The Wittgenstein Centre at the PAA 2019

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 2019 the conference is taking place between 10-13 April in Austin, USA. Researchers from the Wittgenstein Centre will present and discuss new research in presentations and poster sessions at this important event.

For detailed information to the PAA 2019 please visit the event website.

Wittgenstein Centre contributions at the PAA

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Poster Session 1: Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior & Reproductive Health 1, 8AM

• Revisiting the Relationship Between Higher Education and Second Births Across Europe and the United States • Anna Matysiak, Daniele Vignoli

Session 6: Climate Change and Migration, 8.30AM

Chair: Erich Striessnig

Session 12: Gender Inequality and Fertility, 8.30AM

• 2. The Unexpected Rapid Normalization of the Sex Ratios at Birth in China • Tomas Sobotka, Cuiling Zhang

Session 36: Early Life Environmental and Economic Exposures: Impact on Demographic and Health Outcomes in India and Sub-Saharan Africa, 10.30AM

• 1. After the Floods: Differential Impacts of Rainfall Anomalies on Child Health in India • Anna Dimitrova, Raya Muttarak

Session 46: Innovative Data and Methods for Population & Environment Research, 10.30AM

• 3. Quantifying the Evidence on Climate Migration: A Meta-Analysis on Country-Level Studies • Roman Hoffmann, Anna Dimitrova, Raya Muttarak, Jesus Crespo Cuaresma

Session 47: Spatial Methods, 10.30AM

Discussant: Erich Striessnig

Poster Session 3: Population, Development & the Environment; Data & Methods; Applied Demography, 12.30-2PM

• Learning about Internal Migration from Half a Billion Individual Records: Applying Localized Classification Trees to Large-Scale Census Data • Guy Abel, Raya Muttarak, Fabian Stephany

• Internal Migration Flows in Brazil Using Circular Visualization • Emerson Baptista, Járvis Campos, Guy Abel

Session 58: Labor Market Change and Fertility, 1PM

Chair: Anna Matysiak

Poster Session 4: Marriage, Family, Households, & Unions, 2.30PM

• The European National Transfer Accounts (NTA): Data and Applications • Joze Sambt, Tanja Istenic, Bernhard Hammer

Session 103: Innovative Approaches, Data, and Analytical Strategies in the Study of Migration, 5PM

• 3. Probabilistic Methods for Combining Traditional and Social Media Bilateral Migration Data • Dilek Yildiz, Arkadiusz Wisniowski, Guy Abel

Session 121: Population Processes, the Environment, and Energy, 5PM 

• 2. The Response of Fertility to Rainfall Shocks in Rural Ethiopia: Channels and Differential Responses • Endale Kebede

Friday, April 12, 2019

Poster Session 6: Health & Mortality & Aging, 8-9.30AM

• Spatial Variations of Dengue Fever in Brazil • Emerson Baptista, Samir KC

• Gender Disparities in Health-care Financing Strategies (HCFS) for In-patient Care in India • Moradhvaj, Nandita Saikia

• Is It Worth Weighting for? Health Expectancies in Europe Based on Education-Adjusted Weights • Sonja Spitzer

• Diverging Ideas of Health? Explanatory Factors for Self-rated Health Across Gender, Age-Groups, and European Countries • Patrick Lazarevic, Martina Brandt

Session 163: Innovative Application of Demographic Theory to Population-Environment Research, 10.15AM

• 2. Human Capital and Disaster Vulnerability: Exploring the Mechanisms in a Household Life Cycle Model • Roman Hoffmann, Michael Freiberger, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz

Session 165: Mathematical Demography, 10.15AM

Chair: Vanessa Gabrielle di Lego Goncalves

• 4. The Healthy Cross-Sectional Average Length of Life (HCAL) • Markus Sauerberg, Michel Guillot, Marc Luy

Poster Session 8: Economy, Labor Force, Education & Inequality, 12.30-2PM

• How Reducing Differentials in Education and Labor Force Participation Could Lessen Workforce Decline in EU28 • Guillaume Marois, Patrick Sabourin, Alain P. Belanger

• Child Cost Measures Based on Subjective Economic Wellbeing: A European Comparison • Sonja Spitzer, Angela Greulich, Bernhard Hammer

• Niger’s Demographic and Educational Future: The Last Country to Start Its Fertility Transition • Anne Goujon, Patrick Sabourin, Guillaume Marois

• Brothers, Sisters, and STEM Majoring: Is a Younger Sibling's Choice of College Major Affected by the Firstborn's Sex and Ability in Math? • Limor Gabay-Egozi, Lloyd D. Grieger, Natalie Nitsche

Session 182: Age Patterns of Mortality, 1PM

• 3. Health at the Onset of Old Age • Arda Aktas, Sergei Scherbov, Warren C. Sanderson

Session 200: Pensions, Social Security, and Retirement, 4.45PM

• 2. Redistributive Effects of Different Pension Structures when Longevity Varies by Socioeconomic Status in a General Equilibrium Setting • Miguel Sanchez-Romero, Ronald Lee, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz

Saturday, April 13, 2018

Poster Session 10: Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior & Reproductive Health 2, 9AM

• Educational Differences in Cohort Fertility Across Sub-National Regions in Europe • Jessica Nisén, Sebastian Kluesener, Johan Dahlberg, Lars Dommermuth, Aiva Jasilioniene, Michaela Kreyenfeld, Trude Lappegard, Peng Li, Pekka Martikainen, Karel Neels, Bernhard Riederer, Saskia te Riele, Laura Szabó, Alessandra Trimarchi, Francisco Viciana, Ben Wilson, Mikko Myrskyla

Poster Session 11: Health & Mortality 2, 11AM

• A New Short Generic Measurement of Health Status: Measuring Generic Health With the Minimum European Health Module • Patrick Lazarevic, Marc Luy, Martina Brandt

• Paradox or Paradoxes? An Overview of the Male-Female Health Paradox Across Different Dimensions of Health in European Countries • Vanessa Gabrielle di Lego Goncalves, Marc Luy

Session 234: Climate Change and Population Health, 11.15

Discussant: Raya Muttarak

Corresponding Research Areas: Demography of Austria, Demography of Education, Family and Fertility, Forecasting and Ageing, Health and Longevity, Human Capital Data Lab, Human Capital Modelling, Migration: Drivers and Impacts, Population Economics, Population, Environment and Sustainable Development