The Wittgenstein Centre at the EPC 2018

15 MAY 2018

European Population Conference is the largest European conference for population research. Under the theme "Population, diversity and inequality" over 900 participants will present and discuss around 500 papers and 250 posters.

Many demographers from the Wittgenstein Centre will present latest demographic research on the links between education and issues such as quality of life, health, fertility, and the ability to adapt to climate change, and be chairing sessions. Latest research and publications are also presented at our conference booth.

The conference will take place between 6-9 June 2018 in Brussels, Belgium and is organized by the European Association for Population Studies (EAPS) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

For more information to the conference please visit the official conference website.

Wittgenstein Centre contributions at the EPC

Thursday, 7 Jun 2018

Session: 1 Motherhood, Labor Market and Wages, 9 - 10.30AM

1: The Motherhood Wage Penalty: A Meta-Analysis • Ewa Cukrowska-Torzewska and Anna Matysiak

Session 7: Early-Life Conditions and Later Life Health Effects, 9 - 10:30AM

3: Intergenerational Social Mobility and Health across the Life Course: Does the Long Arm of Childhood Conditions Become Visible Only in Later Life? • Nadia Steiber and Bettina Schuck

Session 8: Employment, Education, and Fertility, 9 - 10.30AM

3: The Role of Education in Rapid Fertility Decline in Iran: A Cohort Perspective • Meimanat Hosseini-Chavoshi, Tomáš Sobotka, Mohammad Jalal Abbasi-Shavazi, Zuzanna Brzozowska and Kryštof Zeman

Session 11: Probabilistic Methods: Fertility, Mortality, and Migration, 9 - 10:30AM

2: Probabilistic Method for Combining Internal Migration Data • Guy Abel
4: A Bayesian Approach on Reconstructing Multistate Population and Education Specific Fertility Rates • Dilek Yildiz

Session 19: Individual Ageing 2, 11AM - 12:30PM

3: Long-Term Active Ageing Opportunities in Europe • Nicole Van der Gaag and Anne Goujon

Session 21: Mortality, Gender and Empowerment of Women, 11AM - 12:30PM

4: Gender Difference in Post-Neonatal Mortality By Type of Family in Rural South Asia • Moradhvaj and Nandita Saikia
5: Contribute of education to Infant and under-five mortality disparities among caste groups in India: Evidence from nationally representative surveys • Jayanta Bora

Session 22: Mortality Trends in High(er) Income Countries, 11AM - 12:30PM

5: Health Crisis or Tempo Effects? An Analysis of Decreasing Life Expectancy in Europe between 2014 and 2015 • Markus Sauerberg and Marc Luy

Session P1: Poster Session 1, 12:30 - 2PM

Twentieth Century Changes in Family Size in Latin America – Analyses through Cohort Fertility and Parity Progression • Everton E. C. Lima, Kryštof Zeman and Tomáš Sobotka
Successful Aging in Monasteries? a Qualitative Study on the Impact of Longer Working Life on Health and Quality of Life of Order Members in Austria • Desiree Krivanek

Session 31: Forced Migration: Family Transitions, Health and Vulnerability, 2 - 3:30PM

Chair: Isabella Buber-Ennser

Session 32: Innovative Data and Methods in Population and Development, 2 - 3:30PM

2: Spatial Projections of Age-Structured Populations • Erich Striessnig, Jing Gao, Brian O'Neill and Leiwen Jiang
4: Does Demography Change Wealth Inequality? • Miguel Sanchez-Romero, Stefan Wrzaczek, Alexia Prskawetz and Gustav Feichtinger
5: Education in Transition. the Reconstruction of Educational Attainment in the 20th Century (EDU20C-Project) • Markus Speringer, Sandra Jurasszovich, Ramon Bauer and Anne Goujon

Session 37: Union Dissolution, 2-3.3.PM

1: Cohabitation and Parental Separation: Microsimulations of Family Change in Italy, Great Britain, and Scandinavia • Elizabeth Thomson, Maria Winkler-Dworak and Eva Beaujouan

Session 38: Work, Retirement and Pension Schemes, 2 - 3:30PM

2: Educational Differentials in Longevity Expectations: Who Benefits More from Retirement • Arda Aktas
1: Redistributive Effects of Pension Schemes If Individuals Differ By Life Expectancy • Ronald D. Lee, Alexia Prskawetz and Miguel Sanchez-Romero

