Wittgenstein Centre at the PAA Annual Meeting 2013
The Population Association of America Annual Meeting provides a forum for every kind of population research. This year's meeting is taking place from 11-13 April 2013 in downtown New Orleans. The Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital is prominently represented at the PAA, discussing new research in presentations and poster sessions, and will be serving as session chairs and discussants. For detailed information please visit the PAA website.
Wittgenstein Centre Publications at the PAA
Wittgenstein Centre for Global Human Capital 5-year Report
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, Volume 2012
European and Asian Data Sheets
Wittgenstein Centre Contributions at the PAA
Session 24: Innovative Theory and Methods for Demographic Research
Demographic Metabolism: A Theory of Socioeconomic Change with Predictive Power (Wolfgang Lutz)
Session 45: Changes in the Determinants of Marriage
Quantifying the Prospects for Consanguineous Marriage when Fertility Declines (Stuart A. Basten, Bilal Barakat)
Session 46: Educational Achievement and Attainment
Age Structure, Education and Economic Growth (Jesus Cuaresma Crespo, Wolfgang Lutz, Warren C. Sanderson)
Session 65: Aging in International Perspective
Intergenerational Solidarity among Migrant Families in Europe (Valeria Bordone, Helga A. G. de Valk)
Session 104: Projecting International Migration
Innovations in International Migration for Use in Global Population Projections (Guy J. Abel, Nikola Sander)
Session 122: Mathematical and Computational Models and Methods
Robust Backward Population Projections Made Possible: An Implication from the Theory of Demographic Potential (Dalkhat M. Ediev)
Session 135: Environmental Effects on Human Capital
The Effects on Well-Being of Investing in Cleaner Air in India (Warren C. Sanderson, Erich Striessnig, Wolfgang Schoepp, Markus Amann)
Session 136: Comparative Perspectives on Aging
A Global Perspective on Cognitive Abilities and Educational Attainment (Daniela Weber, Vegard Skirbekk)
Session 146: Mortality Trends and Differentials
The Impact of Smoking and Other Non-Biological Factors on Sex Differences in Life Expectancy: A Comparative Analysis of 39 Industrialized Countries, 1955-2009 (Marc Luy, Christian Wegner-Siegmundt)
Session 177: Consequences of Unintended Childbearing
Fertility Intentions and the ‘Great Recession’: Evidence from the Eurobarometer Surveys (Maria Rita Testa, Stuart A. Basten)
Session 185: Social Change and Fertility
Forerunners of the Fertility Transition: Jews in Bohemia from the Enlightenment until the Interwar Times (Jana Vobecká)
Session 193: Responses to Environmental Shocks
Exploring Differential Vulnerability by Population Structure and Education Impacts of 2010 Floods and Droughts on Rural Livelihoods in Thailand (Alessandra Garbero, Raya Muttarak)
Poster Session 1: Fertility, Fertility Intentions and Family Planning
55. Differential Fertility by Level of Education in DHS Countries (Samir K.C., Michaela Potancokova)
Poster Session 3: Population, Economics, Development and the Environment
63. The Role of Education on Disaster Preparedness: Case Study of 2012 Indian Ocean Earthquakes and Tsunami Warnings on Thailand’s Andaman Coast (Raya Muttarak, Wiraporn Pothisiri)
38. Can Demographically Caused Cognitive Decline in China and India Be Offset by Investments in Education? (Marcin Stonawski)
Poster Session 5: Marriage, Families and Women
71. Global Religious Demography: New Population Estimates and Demographic Measures (Conrad Hackett, Marcin Stonawski, Vegard Skirbekk, Brian J. Grim)
Poster Session 7: Health, SES and Neighborhoods over the Life Course
11. Does Grandparental Care Pay off? The Effect of Childcare on Grandparents´ Cognitive Functioning (Valeria Bordone)
Poster Session 8: Migration
25. "Go West, Young Man"!? Internal Migration in Germany between Reunification and Economic Crisis (Nikola Sander)
Poster Session 9: Data, Methods and Applied Demography
69. New Set of Population Projections by Age, Sex, and Educational Attainment for More than 170 Countries of the World: Methods and Challenges (Samir K.C., Erich Striessnig)
70. Labor Force Projections for Europe by Age, Sex, and Highest Level of Educational Attainment, 2008 to 2053 (Elke Loichinger)
