The Wittgenstein Centre at the PAA 2018

The Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (PAA) provides a forum for demographers, sociologists, economists, public health professionals, and other individuals interested in research and education in the field of population. In 2018 the conference is taking place between 26-28 April in Denver, USA. Researchers from IIASA's World Population Program will present and discuss new research in presentations and poster sessions at this important event.

For detailed information to the PAA 2018 please visit the event website.

Wittgenstein Centre contributions at the PAA

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Poster Session P1: Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Health 1, 8:00 AM-9:30 AM

• P1-47: Couples' Educational Pairings, the Selection Into Parenthood, and Higher Order Birth Progressions • Natalie Nitsche, Alessandra Trimarchi, Marika Jalovaara
• P1-57: Didn't Plan One but Got One: Mistimed and Unintended Births Among Men and Women in Six European Countries • Zuzanna Brzozowska, Isabella Buber-Ennser, Michaela Potancokova, Bernhard Riederer

Session 8: Families, Social Media, and Technology, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

• 8-4: "Mater Certa Est, Pater Numquam": What can Facebook Advertising Data Tell Us About Male Fertility Rates? • Francesco Rampazzo, Francesco C. Billari, Emilio Zagheni, Maria Rita Testa, Ingmar Weber

Session 9: Fertility Transition in Developing Countries, 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

• 9-3: Twentieth Century Changes in Family Size in Latin America: Analyses Through Cohort Fertility and Parity Progression • Everton E. C. Campos de Lima, Kryštof Zeman, Tomas Sobotka

Session 15: International Migration, 8:30 AM

• 15-1: Asian International Migration Flows • Guy Abel, James Raymer  

Poster Session P3: Population, Development and Environment; Data and Methods, 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

• P3-14: Too Much Rain, Too Little Rain: Impacts of Climate Variability on Child and Adult Health in Sub-Saharan Africa • Anna Dimitrova, Raya Muttarak
• P3-43: Following the Peers: The Role of Social Networks for Health Care Utilization in the Philippines • Roman Hoffmann
• P3-44: Quantifying the Evidence on Environmental Migration: A Meta-Analysis on Country-Level Studies • Roman Hoffmann, Anna Dimitrova, Raya Muttarak, Fabian Stephany, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma
• P3-56: Probabilistic Method for Combining Internal Migration Data • Guy Abel, Guillermo Vinué Visús, Dilek Yildiz, Arkadiusz Wisniowski, Lee Fiorio, Jixuan Cai

Session 59: Innovative Methods and Analytical Strategies in Migration Studies, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

• 59-3: The Form and Evolution of International Migration Networks, 1960–2015: Implications for the Globalization of Migration Thesis • Guy Abel, Jack DeWaard, Jasmine Ha, Zack W. Almquist

Session 62: Methods for the Analysis of Human Spatial Behavior, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

• 62-2: Understanding Patterns of Human Mobility at Different Time Scales • Lee Fiorio, Emilio Zagheni, Guy Abel, Johnathan Wayne Hill, Gabriel Pestre, Emmanuel Letouzé, Jixuan Cai

Session 64: Older Workers and Aging Labor Markets, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

• 64-4: Educational Differentials in Longevity Expectations: Who Benefits More From Retirement • Arda Aktas

Session 87: Some New and Pressing Immigration Issues, 3:00 PM-4:30 PM

• 87-3: Internal and External Displaced Syrians: Do They Differ in Terms of Human Capital and Values? Evidence From Damascus and Vienna • Isabella Buber-Ennser, Zakarya Al Zalak, Judith Kohlenberger, Bernhard Rengs

Session 95: Economic Inequality and Aging, 5:00 PM-6:30 PM

• 95-2: Overview of the Relationship of Heterogeneity in Life Expectancy to Pension Outcomes and Lifetime Income • Ronald Lee, Miguel Sanchez-Romero

Friday, April 27, 2018

Session 117: Gender Selectivity and Disparity in Asia, 8:15 AM-9:45 AM

• 117-1: Sex-Ratio at Birth: Changing Pattern of Son-Preference in Asia? • Samir KC

Poster Session P6: Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Health 2, 8:00 AM-9:30 AM