Session 40: Fertility Intentions and Realizations, 4-5.30PM

1: The Gap between Lifetime Fertility Intentions and Completed Fertility in Europe and the United States: A Cohort Approach • Eva Beaujouan and Caroline Berghammer
3: From Intention to Behavior: Having a Child and Transitions in Multiple Life Domains • Danilo Bolano and Maria Rita Testa

Session 43: Macro-Demographic Dynamics and New Datasets

Chair: Alexia Prskawetz

1: Implementing Dynamics of Immigration Integration in Labor Force Participation Projection in EU28 • Guillaume Marois, Patrick Sabourin, Alain P. Belanger and Elke Loichinger
3: Human Capital Dynamics Along the Urban-Rural Gradient in Europe. Findings from the Global Dataset on Population By Education, Age, Sex and Place of Residence • Sandra Jurasszovich, Anne Goujon and Dilek Yildiz

Session 47: Spatial Analysis of Mortality, 4 - 5:30PM

Chair: Marc Luy

Session 49: Work and Family Trajectories over the Lifecourse, 4 - 5:30PM

Chair: Anna Matysiak

Session 50: Data Sources for Demographic Research, 4 - 5:30PM

Chair: Tomáš Sobotka

Session P2: Poster Session 2 - Aperitivo, 5:30 - 6.30PM

Child Marriage, Teenage Pregnancy and Girl's Education: Evidence from Latin America and Lessons from the UK • Melissa Caldeira Brant de Souza Lima and Bilal Barakat

Friday, 8 Jun 2018

Session 53: Gender and Health, 9 - 10:30AM

4: The Croham Hypothesis and Its Relevance for Dissolving the "Gender and Health Paradox" • Marc Luy

Session 54: Human Capital in Mitigating and Adapting to Climate Change, 9 - 10:30AM

Chair: Erich Striessnig

1: The Relative Protective Effect of Parental Education and Household Wealth Under the Shadow of Drought: Evidence from Rural Ethiopia • Endale Kebede
3: Explaining the Link between Education and Green Behavior in the Philippines: The Role of Knowledge and Climate Change Perception • Raya Muttarak
4: The Role of Education in the Relationship between Population and CO2 Emissions • Marina Andrijevic

Session 61: Transition to Parenthood, 9 - 10:30AM

3: Preferences, Partners, and Parenthood: Linking Early Fertility Desires, Union Formation Timing, and Achieved Fertility • Sarah Hayford and Natalie Nitsche

Session 63: Child and Adolescent Health, 11AM - 12:30PM

3: Too Much Rain, Too Little Rain: Impacts of Climate Variability on Child and Adult Health in Sub-Saharan Africa • Anna Dimitrova and Raya Muttarak

Session 65: Fertility Trends and Prospects, 11AM - 12:30PM

3: The Low Fertility Future? Projections Based on Different Methods Suggest Long-Term Persistence of Low Fertility • Tomáš Sobotka, Kryštof Zeman and Stuart Gietel-Basten

Session 66: Gendered Division of Domestic and Care Work, 11AM - 12:30PM

4: Fertility Intentions and Their Realization in Couples: Does the Division of Household Chores Matter? • Bernhard Riederer, Isabella Buber-Ennser and Zuzanna Brzozowska

Session 68: Internal Migration and Family Dynamics, 11AM - 12.30PM

2: Cross National Comparisons of Internal Migration Flows By Marital Status and Gender • Guy Abel and Nayoung Heo

Session 74: Invited Population Europe Panel Session: The Future of Demography or: How to Promote an "Interdiscipline", 11AM - 12:30PM

Panelists: Pearl Dykstra, Wolfgang Lutz, Emilio Zagheni, Livia Oláh, Jane Falkingham, Agnieszka Chłoń-Domińczak

Session P3: Poster Session 3, 12:30 - 2PM

Exploring the Fertility Trend in Egypt • Anne Goujon and Zakarya Al Zalak
Quantifying the Evidence on Environmental Migration: A Meta-Analysis on Country-Level Studies • Roman Hoffmann, Anna Dimitrova, Raya Muttarak, Fabian Stephany, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma
Surveying Refugee Populations in a Longitudinal Perspective: Insights from Austria • Judith Kohlenberger, Isabella Buber-Ennser and Bernhard Rengs

Session 80: Health Dynamics, 2 - 3:30PM

5: Living Too Long or Dying Too Soon? • Vegard Skirbekk, Catherine Bowen, Anastasia Emelyanova, Elena Golubeva, Solveig Christiansen and Marcin Stonawski

Session 81: Intergenerational Relations, 2 - 3:30PM