International Conference

Can policies enhance fertility in Europe?

Vienna/Austria, 6-7 December 2007

Organiser: Vienna Institute of Demography

in collaboration with the


Austrian Red Cross	Federation of Austrian Industry	City of Vienna

Agenda

Thursday, 6 December 2007

09:00 - 09:15: Opening

Welcome by the Presidency of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Introduction by Wolfgang Lutz

SESSION 1: POLICIES – GENERAL ISSUES

Chair: Dimiter Philipov

09:15 - 10:15

Paul Demeny: Prospects for the adoption of policies enhancing fertility in Europe
Marit Rønsen and Kari Skrede: Policies of parenthood and fertility in the Nordic countries: tentative conclusions and issues for further research more
Olivier Thévenon: Family policies, fertility, poverty and gender inequalities in the labour market in OECD countries: from (balanced) ends to (mixed) means?

10:15 - 10:45: Discussion

10:45 - 11:15: Coffee break

SESSION 2: MEASUREMENT

Chair: Tomáš Sobotka

11:15 - 11:55

John Bongaarts: What can fertility indicators tell us about pro-natalist policy options? more
Dimiter Philipov: Are fertility intentions a relevant measure for policy purposes? more
Daniel Devolder: Two new indicators of fertility by order. Applications related to the comparison between desired and realised fertility

11:55 - 12:15: Discussion

12:15 - 13:15: Poster Session/Lunch break

Vasile Ghetau: Romanian fertility. Moderate and temporary effects of a generous economic measure addressed to increase fertility of women employees. Why? more
Olga Grishina: Number of siblings matters: Russian fertility policy of the 1980ies has had only a limited effect on completed fertility of those from one-child families more
Anna-Maria Isola: Fertility concern in Finland and Russia. Money and family size in population policies
Ella Libanova and Pavlo Shevchuk: the Ukrainian experience in fertility enhancement
Mirjana Rasevic: Serbia: insufficient childbirth, population education and school
Ákos Tárkányi: Examples of successful pronatalist family policy in Europe
Herbert Vonach: A fair balance of transfers between families and childless people – a necessary condition for enhanced fertility.

SESSION 3: THE GAP BETWEEN DESIRES AND REALISATION

Chair: Pau Baîzan

13:15 - 13:50

Sergio DellaPergola: View from a different planet: fertility and policy preferences in Israel more
Frank Heiland, Alexia Prskawetz and Warren Sanderson: Education and individuals’ desired and actual fertility: evidence from West Germany more
Francesca Rinesi, Cinzia Castagnaro, Claudia Iaccarino, Antonella Pinnelli and Sabrina Prati: Having an only child, having more children: desired vs. realized fertility for Italian mothers more

13:50 - 14:10: Discussion

14:10 - 14:35

Zsolt Spéder: Realization of birth intentions. Hampering and stimulating factors on the labour market
Tony Fahey: Fertility patterns and aspirations among women in Europe more

14:35 - 14:50: Discussion

14:50 - 15:20: Coffee break

SESSION 4: POLICIES – MACRO AND MICRO-LEVEL ISSUES (1)

Chair: Charlotte Hoehn

15:20 - 16:20

Gerda Neyer and Gunnar Andersson: Consequences of family policies for childbearing behavior: effects or artifacts? more
Gunnar Andersson: A review of policies and practices related to the “highest-low” fertility of Sweden more
Olivia Ekert-Jaffe and Haya Stier: Normative or economic behavior? Fertility and women’s employment in Israel more
Antonio Golini and Annalisa Busetta: Overall assessment of measures and policies in promoting fertility more

16:20 - 17:00: Discussion

17:30 - 19:00: PUBLIC PANEL DISCUSSION

Moderator: Nico van Nimwegen
Panelists: Nikolai Botev, William Butz, Anne Gauthier, Wolfgang Lutz and Julius op de Beke

Light dinner hosted by the Federation of Austrian Industry

Friday, 7 December 2007

SESSION 5: POLICIES – MACRO AND MICRO-LEVEL ISSUES (2)

Chair: Gerda Neyer

09:00 - 9:35

Jitka Rychtaříková and Jiřina Kocourková: Lowest low fertility in the Czech Republic: challenge for new family policies? more
Nikolai Botev: Could petro-rubles help in raising Russia’s fertility? more

09:35 - 9:55: Discussion

09:55 - 10:20

Tineke Fokkema and Ingrid Esveldt: Anticipated impact of family policies on fertility behaviour among the childless and among one-child parents more
J. Dik F.Habbema, Marinus J.C. Eijkemans, Geeta Nargund, Gijs Beets and Egbert te Velde: Can in vitro fertilization help to reverse the trend of population ageing in Europe? A scenario study more

10:20 - 10:40: Discussion

10:40 - 11:00: Coffee break

SESSION 6: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND FAMILY POLICIES (1)

Chair: William Butz

11:00 - 11:40

Arland Thornton: Values and beliefs concerning children and related things more
Ronald Rindfuss and Sarah R. Brauner-Otto: Policies and Fertility Tempo more

11:40 - 12:00: Discussion

12:00 - 12:25

Michelle J. Budig: The impact of work-family policies on poverty among partnered and single women in Europe and North America more
Giovanna Boccuzzo, Marcantonio Caltabiano, Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna and Marzia Loghi: The impact of bonus at birth on reproduction behaviour in a lowest-low fertility context: Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy) in 1993-2003

12:25 - 12:45: Discussion

12:45 - 14:00 Lunch break

SESSION 7: SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ASPECTS AND FAMILY POLICIES (2)

Chair: Zsolt Spéder

14:00 - 14:40

Michaela Gstrein, Liliana Mateeva: How different is the outcome of EU family policies? A 2005 macro country grouping for fertility, work and care more
Melinda Mills: From equality to flexibility – the solution to low fertility? A European comparison more
Gerda Neyer, Jan Hoem: Education and permanent childlessness: Austria vs. Sweden more

14:40 - 15:00: Discussion

15:00 - 15:40

Teresa Martín-García: The effect of occupational sex-composition on women’s fertility in Spain more
Pia Schober: Inequality or total workload? How domestic work matters to childbearing among British dual-earner couples more
Cathal O’Donoghue, David Meredith and Eamon O’Shea: Postponing maternity in Ireland more

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