International Population Conference 2021

The IUSSP International Population Conference is the world’s largest international scientific conference on population and demography. The conference brings together researchers, policymakers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and from across the globe, to present and discuss the latest research on a broad range of contemporary population issues. The virtual conference will offer around-the-clock sessions to enable participants from around the world to present new research and meet with colleagues.

Session 9 Education, Human Capital and Demography, 8:00 - 9:30 UTC

China's low fertility may not hinder future prosperity. • Guillaume Marois, Stuart Gietel-Basten, Wolfgang Lutz

Poster Session 3, 15:00 - 16:30 UTC

Patterns and Trends in Adolescent Fertility Across Municipalities in Nepal Between 2011 and 2016 • Charlotte Greenbaum, Samir KC, Hari Dhonju, Toshiko Kaneda

Session 32 Impact of COVID-19 on Human Capital and the Labour Force, 16:00 - 17:30 UTC

The impact of COVID-19 on adult skills: Estimation and projection of skills-adjusted human capital, 1970-2050 • Caner Özdemir, Claudia Reiter, Dilek Yildiz,  Anne Goujon, Wolfgang Lutz

Poster Session 5, 17:00 - 18:30 UTC

Understand the Rural-Urban Patterns of Under-Five Mortality by Mother’s Education in India: A Trend Analysis of Four National Family Health Surveys from 1992-92 to 2016-15 • Moradhvaj Dhakad, Samir KC

• Tuesday, 7 December 2021

Session 45 Migration: Diversity of contexts, 4:00 - 5:30 UTC

Comparisons in the drivers of internal migration by education. • Guy J. Abel, Aude Bernard, Raya Muttarak

Session 51 Population Ageing, Population Decline and Migration, 8:00 - 9:30 UTC

Depopulation as a new population policy challenge • Wolfgang Lutz, Nicholas Gailey

How can migration, workforce participation, and education balance the cost of aging in Europe? • Guillaume Marois, Alain Bélanger, Wolfgang Lutz 

• Wednesday, 8 December 2021

Session 102 Impact of Environmental Factors on Population Health and Wellbeing (II), 8:00 - 9:30 UTC

Chair: Raya Muttarak

Session 106 Gender Disparities and Disadvantage: Perspectives from India, 10:00 - 11:30 UTC

The puzzling decline of female labor force participation in India and its prospects: an age-period-cohort approach • Balhasan Ali, Guillaume Marois 

Poster Session 15, 17:00 - 18:30 UTC

Evidence of adult age mortality by educational attainment in India • Dilek Yildiz, Moradhvaj Dhakad, Samir KC

Poster Session 14, 13:00 - 14:30 UTC

Bayesian Poisson Regression for Reconstructing Fertility Rates • Afua Durowaa-Boateng, Dilek Yildiz 

• Thursday, 9 December 2021

Session 144 Spatial and Social Patterns of Fertility, 8:00 - 9:30 UTC

Education and urban-rural differentials in fertility in developing countries – does residence matter? • Saroja Adhikari, Samir KC, Michaela Potancokova

Session 170 Understanding Migration: Applying New Data and Methods, 16:00 - 17:30 UTC

Chair: Guy J. Abel

Session 173 Population Shifts and Environmental Change: Past Trends, Current Conditions and Future Scenarios, 20:00 - 21:30 UTC

Demographic Change Under Climate Change: Projecting the Future Health(Care) Burden From Heat Waves in the Metropolitan Area of Vienna, Austria • Erich Striessnig, Roman Hoffmann,  Anna Renner, Ingrid Setz,  Leora Courtney-Wolfman, Raya Muttarak

• Friday, 10 December 2021 

Session 183 Measurement of Mortality and Causes of Death, 8:00 - 9:30 UTC

Bayesian reconstruction of multi-state mortality • Andrea Tamburini, Dilek Yildiz

Session 206 Tools for Working with, Estimating and Visualising Migration Data in R, 10:00 - 11:30 UTC

Training Session • Guy J. Abel

Session 189 Population and Development: Human Capital Perspectives, 12:00 - 13:30 UTC

Labour force projections in India until 2060 and implications for the demographic dividend • Guillaume Marois, Ekaterina Zhelenkova, Balhasan Ali

Session 192 Human Capital and Sustainable Human Wellbeing. A New Focus on Subjective Well-Being, 14:00 - 15:30 UTC

Wolfgang Lutz

Please note that time is indicated as UTC (CET-01:00).

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