Workshop on “Optimal Fertility in Ageing Societies”
December 9-10, 2010
Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)
Wohllebengasse 12-14, 1040 Vienna
Thursday, December 9th
9.00-10.45 Session 1 (Chair: Wolfgang Lutz)
| 09.00-09.15 | Opening more |
| 09.15-10.00 | Dierk Herzer, Holger Strulik, Sebastian Vollmer The long run determinants of fertility: one century of demographic change 1900-1999 more Discussant: Jesus Crespo Cuaresma |
| 10.00-10.45 | Thomas Baudin The optimal trade-off between quality and quantity with uncertain child survival more Discussant: Michael Kuhn |
| 10.45-11.15 | Coffee break |
11.15-12.45 Session 2 (Chair: Wolfgang Lutz)
| 11.15-12.00 | Paula Gobbi A model of voluntary childlessness more Discussant: Ross Guest more |
| 12.00-12.45 | Michael Kuhn and Stefan Wrzaczek On optimal fertility and mortality in economies with age-structured population more Discussant: Hippolyte d’Albis more |
| 12.45-14.00 | Lunch break |
14.00-15.30 Session 3 (Chair: David Bloom)
| 14.00-14.45 | Ron Lee and Andrew Mason Low fertility and economic growth more Discussant: Theresa Grafeneder-Weissteiner more |
| 14.45-15.30 | Holger Strulik, Klaus Prettner and Alexia Prskawetz Declining population: R&D based growth in the post-modern era more Discussant: Andreas Schäfer more |
| 15.30-16.00 | Coffee break |
16.00-17.30 Session 4 (Chair: David Bloom)
| 16.00-16.45 | Wolfgang Lutz and Erich Striessnig Optimal fertility as implied by education weighted support ratios more Discussant: Andrew Mason more |
| 16.45-17.30 | Thomas Lindh and Jovan Zamac Can national transfer accounts be used for broad measures of human capital? Discussant: Vegard Skirbekk more |
19.00 Conference Dinner
Friday, December 10th
09.00-10.30 Session 5 (Chair: Alexia Prskawetz)
| 09.00-09.45 | Andreas Schäfer Population dynamics, pollution, and economic inequality |
| 09.45-10.30 | David de la Croix The natalist bias of pollution control Discussant: Miguel Sanchez-Romero more |
| 10.30-11.00 | Coffee break |
11.00-12.30 Session 6 (Chair: Alexia Prskawetz)
| 11.00-11.45 | Ross Guest Global fertility, social time preference and the optimal carbon price Discussant: Jovan Zamac |
| 11.45-12.30 | Hippolyte d'Albis, Emmanuelle Augeraud-Véron The optimal prevention of epidemics more |
| 12.30-13.30 | Lunch break |
13.30-15.00 Session 7 (Chair: Thomas Lindh)
| 13.30-14.15 | Joshua R. Goldstein and Miguel Sanchez-Romero Fiscal externalities to childbearing in aging populations Discussant: Paula Gobbi more |
| 14.15-15.00 | Carl Schmertmann Immigrants’ ages, long-run dependency, and unfunded public pensions with below-replacement fertility Discussant: Joshua R. Goldstein more |
| 15.00-15.30 | Coffee break |
15.30-17.00 Session 8 (Chair: Thomas Lindh)
| 15.30-16.15 | Robert Clark, Naohiro Ogawa and Rikiya Matsukura Financial literacy, saving, and retirement decisions Discussant: Inga Freund / Bernhard Hammer |
| 16.15-17.00 | Alicia Adsera Fertility, education and religious practice in the world: a look at recent trends Discussant: Bilal Barakat more |
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