Working papers:
"Older Sisters and Younger Siblings: How is School Performance Affected by Sibling Gender?" Revise and resubmit, Economics of Education Review. [WP 2024]
"Ufrivillig og frivillig barnløse: Resultater fra en spørreundersøkelse". ("Childless by choice or circumstance? Results from a Norwegian survey.") Revise and resubmit, Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning. [WP 2024]
"Economic resources and fertility cycles: The changing role of partners' income in Norway, 1995--2020". With Anna Baranowska-Rataj, Rannveig K. Hart and Marte Strøm. Submitted to Demography. [WP 2025]
"Flerkullsfedre og det økende kjønnsgapet i barnløshet". ("Multi-partner fertility and the increasing gender gap in childlessness".) With Bernt Bratsberg and Ole Røgeberg. Submitted to Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning. [WP 2025]
Scientific publications:
Evensen, Miriam; Cools, Sara & Hermansen, Are Skeie (2024). Adolescent Health Inequality Across Immigrant Generations. Journal of Adolescent Health. 75(5), p. 792–800. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.05.017. Full text in Research Archive
Bergsvik, Janna; Cools, Sara & Hart, Rannveig Kaldager (2023). Explaining Residential Clustering of Large Families. European Journal of Population. 39. doi: 10.1007/s10680-023-09655-6. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara; Finseraas, Henning & Røgeberg, Ole (2021). Local Immigration and Support for Anti-Immigration Parties: A Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Political Science (AJPS). 65(4), p. 988–1006. doi: 10.1111/ajps.12613. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara; Finseraas, Henning & Rasmussen, Magnus Bergli (2020). The Immigrant-Native Gap in Union Membership: A Question of Time, Sorting, or Culture? Labour. doi: 10.1111/labr.12186. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara; Flatø, Martin & Kotsadam, Andreas (2020). Rainfall shocks and intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Peace Research. 57(3), p. 377–390. doi: 10.1177/0022343319880252.
Barth, Erling; Cools, Sara & Strøm, Marte (2019). Geographic variation in social mobility: Polarization, migration and mothers' labour force participation. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS). 60(3), p. 300–308. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-291X-2019-03-08. Full text in Research Archive
Hart, Rannveig Kaldager & Cools, Sara (2019). Identifying interaction effects using random fertility shocks. Demographic Research. 40, p. 261–278. doi: 10.4054/DEMRES.2019.40.10. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara & Schøne, Pål (2019). Overgang fra utdanning til arbeid blant høyt utdannede etterkommere av innvandrere. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning (TfS). 60(2), p. 140–165. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-291X-2019-02-02. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara; Schøne, Pål & Strøm, Marte (2017). Forskyvninger i skolestart: Hvilken rolle spiller kjønn og sosial bakgrunn? Søkelys på arbeidslivet. 34(4), p. 273–289. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-7989-2017-04-03. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara; Markussen, Simen & Strøm, Marte (2017). Children and Careers: How Family Size Affects Parents’ Labor Market Outcomes in the Long Run. Demography. 54(5), p. 1773–1793. doi: 10.1007/s13524-017-0612-0. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara & Kotsadam, Andreas (2017). Resources and Intimate Partner Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Development. 95, p. 211–230. doi: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.02.027. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara & Hart, Rannveig Kaldager (2017). The Effect of Childhood Family Size on Fertility in Adulthood: New Evidence From IV Estimation. Demography. 54(1), p. 23–44. doi: 10.1007/s13524-016-0537-z. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara; Markussen, Simen & Strøm, Marte (2015). Menns og kvinners sykefravær: Hvilken rolle spiller antall barn? Søkelys på arbeidslivet. 32(4), p. 325–343. doi: 10.18261/issn.1504-7989-2017-04-03. Full text in Research Archive
Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon H. & Kirkebøen, Lars Johannessen (2015). Causal Effects of Paternity Leave on Children and Parents. The Scandinavian Journal of Economics. 117(3), p. 801–828. doi: 10.1111/sjoe.12113.
Cools, Sara & Strøm, Marte (2014). Parenthood wage penalties in a double income society. Review of Economics of the Household. 14, p. 391–416. doi: 10.1007/s11150-014-9244-y.