Peter Fallesen

Peter Fallesen

Research Professor

MSc in Sociology, PhD, Reader

pf@rff.dk

+45 61 33 31 84

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Research areas

 

Criminality, children in care, child welfare, family demography.

Publications

 

 

Cuzulan, B., Schultz-Nielsen, M.L. & Fallesen, P. (Accepted). “The Demographic and Socioeconomic Consequences of Restricting Access to Marriage for Young Migrants in Denmark.” Demography.
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Wildeman, C., Roehrkasse, A., Gibbons, A., Sernaker, S., Becker, L. & Fallesen, P. (Accepted). “Child Welfare System Contact in the Global North: Trends from 44 Countries.” Demography.

Parolin, Z., Pintro-Schmitt, R., Esping-Andersen, G. & Fallesen, P. (2024). “Intergenerational persistence of poverty in five high-income countries.” Nature Human Behavior.

Blaabæk, E.A., Vigild, D.J., Elwert, F., Fallesen, P. & Andersen, L.H. (2024). ”Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Criminal Charges and Convictions in Mid and Late Adolescence.” JAMA Pediatrics.

Cozzani, M., Eremenko, T., Fallesen, P., Goisis, A., Salazar, L. & Seiz, M. (2024). “Educational gradients in the prevalence of MAR births in comparative perspective.” Fertility & Sterility.

Fallesen, P., Andersen, L. H. & Elwert, F. (2024). “Heterogenous Causal Effects in Family Research: Exploring Potentials and Pitfalls using the Fatherhood Premium in Denmark as an Example.” Journal of Marriage and Family, 86, (5), 1519-1540.

Fallesen, P. & Østdal, J.R. (2024). “Ulighed i pensioner i Danmark på tværs af køn.” Samfundsøkonomen, 2024, (3).

​Blaabæk, E.A, Andersen, L.H. & Fallesen, P. (2024). “From Unequal Injuries to Unequal Learning?: Socioeconomic gradients in childhood concussions and the impact on children’s academic performance.” Social Science & Medicine, 341, 116524

Lok, V, Sjöqvist, H., Sidorchuk, A., Flodin, P., Osika, W., Daly, M., Hyland, P., Andersen, L.H., Fallesen, P., Cabrera, M.C., Knudsen, A.S.K, Wetherall, K, Widnall, E., Pieh, C., Groarke, J.M., Armour, C., Dalman, C., Hollander, A-C. & Niemi, M. (2023). “Changes in anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic in the European population: A meta-analysis of changes and associations with restriction policies.” European Psychiatry.

Fallesen, P. (2023). “Criminal Justice Involvement, Transition to Fatherhood, and the Demographic Foundation of the Intergenerational Transmission of Crime.” Acta Sociologica.

Christensen, M.L., Jonassen, A.B., & Fallesen, P. (2023). “Income Developments in the Great Recession: Status for the Danish Prime-age Working Population a Decade Following the Onset of the Financial Crisis.” Journal of Economic Inequality.

Fallesen, P. (2023). “The association between type of conception through medically assisted reproduction and childhood cognition: A Danish population-wide cohort study.” European Journal of Public Health.

Fallesen, P. & Cozzani, M. (2023). “Partial Fertility Recuperation in Spain Two Years After the Onset of the COVID-9 Pandemic.” Demographic Research.

Parolin, Z., Schmitt, R., Esping-Andersen, G., & Fallesen, P. (2023). “The Intergenerational Persistence of Poverty in High-Income Countries.” IZA Discussion Paper.

Roehrkasse, A., Becker, L., Wildeman, C. & Fallesen, P. (2023). “Introducing a New Data Resource for Comparative Child Welfare Research: The Rockwool-Duke Global Child Welfare Database.” Children and Youth Services Review.

​Fallesen, P., Oberndorfer, M. & Cozzani, M. (2023). “Changes in Conception Rates, Not in Pregnancy-Related Behavior, Likely Caused Decline in Pre-Term Births During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Hjalmarsson, S., Fallesen, P. & Plenty, S. (2023). “Not Next to You: Peer Rejection, Student Characteristics and the Moderating Effects of Classroom Composition.” Journal of Youth and Adolescence.

Cardona, M., Andersen, L. H., Fallesen, P. & Bruckner, T. (2023). “Stress/Depression Across the Covid-19 Pandemic in Denmark.” BMC Public Health, 23, 169.”

Cozzani, M, Fallesen, P., Passaretta, G., Härkönen, J. & Bernardi, F. (2023). “The Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Fertility and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from Spanish Birth Registers.” Population Development and Review.

Fallesen, P., Passaretta, G., & Jensen, S. S. (2023). Union Dissolution and Children’s Educational Achievement: Decomposing Effects of School and Non-School Environments. ROCKWOOL Foundation.

Holm, M. L., Fallesen, P., & Heinesen, E. (2023). Parental Separation and Children’s Test Scores. ROCKWOOL Foundation.

