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Martin D. Munk

Researcher at Aalborg University

Publications -  88
Citations -  611

Martin D. Munk is an academic researcher from Aalborg University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Social mobility & Earnings. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 88 publications receiving 556 citations. Previous affiliations of Martin D. Munk include Aalborg University – Copenhagen & Institute for the Study of Labor.

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A Very Economic Elite - The Case of the Danish Top CEOs

TL;DR: Although the business elites in western societies have a very privileged social background in common, there are substantial differences in the reproduction mechanisms and social trajectories lead to substantial differences between them.
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Difficulties in avoiding exposure to allergens in cosmetics

TL;DR: Patients allergic to formaldehyde and methyldibromo glutaronitrile experienced the worst difficulties, while patients with fragrance allergy found ingredient label reading easier than patients with preservative allergy.
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Scholastic ability vs family background in educational success: evidence from Danish sample survey data

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of scholastic ability and family background variables in the determination of educational attainment in Denmark was examined by procedures that take account of the presence of unobservable factors.
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Transnational Investments in Informational Capital, A Comparative Study of Denmark, France, and Sweden

Martin D. Munk
- 01 Mar 2009 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the acquisition of informational capital, measured as student mobility and understood as transnational investments in prestigious foreign educational institutions, is analyzed, and it is shown that students from the upper and upper-middle social classes are more likely than students from other social classes to pursue transnational investment, even though students from middle and working classes have now entered the arena.
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The Educational Strategies of Danish University Students from Professional and Working-Class Backgrounds

TL;DR: In this paper, the educational strategies adopted by university students from different class backgrounds in a Scandinavian welfare regime were investigated through qualitative interviews with 60 students from six programs and they found that strategies are class-based, but Danish working-class students did not refer to their class cultural background or to a collective working class identity as either an asset or a challenge.