Family lore about the German occupation of Denmark 1940-1945
Today marks the 85th anniversary of Nazi Germany's invasion and occupation of Denmark (9th April 1940-5th May 1945). Denmark wasn't originally a member of the allied forces, but was a…
Are babies in Denmark becoming relatively more Danish?
Over on Twitter we have this claim by Marko Jukic about the speed of the Danish population replacement is getting a lot of attention: It sounds unlikely given that migration…
Migrant crime in Germany, redux
This new study is making the rounds, also in the English speaking world (e.g. Reuters): Higher proportion of migrants does not mean more crime, German institute says BERLIN, Feb 18…
The myth of Danish Social Democrats being hard on immigration
One can find quite a number of news articles like this one in Politico from 2024: Or this one in Foreign Policy from 2021: Or this one in The Irish…
How much time should children be forced to spend in school?
Timothy Bates tweets a 2010 meta-analysis showing that students who attend more classes also attain higher grades: These results suggest that attending more classes causes students to learn more and…
Immigration economics for economist dummies
Some time ago, I published a 50 minutes long video walkthrough of some research on economics effects of immigration for Nordic countries. Since some people don't really watch videos, I…
New paper out: Country of Origin IQ and Muslim Percentage Predict Grade Point Average in School among 116 Immigrant Groups in Denmark
Kirkegaard, E. O. W., & Fedorov, J. (2021). Country of Origin IQ and Muslim Percentage Predict Grade Point Average in School among 116 Immigrant Groups in Denmark. Mankind Quarterly, 61(3).…
Danish study of freedom of speech and Muslim immigrants
Since a lot of foreigners are talking about this one and I am in a position to read the Danish language, it seems worthwhile to recap it here. The Danish…
Why tracking COVID-19 hospitalization data makes sense
Every day, I post the updated Danish COVID-19 hospitalization data on Twitter and Facebook The latest version is always available at https://rpubs.com/EmilOWK/COVID19_Denmark. The raw data are here. The figures for…
Danish national IQ
Best estimate of Danish-Scandinavian IQ based on recent, large samples is ~103 relative to UK norms. What is the Danish national IQ? If we look at Lynn and Vanhanen 2012,…