Christensen, M. L., Jonassen, A. B., & Fallesen, P. (2022). Income Developments in the Great Recession: Status for the Danish Prime-age Working Population a Decade Following the Onset of the Financial Crisis. ROCKWOOL Foundation.

Fallesen, P., Dommermuth, L., Hellstrand, J., Simonsen, E., Loft, L. T. G., & Mortensen, L. H. (2022). Research note: comparing ideal family size with observed and forecasted completed cohort fertility in Denmark and Norway. SocArXiv.

Nitsche, N., Jasilioniene, A., Nisén, J., Li, P., Kniffka, M. S., Schöley, J., et al. (2022). Pandemic Babies?: Fertility in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave Across European Regions. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

Simonsen, E. A., & Fallesen, P. (2022). What a Difference a Definition Makes: Mismatches in Partner Markets Across Three Decades in Denmark. ROCKWOOL Foundation.

Wood, J., Marynissen, L., Nisén, J., Fallesen, P.,  Neels, K., Trimarchi, A., Dommermuth, L., van Gaalen, R., Kolk, M. & Martikainen, P. (2021). “Regional Variation in Women’s Education-Fertility Nexus in Northern and Western Europe.MPIDR Working paper 2021-021.

Hellstrand, J., Nisén, J., Miranda, V., Fallesen, P., Dommermuth, L., & Myrskylä, M. (2021). “Not only later, but also fewer: Novel trends in cohort fertility in the Nordic countries.” Demography. DOI: ​10.1215/00703370-9373618.

Fallesen, P. (2021). “Institutional Persistence: Involvements with Child Protective Services, the Criminal Justice System, and Mental Health Services across Childhood, Adolescence, and Early Adulthood in Denmark.The British Journal of Social Work. DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcab090.

Andersen, L. H., Fallesen, P. & Bruckner, T. A. (2021). “Risk of Stress/Depression and Functional Impairment in Denmark Immediately Following a COVID-19 Shutdown.BMC Public Health, 21(984), 1-11. DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11020-3.

Fallesen, P. (2021). “Decline in rate of divorce and separation filings in Denmark in 2020 compared to previous years.“. Socius, 7, 1-11. DOI: 10.1177/23780231211009991.

Landersø, R. & Fallesen, P. (2021). “Psychiatric Hospital Admission and Later Mental Health, Crime, and Labor Market Outcomes.Health Economics, 30(1), 165-179. DOI: 10.1002/hec.4186.

Comolli, C., Neyer, G., Andersson, G., Dommermuth, L., Fallesen, P., Jalovaara, M., Jónsson, A., Kolk, M. & Lappegård, T. (2021). “Beyond the Economic Gaze: Childbearing during and after recessions in the Nordic countries​.” European Journal of Population , 37, 473–520. DOI: 10.1007/s10680-020-09570-0..

Thielemans, G., Fallesen, P. & Mortelmans, D. (2021). “Division of Household Labor and Relationship Dissolution in Denmark 2001-2009.Journal of Family Issues, 42(7), 1582–1606.

Fallesen, P. (2021). “Who Reacts to Less Restrictive Divorce Laws?” Journal of Marriage and Family,  83(2), 608-61.

​Johansen, S. N. V., Fallesen, P., Berger, L. M. & Schultz-Nielsen, M. L. (2020) “Household Economic Exclusion among Danish Children: Evaluating Independent and Joint Household Risk of Income Poverty and Parental Labor Market Exclusion over the Course of Childhood.” Social Services Review, 94(4), 781-814.

Fallesen, P. & Campos, B. (2020). “The Effect of Concussion on Salary and Employment – A Population-Based Event Time Study using a Quasi-Experimental Design.BMJ Open, 10(10), e038161.

Fallesen, P. & Gähler, M. (2020) “Family Type and Parents’ Time with Children: Longitudinal Evidence for Denmark.Acta Sociologica, 63(4),  361-380.

Fallesen, P. & Heinesen, E. (2020). “Introduktion til temaet børn og forældre.” In Andersen, S. H., Jensen, B., Nielsen, B. W. & Skaksen, J. R.: Hvad ved vi om børn og deres opvækstvilkår. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.

Fallesen, P. & Landersø, R. (2020) “Introduktion til temaet økonomisk ulighed i barndommen.” In Andersen, S. H., Jensen, B., Nielsen, B. W. & Skaksen, J. R.: Hvad ved vi om børn og deres opvækstvilkår. Copenhagen: Gyldendal.

Hellstrand, J., Nisén, J., Miranda, V., Fallesen, P., Dommermuth, L., & Myrskylä, M. (2020). Not only later, but also fewer: Novel trends in cohort fertility in the Nordic countries. ROCKWOOL Foundation Study Paper n0. 153.

Fallesen, P. & Gähler, M. (2020). “Post-Divorce Dual-Household Living Arrangements and Adolescent Wellbeing.” Chapter 16 in D. Mortelmans (Ed.) Divorce in Europe: New insights in trends, causes and consequences of relation break-ups. Berlin, DE: Springer.

