Asian Population Association Conference 2018

The Asian Population Association (APA) Conference has become a major international event drawing over 1,600 participants from over 50 countries around the globe. The Conference is held every three years, providing opportunities for experts and students to share and discuss their scientific study of population issues. The fourth APA International Conference will be held this year between 11-14 July in Shanghai, China. The aim is to promote research, share knowledge, develop the capacity of population institutions in the region, and engage in advocacy and policy dialogue to advance the development agenda in the region.

Researchers from the Wittgenstein Centre will present current studies at this conference. Wolfgang Lutz is invited keynote speaker at this conference. In his presentation he will argue that the Asian century will be based on human capital.

For more information to the conference, please visit the APA website.

Full list of Wittgenstein Centre contributions at the APA

Thursday, July 12th 2018

Session: Gender difference, 8:30-9:45AM, Location: Room II

• 475: Gender Disparities in Health Care Financing Strategies for Inpatient Care in India • Moradhvaj, Nandita Saikia

Session: Health care, 9:45-11AM, Location: Room V

• 1158: Following the Peers: The Role of Social Networks for Health Care Utilization in the Philippines • Roman Hoffmann

Session: Population projection and demographic dividend, 9:45-11AM, Location: Room VI

• 1364: Spatial Projections of Age-Structured Populations • Erich Striessnig, Jing Gao, Brian O'Neill, Leiwen Jiang

Poster Session I, 9:45AM-12:30PM

• Asian Demography in Context • Guy Abel, Yingzhi Xu

Session: Differential in migration, 11:15AM-12:30PM, Location: Room III

• 488: Cross National Comparisons of Internal Migration Flows by Marital Status and Gender • Guy Abel, Nayoung Heo

Session: Migration data and technique, 11:15AM-12:30PM, Location: Room V

• 765: Probabilistic method for combining internal migration data • Guy Abel, Guillermo Vinue, Dilek Yildiz, Arkadiusz Wisniowski

Friday, July 13th 2018

Session: Cause of death, 9:45-11AM, Location: Room I

• 1882: Handgrip Strength and Remaining Years of Life: Defining a Threshold Below Which a Weak Grip Starts to Substantially Increase Mortality Risks • Sergei Scherbov, Nadia Steiber

Poster Session III, 9:45AM-12:30PM

• 1156: Quantifying the Evidence on Environmental Migration: A Meta-Analysis on Country-Level Studies • Roman Hoffmann, Anna Dimitrova, Raya Muttarak, Fabian Stephany, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma

• 1240: Indian Spending Lesser on Female Healthcare: Evidences from National Sample Surveys 2004 and 2014 • Moradhvaj, Nandita Saikia

Session: Migration in Asia, 11:15AM-12:30PM, Location: Room I

• 746: Asian International Migration Flows • Guy Abel, James Raymer

Chinese special session 3, 1:30-2:45PM, Location: Room II

• Chinese Demographers in The International Communities of Population Studies • Liangliang Sun, Xi Chen, Guy Abel, Leiwen Jiang

Session: Living arrangements and household structure, 2:45-4PM, Location: Room IV

• 793: Spatial Dimensions of Family Structure: Children’s’ Living Arrangements over Time and Space in Europe • Natalie Nietsche, Erich Striessnig, Elke Loichinger

Saturday, July 14th 2018

Session: Child health, 8:30-9:45AM, Location: Room II

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

Session: Population and environment, 9:45-11AM, Location: Room V

• 1255: Explaining the Link between Education and Green Behavior in the Philippines: The Role of Knowledge and Climate Change Perception • Roman Hoffmann, Raya Muttarak