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University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, Capital Region, DK

2024-07-01 to present | Professor (Sociology)
Employment
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2016-01-01 to 2024-06-30 | Associate Professor (Department of Sociology)
Employment
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2013-11-01 to 2015-12-31 | Postdoc (Department of Sociology)
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

SFI - The Danish National Centre for Social Research: Copenhagen, DK

2010-08-01 to 2013-07-31 | PhD Fellow
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Education and qualifications (2)

University of Aarhus: Aarhus, DK

2010-08-01 to 2013-07-31 | PhD (Department of Education)
Education
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

University of Copenhagen: Copenhagen, DK

2006-09 to 2009-10 | MSc (Department of Sociology)
Education
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Funding (5)

Life Course Dynamics of Educational Tracking (LIFETRACK)

2018-01 to 2020-12 | Grant
NORFACE (The Hague, NL)
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

The Origins and Persistence of Inequality in Denmark

2018 to 2021 | Grant
ROCKWOOL FOUNDATION (Copenhagen, DK)
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Equality before the law and noncustodial alternatives to imprisonment: Lessons from 25 years of sentencing policy changes

2018 to 2020 | Grant
ROCKWOOL FOUNDATION (Copenhagen, DK)
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Family Background and Returns to Education

2018 to 2020 | Grant
Danish Research Council (Copenhagen, DK)
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Geographical Origin and Social Mobility in Denmark

2016 to 2019 | Grant
KRAKS Fond (Copenhagen, DK)
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Works (40)

Explained Variance in Two-Level Models: A New Approach

Sociological Methodology
2025-02-28 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/00811750251322786
Contributors: Anders Holm; Ben Jann; Kristian Bernt Karlson
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Decomposing Sibling Correlations: A New Measure of Group-Specific Intergenerational Persistence in Socioeconomic Outcomes

2024-09-04 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/v37b5
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson; Jung In
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Family background consistently affects economic success across the life cycle: A research note on how brother correlations overlap over the life course

The British Journal of Sociology
2024-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.13081
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson
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Explained Variance in Two-Level Models: A New Approach

2024-04-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/x6gva
Contributors: Anders Holm; Ben Jann; Kristian Bernt Karlson
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Marginal and Conditional Confounding Using Logits

Sociological Methods & Research
2023-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0049124121995548
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson; Frank Popham; Anders Holm
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Extended Family Affects Educational Attainment Less Among Black Americans Compared to White Americans

2023-11-24 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/w2aub
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson
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Family Origins of Life Cycle Attainment: How Brother Correlations Overlap Over the Life Course

2023-06-29 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/a5u7c
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson
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No evidence of a major learning slide 14 months into the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark

European Societies
2023-05-27 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14616696.2022.2129085
Contributors: Jesper Fels Birkelund; Kristian Bernt Karlson
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Origins of attainment: do brother correlations in occupational status and income overlap?

European Sociological Review
2023-05-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcad030
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson; Jesper Fels Birkelund
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How (Not) to Use Risk Ratios in Sociological Research

Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/23780231231192394
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson; Lincoln Quillian
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Life-Cycle Economic Returns to Educational Mobility in Denmark

Sociology
2022-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/00380385221090877
Contributors: Jesper Fels Birkelund; Kristian Bernt Karlson; Meir Yaish
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Family Background, Educational Qualifications, and Labour Market Attainment: Evidence from Danish Siblings

European Sociological Review
2022-12-30 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jcac031
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson; Jesper Fels Birkelund
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Origins of Attainment: Do Brother Correlations in Occupational Status and Income Overlap?

2022-11-16 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/dzckj
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson; Jesper Fels Birkelund
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No Evidence of a Major Learning Slide 14 Months into the COVID-19 Pandemic in Denmark

2021-11-08 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/md5zn
Contributors: Jesper Fels Birkelund; Kristian Bernt Karlson
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Lives on track? Long‐term earnings returns to selective school placement in England and Denmark

The British Journal of Sociology
2021-06 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12856
Contributors: Jesper Fels Birkelund; Queralt Capsada‐Munsech; Vikki Boliver; Kristian Bernt Karlson
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Family Background, Educational Qualifications, and Meritocratic Labor Market Allocation: Evidence from Danish Siblings

2020-03-06 | Preprint
DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/7w5m9
Contributors: Kristian Bernt Karlson; Jesper Fels Birkelund
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College as equalizer? Testing the selectivity hypothesis

Social Science Research
2019-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2018.12.001
Part of ISSN: 0049-089X
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Expectation Formation for All? Group Differences in Student Response to Signals about Academic Performance

