Øystein Kravdal
Professor
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Department of Economics

Norwegian version of this page
Email
okravdal@ulrik.uio.no
Phone
+47 22855158
Room
ES1142
Username
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
- ECON1710 Demografi grunnemne
- ECON3020 Prosjekt i demografi
- ECON4710 Demogaphy of developing countries
- ECON4720 Demografi, videregående I-land
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-
Publications
- Rindfuss R., D. Guilkey, S.P. Morgan, Ø. Kravdal (2010). Child care availability and fertility: Norway. Forthcoming in Population and Development Review
- Grundy E and Ø Kravdal. 2010. "Fertility history and cause-specific mortality: a register-based analysis of complete cohorts of Norwegian women and men." Social Science & Medicine 70: 1847-1857.
- Kravdal Ø. 2010. "Demographers’ interest in fertility trends and determinants in developed countries: Is it warranted?" Demographic Research 22: 663-690.
- Steele, F., W.Sigle-Rushton and Ø. Kravdal. 2009. "Consequences of family disruption on children’s educational outcomes in Norway." Demography 46: 553-574.
- Kravdal,Ø. and R.R. Rindfuss. 2008. "Changing relationships between education and fertility – a study of women and men born 1940-64." American Sociological Review 73: 854-873
- Kravdal, Ø. 2008. "Does income inequality really influence individual mortality? Evidence from a ‘fixed-effects analysis’ where constant unobserved municipality characteristics are controlled." Demographic Research 18: 205-232.
- Kravdal, Ø. 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 17: 211-246.
- Kravdal, Ø. 2007. "A fixed-effects multilevel analysis of how community family structure affects individual mortality in Norway." Demography 44: 519-536
- DeRose, L.F., and Ø. Kravdal. (2007). "The effects of educational reversals on first births in sub-Saharan Africa: A dynamic multilevel perspective." Demography 44: 59-78.
- Kravdal, Ø. (2004). "Child mortality in India: the community-level effect of education." Population Studies 58: 177-192
- Kravdal, Ø. (2002). "Education and fertility in sub-Saharan Africa: Individual and community effects." Demography 39: 233-250.
- Kravdal, Ø. (2001) "The impact of marital status on cancer survival." Social Science and Medicine 52: 357-368.
- Kravdal, Ø (2001). "Has population growth restricted improvements in per capita food availability, 1970-1995." Population Studies 55: 105-117.
- Kravdal, Ø. (2000). "Social inequalities in cancer survival." Population Studies 54: 1-18
- Goisis, Alice; Håberg, Siri Eldevik; Hanevik, Hans Ivar; Magnus, Maria Christine & Kravdal, Øystein (2020). The demographics of assisted reproductive technology births in a Nordic country. Human Reproduction. ISSN 0268-1161. . doi: 10.1093/humrep/deaa055 Show summary
- Kravdal, Øystein (2020). Are sibling models a suitable tool in analyses of how reproductive factors affect child mortality?. Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 42(28), s 777- 798 . doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.42.28 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2020). Effects of previous birth interval length on child outcomes can be estimated in a sibling analysis even when there are only two siblings. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. ISSN 0269-5022. . doi: 10.1111/ppe.12732
- Kravdal, Øystein; Magnus, Per; Moum, Bjørn & Høivik, Marte Lie (2020). Childbearing is Associated with a Short-term Reduced Risk of Crohn’s Disease in Mothers. American Journal of Epidemiology. ISSN 0002-9262. . doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwz285 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kravdal, Øystein; Tverdal, Aage & Grundy, Emily (2020). The association between parity, CVD mortality and CVD risk factors among Norwegian women and men. European Journal of Public Health. ISSN 1101-1262. 30(6), s 1133- 1139 . doi: 10.1093/eurpub/ckz235 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2019). Research note: What kind of individual-level effects of childbearing would we ideally be interested in learning about? The important distinction between expected, unexpected, varying and general effects. Journal of Population Research. ISSN 1443-2447. 36(1), s 1- 12 . doi: 10.1007/s12546-018-9218-7
- Kravdal, Øystein (2019). Taking birth year into account when analysing effects of maternal age on child health and other outcomes: The value of a multilevel-multiprocess model compared to a sibling model. Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 40, s 1249- 1290 . doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2019.40.43 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kravdal, Øystein & Grundy, Emily (2019). Children’s age at parental divorce and depression in early and mid-adulthood. Population Studies. ISSN 0032-4728. 73(1), s 37- 56 . doi: 10.1080/00324728.2018.1549747 Full text in Research Archive.
- Bævre, Kåre; Kravdal, Øystein & Christiansen, Solveig Tobie Glestad (2018). Befolkningen i Norge, I: Else Karin Grøholt; Linn Bøhler & Hanna Hånes (red.), Folkehelserapporten - Helsetilstanden i Norge. Folkehelseinstituttet. Befolkningen i Norge.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2018). New evidence about effects of reproductive variables on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Population Studies. ISSN 0032-4728. 72(2), s 139- 156 . doi: 10.1080/00324728.2018.1439180 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kravdal, Øystein; Grundy, Emily & Keenan, Katherine (2018). The increasing mortality advantage of the married: The role played by education. Demographic Research. ISSN 1435-9871. 38, s 471- 512 . doi: 10.4054/DemRes.2018.38.20 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2017). Large and Growing Social Inequality in Mortality in Norway: The Combined Importance of Marital Status and Own and Spouse's Education. Population and Development Review. ISSN 0098-7921. 43(4), s 645- 665 . doi: 10.1111/padr.12096 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kravdal, Øystein; Grundy, Emily & Skirbekk, Vegard (2017). 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. 21(5), s 477- 486 . doi: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1118010 Full text in Research Archive.
- 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 Full text in Research Archive.
- Kravdal, Øystein & Grundy, Emily (2016). Health effects of parental deaths among adults in Norway: Purchases of prescription medicine before and after bereavement. SSM - Population Health. ISSN 2352-8273. 2, s 868- 875 . doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2016.10.013 Full text in Research Archive.
- 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
- 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 Full text in Research Archive.
- 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 . doi: 10.4054/demres.2013.28.25
- 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
- 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
- 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: 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
- 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 Show summary
- 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 Show summary
- 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) Show summary
- 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 Show summary
- Kravdal, Øystein (2019). Individnivå-konsekvenser av lav fruktbarhet.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2019). The increasing mortality advantage of the married.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2018). Children’s Age at Parental Divorce and Depression in Early and Mid-Adulthood.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2018). Hva betyr barnetall og familiesituasjon for barns helse?.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2018). The growing mortality advantage of the married.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2018). The growing mortality advantage of the married.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2018). The increasing mortality advantage of the married.
- Tønnessen, Marianne & Kravdal, Øystein (2017). Demographic consequences of migration.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Expected and unexpected consequences of childbearing - a methodologically and politically important distinction that is overlooked..
- Kravdal, Øystein (2016). Familie og helse.
- Kravdal, Øystein (2016). New evidence about effects of reproductive variables on child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa.
- 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). Fertility history and use of antidepressant medication in late mid-life: a register-based analysis of Norwegian women and men..
- 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 (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. Working Paper in Economics. 11.
- 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.
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