• P6-16: Running Against the Clock: Postponement and Recuperation of Childbearing Across Unions • Isabella Buber-Ennser, Eva Beaujouan, Zuzanna Brzozowska
• P6-18: A Bayesian Approach on Reconstructing Multistate Population and Education-Specific Fertility Rates • Dilek Yildiz, Guy Abel, Guillermo Vinué Visús, Anne Goujon

Poster Session P8: Health and Mortality 2, 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

• P8-51: Decreasing Life Expectancy in the United States Between 2014 and 2015: Severe Health Crisis or Just Tempo Effects? • Marc Luy, Markus Sauerberg

Session 167: Social Media and Web Data, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

• 167-4: Web Data and Mortality: Patterns of Survival Based on Wikipedia Biographical Information • Cassio M. Turra, Cesar A Hidalgo, Cristian Jara Figueroa, Vanessa Gabrielle di Lego Goncalves

Session 173: Work-Family Balance: Economic and Health Consequences, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

• 173-1: The Motherhood Wage Penalty: A Meta-Analysis • Ewa Cukrowska-Torzewska, Anna Matysiak

Poster Session P9: Migration and Urbanization, 2:30 PM-4:00 PM

• P9-28: Cross National Comparisons of Internal Migration Flows by Marital Status and Gender • Guy Abel, Nayoung Heo
• P9-66: Comparing the Implications of Canadian- and U.S.-Style Immigration Policies: A Microsimulation Approach Using the LSD Model • Jennifer Van Hook, Alain P. Belanger, Patrick Sabourin, Anne Morse, Samuel Vézina, Guillaume Marois

Session 176: Couples' Division of Paid and Unpaid Work, 2:45 PM-4:15 PM

• 176-4: Do Economic Resources Play a Role in Bargaining Childcare in Couples? Parental Investment in Cases of Matching and Mismatching Gender Ideologies • Natalie Nitsche, Daniela Grunow

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Poster Session P10: Health and Mortality 3; Population and Aging, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM

• P10-65: Spatial Projections of Age-Structured Populations • Erich Striessnig, Jing Gao, Brian C. O'Neill, Leiwen Jiang
• P10-68: Mortality in a Selected Population Subgroup: The Case of Brazilian Air Force Military Personnel • Cassio M. Turra, Vanessa Gabrielle di Lego Goncalves

Session 205: Gender Ideology Across the Life Course, 9:15 AM-10:45 AM

• 205-2: Gender Ideology Over the Life Course: The Role of Union Formation • Natalie Nitsche, Cadhla McDonnell, Edith E. Gray

Session 212: Realization of Fertility Intentions, 9:15 AM-10:45 AM

• 212-1: From Intentions to Behaviors: Transition Paths in Multiple Life Course Domains • Maria Rita Testa, Danilo Bolano
• 212-2: Preferences, Partners, and Parenthood: Linking Early Fertility Desires, Union Formation Timing, and Achieved Fertility • Natalie Nitsche, Sarah Hayford
• 212-3: Fertility Intentions and Their Realization in Couples: How the Division of Household Chores Matters • Bernhard Riederer, Isabella Buber-Ennser, Zuzanna Brzozowska

Poster Session P11: Economy, Labor Force, and Inequality, 11:00 AM-12:30

• PM P11-58: Future Population and Human Capital in Heterogeneous India • Samir KC, Marcus Wurzer, Markus Speringer, Wolfgang Lutz

Session 218: Applications, Health and Human Capital (Overflow), 11:15 AM-12:45 PM

• 218-1: A Framework for the Prospective Analysis of Super-Diversity • Alain P. Belanger, Patrick Sabourin, Guillaume Marois, Jennifer Van Hook, Samuel Vézina
• 218-3: Impacts of Education and Immigration on the Size and Skills of the Future Workforce • Samuel Vézina, Alain P. Belanger

Session 224: Family Demography: Methods and Innovations, 11:15 AM-12:45 PM

• 224-3: Spatial Dimensions of Family Structure: Children's Living Arrangements Over Time and Space in Europe • Natalie Nitsche, Erich Striessnig, Elke Loichinger

Session 240: Family Diversity and Child Well-being, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM

• 240-4: Children's Living Arrangements Across Europe: Diverging Destinies? • Anna Matysiak, Natalie Nitsche