Department of Sociology
Stockholm University
Stockholm, Sweden
kieron.barclay@sociology.su.se
Education
Ph.D.
M.Sc.
Diploma
B.Sc.
Experience
2015/01
2016/08 2016/12
2015/09
2015/01
2013/09 2014/06
2012/09 2012/10
Publications
Peer-reviewed Articles
15. Goisis, A., Remes, H., Barclay, K. J., Martikainen, P. and Myrskyl, M. Advanced Maternal Age Is Not
An Independent Risk Factor for Low Birth Weight and Preterm Delivery: A Within-family Analysis
Using Finnish Population Registers. Conditionally Accepted at American Journal of Epidemiology.
14. Barclay, K. J. and Kolk, M. The Long-term Cognitive and Socioeconomic Consequences of Birth Intervals: A Within-family Sibling Comparison using Swedish Register Data. Accepted at Demography.
Kieron Barclay
13. Baranowska-Rataj, A., Barclay, K. J. and Kolk, M. The Effect of Number of Siblings on Adult Mortality: Evidence from Swedish Registers. Accepted at Population Studies.
12. Barclay, K. J., Myrskyl, M., Tynelius, P., Berglind, D. and Rasmussen, F. (2016) Birth Order and
Hospitalization for Alcohol and Narcotics Use in Sweden. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
11. Barclay, K. J., Keenan, K., Grundy, E., Kolk, M. and Myrskyl, M. (2016). Reproductive History and
Post-reproductive Mortality: A Sibling Comparison Analysis Using Swedish Register Data. Social
Science & Medicine, 155, 82-92.
10. Barclay, K. J. and Myrskyl, M. (2016). Maternal Age and Offspring Health and Health Behaviours
in Late Adolescence in Sweden. SSM Population Health, 2, 68-76.
9. Barclay, K. J. and Myrskyl, M. (2016). Advanced Maternal Age and Offspring Outcomes: Reproductive Aging and Counterbalancing Period Trends. Population and Development Review, 42(1), 69-94.
8. Barclay, K. J. and Kolk, M. (2015). Birth Order and Mortality: A Population-based Cohort Study.
Demography, 52(2), 613-639.
7. Barclay, K. J. (2015). A Within-Family Analysis of Birth Order and Intelligence Using Population
Conscription Data on Swedish Men. Intelligence, 49, 134-143.
6. Barclay, K. J. (2015). Birth Order and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Fully Adopted Sibling
Groups. Intelligence, 48, 109-122.
5. Barclay, K. J. and Myrskyl, M. (2014). Birth Order and Physical Fitness in Early Adulthood: Evidence from Swedish Military Conscription Data. Social Science & Medicine, 123, 141-148.
4. Barclay, K. J. and Scott, K. (2014). Workplace Sex Composition and Ischaemic Heart Disease: A
Longitudinal Analysis using Swedish Register Data. Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, 42, 525533.
3. Barclay, K. J. (2013). Sex Ratios at Sexual Maturity and Longevity: Evidence from Swedish Register
Data. Demographic Research, 29(31), 837-864.
2. Barclay, K. J., Edling, C. and Rydgren, J. (2013). Peer Clustering of Exercise and Eating Behaviours
among Young Adults in Sweden: A Cross-sectional Study of Egocentric Network Data. BMC Public
Health, 13:784.
1. Barclay, K. J. (2013). Sex Composition of the Workplace and Mortality Risk. Journal of Biosocial Science,
45(6), 807-821.
Notes and Commentary
1. Barclay, K. J. and Myrskyl, M. (2016). Linear Effects of Maternal Age and Period Trends Cannot
Be Distinguished Reply from Barclay and Myrskyl. Population and Development Review, 42(3).
Doctoral Dissertation
Barclay, K. J. (2014). The Long-term Impact of Birth Order on Health and Educational Attainment.
Department of Sociology, Stockholm University.
Working Papers
3. Barclay, K. J., Hllsten, M. and Myrskyl, M. (2016). Birth Order and College Major in Sweden.
MPIDR Working Paper, 2016-008.
2. Barclay, K. J. (2015). The Birth Order Paradox: Sibling Differences in Educational Attainment. Available at SSRN, Abstract: 2583855.
