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Read more about the article Newest results in ‘deep roots’ in the Americas

Newest results in ‘deep roots’ in the Americas

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:29. September 2025
  • Post category:Economics/Education/Sociology

I am currently collecting reader questions from paid subscribers. Ask your questions here (or email me at emilowk@proton.me). While we wait for our upcoming Admixture in the Americas 2.0 (maybe…

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Read more about the article Indian IQ in the USA: GSS data

Indian IQ in the USA: GSS data

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:1. September 2025
  • Post category:Immigration/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Aaron has a new short piece on Indian IQ in the USA using the GSS. I decided to replicate this analysis with better methods. The GSS is somewhat of a…

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Read more about the article Understanding American right-wing Indian hate

Understanding American right-wing Indian hate

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. August 2025
  • Post category:Immigration/Political science/Social psychology

In the last few years, there has been a stark increase in anti-Indian posts. You can surely find your own examples on social media. Because of this, various right-leaning posters…

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Read more about the article Garett Jones finishes his trilogy

Garett Jones finishes his trilogy

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:25. July 2025
  • Post category:Book review/Economics/Immigration

In the last 10 years, economist Garett Jones has been writing a series of books, a trilogy to be exact: Jones says in the post-script: THIS IS THE FINAL BOOK…

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Lewis Terman on human diversity and intelligence in 1922

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:30. June 2025
  • Post category:Genetics / behavioral genetics/History/Immigration/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

I've been reading through some old papers and stumbled across an exchange between journalist Walter Lippmann and Lewis Terman in 1922 (original). Unfortunately, I wasn't fast enough to convert my…

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Read more about the article National IQ stereotypes are accurate too

National IQ stereotypes are accurate too

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:1. May 2025
  • Post category:Immigration/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability/Stereotypes

We just published a new article: Jensen, S., & Kirkegaard, E. (2025). Stereotypes of the Intelligence of Nations. Comparative Sociology, 24(2), 272-295. https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-bja10134 The authors surveyed a nationally representative sample…

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Read more about the article Race and crime in Japan

Race and crime in Japan

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:14. April 2025
  • Post category:Criminology/Immigration

(Guest post by anon.) Many are aware of disparities in crime rates among ethnic and racial groups in Western countries. But what patterns emerge in Japan, a country far from…

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Read more about the article Hutus and Tutsis and genetics

Hutus and Tutsis and genetics

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:25. March 2025
  • Post category:Genomics/History/Sociology

My book review of Michael Ryan's book briefly covered this topic but due to popular interest, here is a full post. Famously, there was a genocide in Rwanda in the…

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Read more about the article People did not used to marry early in the good old times

People did not used to marry early in the good old times

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:28. February 2025
  • Post category:Demographics/Sociology

If you look at a plot of age of first marriage and age of first birth (usually following marriage), you might get the idea that the 1960s cultural revolution, feminism…

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Read more about the article End stage global capitalism

End stage global capitalism

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:18. February 2025
  • Post category:Economics/Immigration/intelligence / IQ / cognitive ability

Let's define global capitalism as market economy combined with relatively free movement of labor (people) and capital. This is approximately world we live in. We have an unequal world to…

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