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mlandersen.bsky.social
PhD fellow at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. Researching parenthood and inequalities in mental health using population-based registries. Also fan of long-distance trail running🌲|| Interests: public/labour/gender econ & social policy
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Interested in the link between social media and mental health? Come work at NIPH (Oslo, Norway) as a PhD student! It’s a paid PhD position, you’ll have access to really good data, and a very nice work environment. #SocSky #EpiSky #PublicHealth 🧪

🧪 How are risk factors like parental mental illness and low education distributed across families? This cool new paper explores how couples resemble each other — both before and (even more so) after meeting. A highly recommended read for those interested in intergenerational mobility + genetics.

New preprint 📈📉 🧠👶🏻 We explored the link between parenthood and mental health in over 2M Norwegians using primary health care records. We found that parents generally experienced fewer mental disorders, even after accounting for factors like education and marital status. 🔗 doi.org/10.1101/2024...

Hello all Oslo-people: Next Wednesday (20th of Nov), my colleagues and I will be at Kulturhuset and present research findings about social differences and mental health. The event is open to all (but will be in Norwegian): www.fhi.no/om/kurs-og-k...

Recently accepted to #REStud, ``The Child Penalty Atlas" quantifies the unequal effects of parenthood on men and women’s employment in 134 countries. From Henrik Kleven, Camille Landais & Gabriel Leite Mariante: www.restud.com/the-child-pe... #Fertility, #Childcare, #Children, #Youth

Some articles from @reveconstudies.bsky.social are more relevant than ever before: "In all countries, respondents greatly overestimate the total number of immigrants, think immigrants are culturally and religiously more distant from them, and economically weaker" academic.oup.com/restud/artic...

Many Stata users will be familiar with the -motivate- command. Only today did I learn of the -motivatedolly- command.

Psykisk helse hos barn varierer sterkt etter foreldrenes inntekt og utdanning. Hvorfor er det sånn? I fire år har vi forsket på sosial ulikhet, psykisk helse og genetikk. Kom på Kulturhuset onsdag 20. november kl. 9, så får du høre hva vi har funnet ut! www.fhi.no/om/kurs-og-k...