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  18
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Rindfuss, Ron (2008). Changing Relationships between Education and Fertility: A Study of Women and Men Born 1940 to 1964. American Sociological Review.  ISSN 0003-1224.  73(5), s 854- 873
  • Syse, Astri; Tretli, Steinar & Kravdal, Øystein (2008). Cancer’s impact on employment and earnings – a population-based study from Norway. Journal of cancer survivorship.  ISSN 1932-2259.  2, s 149- 158 . doi: 10.1007/s11764-008-0053-2
  • Derose, LF & Kravdal, Øystein (2007). Educational reversals and first-birth timing in sub-Saharan Africa: A dynamic multilevel approach. Demography.  ISSN 0070-3370.  44
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2007). A fixed-effects multilevel analysis of how community family structure affects individual mortality in Norway. Demography.  ISSN 0070-3370.  44
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2007). Effects of current education on second- and third-birth rates among Norwegian women and men born in 1964: Substantive interpretations and methodological issues. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  17, s 211- 246
  • Rindfuss, Ron; Guilkey, David; Morgan, Phil; Kravdal, Øystein & Guzzo, Karen (2007). Child care availability and first-birth timing in Norway. Demography.  ISSN 0070-3370.  44(2), s 345- 372
  • Syse, A; Kravdal, O; Kravdal, Øystein & Tretli, Steinar (2007). Parenthood after cancer - A population-based study. Psycho-Oncology.  ISSN 1057-9249.  16, s 920- 927 . doi: 10.1002/pon.1154
  • Syse, Astri & Kravdal, Øystein (2007). Does cancer affect the divorce rate?. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  16, s 469- 492
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2006). A simulation-based assessment of the bias produced when using averages from small DHS clusters as contextual variables in multilevel models. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  15, s 1- 20
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2006). Does place matter for cancer survival in Norway? A multilevel analysis of the importance of hospital affiliation and municipality socioeconomic resources. Health and Place.  ISSN 1353-8292.  12, s 527- 537
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2004). An illustration of the problems caused by incomplete education histories in fertility analysis. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  S3(6)
  • Shkolnikov, Vladimir; Deev, Alexander; Kravdal, Øystein & Valkonen, Tapani (2004). Educational differentials in male mortality in Russia and northern Europe. A comparison of an epidemiological cohort from Moscow and St.Petersburg with the male populations of Helsinki and Oslo. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  10(1), s 1- 26
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2004). Child mortality in India: The community-level effect of education. Population Studies.  ISSN 0032-4728.  58(2), s 177- 192
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2003). Children, family and cancer survival in Norway. International Journal of Cancer.  ISSN 0020-7136.  105, s 261- 266
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2003). The problematic estimation of �imitation effects� in multilevel models. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  9(2), s 23- 40
  • Moursund, Anne & Kravdal, Øystein (2003). Individual and community effects of women�s education and autonomy on contraceptive use in India. Population Studies.  ISSN 0032-4728.  57, s 285- 302
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). A cancer survival model that takes sociodemographic variations in ¿normal¿ mortality into account: comparison with other models. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  ISSN 0143-005X.  56, s 309- 318
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Education and fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: Individual and community effects. Demography.  ISSN 0070-3370.  39(2), s 233- 250
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Is the Previously Reported Increase in Second- and Higher-order Birth Rates in Norway and Sweden from the mid-1970s Real or a Result of Inadequate Estimation Methods?. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  6(9)
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). The Impact of Individual and Aggregate Unemployment on Fertility in Norway. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  6(10), s 263- 295
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2001). Has population growth restricted improvements in food availability per head, 1970-95?. Population Studies.  ISSN 0032-4728.  55, s 105- 117
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2001). Main and interaction effects of women's education and status on fertility: the case of Tanzania. European Journal of Population.  ISSN 0168-6577.  17, s 107- 136
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2001). The High Fertility of College Educated Women in Norway: An Artefact of the Separate Modelling of Each Parity Transition. Demographic Research.  ISSN 1435-9871.  5(6)
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2001). The impact of marital status on cancer survival. Social Science and Medicine.  ISSN 0277-9536.  52, s 357- 368

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  • Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Expected and unexpected consequences of childbearing - a methodologically and politically important distinction that is overlooked..
