Fertility and Declining Population Growth in High-Income Countries
Melissa Schettini Kearney and Phillip B. Levine, Organizers
June 1-2, 2023
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
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| 11:00 am |
Introductory Remarks Melissa Schettini Kearney, University of Maryland and NBER Phillip B. Levine, Wellesley College and NBER |
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| 11:30 am |
Matthias Doepke, Northwestern University and NBER Fabian Kindermann, University of Regensburg Working Mothers, Social Norms, and Fertility
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| 12:20 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:20 pm |
Xi Yang, University of North Texas More Credit, Fewer Babies? Bank Credit Expansion, House Price, and Fertility
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Maria De Paola, Università della Calabria Roberto Nisticò, University of Naples Federico II Giuseppe Pio Dachille, Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale Pasquale Tridico, Università degli Studi Roma Tre Guaranteed Minimum Income and Fertility
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| 2:20 pm | Break | |||
| 2:30 pm |
Giulia Briselli, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Libertad Gonzalez, Universidad Pompeu Fabra Are Men’s Attitudes Holding Back Fertility and Women’s Careers? Evidence from Europe
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| 3:20 pm | Break | |||
| 3:30 pm |
Kevin J. Kuruc, University of Texas at Austin Sangita Vyas, University of Texas at Austin Mark Budolfson, Rutgers University Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Dean Spears, University of Texas at Austin A Quantitative Assessment of the Climate Benefits and Economic Costs of a Smaller World Population
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| 4:20 pm | Break | |||
| 4:30 pm |
David N. Weil, Brown University and NBER Replacement Fertility is Neither Natural nor Optimal nor Likely
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| 5:20 pm | Adjourn | |||
| 6:30 pm |
Dinner at Henrietta's Table 1 Bennett Street, Cambridge, MA Moderated Conversation between Baroness Camilla Cavendish, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence Summers, Harvard University |
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| Friday, June 2 | ||||
| 8:15 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 8:45 am |
Arnstein Aasve, Bocconi University Alicia Adsera, Princeton University Paul Chang, Harvard University Letizia Mencarini, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Hyunjoon Park, University of Pennsylvania Chen Peng, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi Samuel Plach, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi James Raymo, Princeton University Senhu Wang, NUS Jean Yeung Wei-Jun, NUS Family Ideals Across Cultures
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| 9:35 am | Break | |||
| 9:45 am |
Jacob L. Vigdor, University of Washington and NBER Was it Demography All Along? Population Dynamics and Economic Inequality
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Adam Looney, University of Utah Declining Fertility and the Material Wellbeing of Children
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| 10:45 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Sara Cools, Institutt for Samfunnsforskning Hans Henrik Sievertsen, The Danish Center for Social Science Research Marte Strøm, Institute for Social Research Job Security and Fertility Decisions: Evidence from a Temporary Work Reform
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Mario Martínez-Jiménez, Imperial College London Judit Vall Castelló, Universitat de Barcelona Temporary Employment, Fertility and Health at Birth
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
Nicola Barban, University of Essex Elisabetta De Cao, University of Bologna Marco Francesconi, University of Essex Gene-Environment Effects on Female Fertility
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| 1:50 pm | Break | |||
| 2:00 pm |
Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin and NBER Melissa C. LoPalo, Montana State University Dean Spears, University of Texas at Austin Age and Infertility Revisited
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| 2:50 pm | Closing Remarks | |||
| 3:00 pm | Adjourn | |||