The Sociological Quarterly
2019-03-29 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/00380253.2019.1580549
Part of ISSN: 0038-0253
Part of ISSN: 1533-8525
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

A Note on a Reformulation of the KHB Method

Sociological Methods and Research
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0049124118789717
EID:

2-s2.0-85052308317
Contributors: Breen, R.; Karlson, K.B.; Holm, A.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Cultural Capital and Educational Inequality: A Counterfactual Analysis

Sociological Science
2018 | Journal article
DOI: 10.15195/v5.a33
Part of ISSN: 2330-6696
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Interpreting and understanding logits, probits, and other nonlinear probability models

Annual Review of Sociology
2018 | Book
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-073117-041429
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2-s2.0-85050879078
Contributors: Breen, R.; Karlson, K.B.; Holm, A.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

The risky business of educational choice in the meritocratic society

The Danish Welfare State: A Sociological Investigation
2016 | Book
Part of DOI: 10.1057/9781137527318
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2-s2.0-84978354876
Contributors: Karlson, K.B.; Holm, A.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Another Look at the Method of Y-Standardization in Logit and Probit Models

Journal of Mathematical Sociology
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/0022250X.2014.897950
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2-s2.0-84921435547
Contributors: Karlson, K.B.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Expectations on Track? High School Tracking and Adolescent Educational Expectations

Social Forces
2015-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/sf/sov006
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Kristian Bernt Karlson
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Comparing linear probability model coefficients across groups

Quality and Quantity
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11135-014-0057-0
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2-s2.0-84939261530
Contributors: Holm, A.; Ejrnæs, M.; Karlson, K.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Correlations and Nonlinear Probability Models

Sociological Methods and Research
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0049124114544224
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2-s2.0-84908667737
Contributors: Breen, R.; Holm, A.; Karlson, K.B.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Education and social mobility: New analytical approaches

European Sociological Review
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1093/esr/jct025
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2-s2.0-84894275274
Contributors: Breen, R.; Karlson, K.B.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Parental incarceration and child mortality in Denmark

American Journal of Public Health
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2013.301590
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2-s2.0-84894075313
Contributors: Wildeman, C.; Andersen, S.H.; Lee, H.; Karlson, K.B.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Præferencer for reproduktion? En analyse af den sociale stratificering af danske unges uddannelsesforventninger i henholdsvis 1968 og 2011

Dansk Sociologi
2014-10 | Journal article
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Incomplete equalization: The effect of tracking in secondary education on educational inequality

Social Science Research
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2013.06.001
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2-s2.0-84880672034
Contributors: Holm, A.; Jæger, M.M.; Karlson, K.B.; Reimer, D.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Summarizing primary and secondary effects

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
2013 | Book
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2013.01.001
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2-s2.0-84881514365
Contributors: Karlson, K.B.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Total, Direct, and Indirect Effects in Logit and Probit Models

Sociological Methods and Research
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0049124113494572
EID:

2-s2.0-84883024693
Contributors: Breen, R.; Karlson, K.B.; Holm, A.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Using mediation analysis to identify causal mechanisms in disease management interventions

Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology
2013 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s10742-013-0106-5
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2-s2.0-84890130260
Contributors: Linden, A.; Karlson, K.B.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Counterfactual Causal Analysis and Nonlinear Probability Models

Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research
2013-05 | Book chapter
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Comparing Regression Coefficients Between Same-sample Nested Models Using Logit and Probit: A New Method

Sociological Methodology
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1177/0081175012444861
EID:

2-s2.0-84993708256
Contributors: Karlson, K.B.; Holm, A.; Breen, R.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Comparing coefficients of nested nonlinear probability models

Stata Journal
2011 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-80053983882
Contributors: Kohler, U.; Karlson, K.B.; Holm, A.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Decomposing primary and secondary effects: A new decomposition method

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
2011 | Book
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2010.12.005
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2-s2.0-79955972015
Contributors: Karlson, K.B.; Holm, A.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

Kassen, kulturen og kontakterne: Økonomisk, kulturel og social kapital i to generationer

Dansk Sociologi
2011 | Journal article
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Kulturen i kassen: Sammenhængen mellem socialklasse og tv-forbrug i Danmark

Praktiske Grunde
2011 | Journal article
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Kristian Bernt Karlson

Multiple paths in educational transitions: A multinomial transition model with unobserved heterogeneity

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
2011 | Book
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.02.001
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2-s2.0-80052879491
Contributors: Karlson, K.B.
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Kristian Bernt Karlson via Scopus - Elsevier

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