1. Barclay, K. J. and Kolk, M. (2015). Parity and Mortality: Evidence from Biological and Adoptive
Parents. Stockholm Research Reports in Demography, 2015:1.
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Submitted Articles
Barclay, K. J. and Kolk, M. "Parity and Mortality: Evidence from Biological and Adoptive Parents".
Revise and resubmit at Population Studies.
Barclay, K. J., Hllsten, M. and Myrskyl, M. "Birth Order and College Major in Sweden". Under
review.
Grtz, M., Barclay, K. J., Wiborg, , Lyngstad, T. H., Karhula, A., Erola, J., Prg, P., Laidley, T. M.
and Conley, D. "Comparing Sibling Similarity in Education Within and Between Countries". Under
review.
Teaching Experience
Stockholm University
Kieron Barclay
Presentations
Invited Talks
Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, USA, October 2016
Department of Sociology, University of Western Ontario, Canada, April 2016
Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton, UK, November 2015
Stockholm University Demography Unit, Stockholm University, Sweden, October 2015
Centre for Economic Demography, Lund University, Sweden, October 2015
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany, September 2015
Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK, March 2014
Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Sweden, February 2013
Department of Sociology, University of Konstanz, Germany, January 2013
Conference Presentations
Fertility Postponement Could Reduce Child Mortality: Evidence from 228 Demographic and
Health Surveys Covering 77 Developing Countries
Population Association of American Conference, Washington DC, USA, April 2016 ( poster)
Sibling Constellation of the Family of Origin and Divorce Risk in Adulthood
Kieron Barclay
The Effect of Number of Siblings on Adult Mortality: Evidence from Swedish Registers
Population Association of American Conference, San Diego, USA, May 2015 ( poster)
Sibling Set Order and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Fully Adopted Sibling Groups
IUSSP International Population Conference, Busan, South Korea, August 2013 ( poster)
Population Association of American Conference, New Orleans, USA, April 2013 ( poster)
Do Biased Sex Ratios Affect Violent Crime? A Longitudinal Analysis using Swedish Register
Data
Population Association of American Conference, San Francisco, USA, May 2012 ( poster)
Nordic Sociological Association Conference, University of Oslo, Norway, August 2011
Conference in Economic Demography, Lund University, Mlle, Sweden, May 2011
Adult Sex Ratios and Sex-selective Abortion in China
Professional Service
Conference and Seminar Organization
Stockholm University: Working Paper Seminar Series for PhD Students. (Spring 2012 Summer 2013) The Sociology Department, the Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI),
the Centre for Health Equity Studies (CHESS), the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and
Drugs (SoRAD), and the Stockholm University Demography Unit (SUDA). Responsibility: Joint
Chief Organizer.
Kieron Barclay
European Population Conference (EPC) (2012). Official Bi-annual Conference of the European
Association for Population Studies (EAPS). Responsibility: Member of the Local Organizing
Committee.
The 16th Annual Aage Srensen Memorial Conference (2012). Conference Participants: PhD
students from Harvard University, Columbia University, the University of Oxford, and Stockholm University. Responsibility: Joint Chief Organizer.
Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI): Half-time (Halvtidsseminarium) Discussant for Doctoral Thesis of Roujman Shahbazian. November 2015.
Vetenskapsrdet (Swedish Research Council): Witness to Committee Evaluating the Swedish Microdata Online Access (MONA) System. September 2014.
Stockholm University: Environmental Committee, Department of Sociology, January 2012 - June
2013.
Occasional Reviewer (recurring assignments*): American Journal of Sociology*, BMC Public Health,
Demography*, European Journal of Population, European Journal of Public Health, Genus, Global Health
Action, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Epidemiology, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Population Research and Policy Review,
Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Scandinavian Journal of
Public Health, Scientific Reports, Social Science & Medicine*, The Lancet Global Health.
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Professional Affiliations
European Association for Population Studies (EAPS)
International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
Population Association of America (PAA)
Research Interests
Family Sociology, Social Demography, Social Epidemiology, Social Networks, Causal Inference, Instrumental Variables, Quantitative Methods