Jalovaara, M., Neyer, G., Andersson, G., Dahlberg, J., Dommermuth, L., Fallesen, P. & Lappegård​, T. (2019). “Education, Gender, and Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries.” European Journal of Population, 35(3), 563-586.

Keilow, M., Holm, A., & Fallesen, P. (2018). “The Effects of Medical Treatment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on Children’s Educational Achievement.” PLoS One, 13(11), e0207905.

Fallesen, P., Geerdsen, L. P., Imai, S., & Tranæs, T. (2018). “The Effect of Workfare on Crime: Incapacitation and Program Effects.” Labour Economics, 52, 263-286.

Fallesen, P. & Bernardi, F. (2018). Parental Welfare Dependency and Children’s Educational Attainment in Denmark. ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit Study Paper.

Fallesen, P. & Andersen, SH. (2017). “Opfølgende evaluering af indsatser rettet mod udsatte unge mødres beskæftigelse og  uddannelsesaktivitet i fire danske kommuner.” ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit Study Paper.

Jalovaara, M., Neyer, G., Andersson, G., Dahlberg, J., Dommermuth, L., Fallesen, P. & Lappegård, T. (2017). Education, Gender, and Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography.

Wildeman, C. & Fallesen, P. (2017). “The Effect of Lowering Welfare Payment Ceilings on Children’s Risk of Out-of-Home Placement.” Children and Youth Services Review.

Fallesen, P. & Andersen, L.H. (2017). ”Explaining the Consequences of Imprisonment for Union Formation and Dissolution in Denmark.” Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. DOI: 10.1002/pam.21933

Fallesen, P. & Breen, R. (2016). “Temporary Life Changes and the Timing of Divorce.” Demography. 53(5), 1377-1398

Fallesen, P. (2016). “Downward Spiral: The Impact of Out-of-Home Placement on Paternal Welfare Dependency.” Children and Youth Services Review. 66, 45-55.

Andersen, S. H., & Fallesen, P. (2015). “Family Matters? The Effect of Kinship Care on Foster Care Disruption Risk” Child Abuse and Neglect. 48, 68-79.

The Effects of Medical Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on Children’s Academic Achievement” med Maria Keilow og Anders Holm, ROCKWOOL Fondens Forskningsenhed, Study Paper nr. 82, 2015.

Time and Placement: Five Empirical Essays on Foster Care. Ph.d.-afhandling. København: Københavns Universitet, 2015

“The Effect of Medical Treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on Foster Care Caseloads: Evidence from Danish Registry Data.” With Christopher Wildeman, in Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Accepted.

“The Effect of Workfare on Crime: Incapacitation and Program Effects. IZA Discussion Paper No. 8716” with Lars Pico Geerdsen, Susumu Imai and Torben Tranæs, 2014.

“The Cumulative Risks of Foster Care Placement for Danish Children “, med Natalia Emanuel og Christopher Wildeman, i PLOS ONE, 2014, 10 (9): e109207.

“Identifying Divergent Foster Care Careers for Danish Children “, i Child Abuse & Neglect. 38 (11):1860-1871.

“Time well spent: The duration of foster care and early adult labor market, educational, and health outcomes “, i Journal of Adolescence, 2013, 36 (6):1003-1011.

”The effect of foster care duration on later life outcomes.” Teknisk Note. 2013.

Når man anbringer et barn II – Årsager, effekter af anbringelsesforanstaltninger og konsekvenser” med Signe Hald Andersen og med bidrag af Mette Ejrnæs, Natalia Emanuel, Astrid Estrup Enemark, Bjarne Madsen og Christopher Wildeman. ROCKWOOL Fondens Forskningsenhed og Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2013.

The Effect of Workfare on Crime: Youth Diligence and Law Obedience” med Lars Pico Geerdsen, Susumu Imai and Torben Tranæs. ROCKWOOL Foundation Research Unit og University Press of Southern Denmark, Study Paper Nr. 41, 2012.

“Giorgio Agamben – væren, biopolitik og liv på tærsklen”. I Michael Hviid Jacobsen & Anders Petersen (red.), Samfundsteori & Samtidsdiagnose – en introduktion til sytten nyere samfundstænkere. Forlaget Unge Pædagoger, 2012.

“The impact of incentives and interview methods on response quantity and quality in diary- and booklet-based surveys”, med Jens Bonke, i Survey Research Methods, 2010, 4, (2):91-101

“A question of class: On the heterogeneous relationship between background characteristics and a child’s placement risk”, med Signe Hald Andersen, i Child and Youth Services Review, 2010, 32 (6):783-789

“Risikofaktorer og sociale skel”, med Signe Hald Andersen. Kapitel 5 i Signe Hald Andersen (red.), Når man anbringer et barn: Årsager, stabilitet i anbringelsen og det videre liv. Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2010

“Efter anbringelsen”, med Signe Hald Andersen. Kapitel 7 i Signe Hald Andersen (red.), Når man anbringer et barn: Årsager, stabilitet i anbringelsen og det videre liv. Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2010

Peter Fallesen og Rasmus Landersø: “Uddannelse – et af flere redskaber” i Socialpolitik 2009,5:11-15