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Not so Low Fertility in Norway—A Result of Affluence, Liberal Values, Gender-Equality Ideals, and the Welfare State, In Ronald Rindfuss & Minja Kim Choe (ed.),  Low Fertility, Institutions, and Their Policies: Variations across Industrialized Countries.  Springer.  ISBN 978-3-319-32997-0.  2.  s 13 - 47
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2015). How much of the variation in mortality across Norwegian municipalities is explained by the socio-demographic characteristics of the population?..
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2015). Fertility history and use of antidepressant medication in late mid-life: a register-based analysis of Norwegian women and men..
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2014). The estimation of fertility effects on happiness: Even more difficult than usually acknowledged.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2014). The relatively high fertility in Norway – a result of affluence, liberal values, gender-equality ideals, and the welfare state.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). Education in sub-Saharan Africa: A new look at the effects of the number of siblings.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). Further evidence of community education effects on fertility in sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). Norwegian register data: Some experiences to share with other social scientists and epidemiologists.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). Some reflections on the four papers on fertility (timing) and gender.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). The importance of women's education for fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel perspective.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2013). The importance of women’s education for fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel perspective.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2011). The fixed-effects model admittedly no quick fix, but still a step in the right direction and better than the suggested alternative. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.  ISSN 0143-005X.  65(4), s 291- 292 . doi: 10.1136/jech.2010.131078
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2009). Methodological issues in the analysis of the education-fertility relationship.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2009). Sammenhengen mellom barnetall og dødelighet.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2008). The relationship between childbearing and mortality.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2007). Changing relationship between edcuation and fertility among Norwegian women and men born 1940-64.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2007). Chaning relationship between education and fertility among Norwegian women and men born 1940-64.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2007). Multilevel analysis based on Norwegian register data: potentials and challenges.
  • Kravdal, Øystein & Rindfuss, Ron (2007). Changig relationships between education and fertility - a study of women and men born 1940-64.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2006). A fixed-effects analysis of how income inequality in a municipality affects individual mortality in Norway.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2006). A fixed-effects multilevel analysis of how community family structure affects individual mortality in Norway.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2006). A fixed-effects multilevel analysis of how community family structure affects individual mortality in Norway.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2005). A fixed-effects multilevel analysis of how community family structure affects individual mortality in Norway.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2004). Child mortality in India: The community-level effect of education.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2004). The importance of municipality characteristics for cancer survival in Norway: A multilevel analysis.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2003). Alan Carling, Simon Duncan, and Rosalind Edwards (eds.), Analysing families. Morality and rationality in policy and practice, London: Routledge, 2002, xx+303pp. European Journal of Population.  ISSN 0168-6577.  19, s 223- 225
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2003). Child mortality in India: Individual and community effects of women's education and autonomy.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2003). Socio-demographic differentials in cancer survival in Norway.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Education and fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa: individual and community effects.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Familie, barn og kreftoverlevelse.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Global befolkningsvekst - fremdeles et problem. Økonomisk forum.  ISSN 1502-6108.  56(4), s 4- 6
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Individual and community effects on fertility of women's autonomy and education.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Individual and community effects on fertility of women's education and autonomy.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002, 01. september). NRK september 2002: "Schrødingers katt". Innslag om kvinners utdanning og fruktbarhet. [Radio].  Oslo : NRK.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Nye sammenhenger mellom fruktbarhet og utdanning i Norge.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Socio-demographic differentials in cancer survival.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Sosiodemografiske forskjeller i kreftoverlevelse i Norge.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). Sosiodemografiske forskjeller i kreftoverlevelse i Norge.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2002). The high fertility of college educated women in Norway: An artefact of the separate modelling of each parity transition.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2001). Aggregate-level effects of education on fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2001). Arbeidsledighetens innvirkning på norsk fruktbarhet.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2001). Sammenhengen mellom sosiale og økonomiske ressurser, familiesituasjon, kreftinsidens og kreftoverlevelse.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2001). The high fertility of college educated women in Norway: An artefact of the 'piecemeal approach'.
  • Kravdal, Øystein (2001). The importance of education for fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa is substantially underestimated when community effects are ignored.

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