Paris Seminar in Demographic Economics

2014

December 2 - Social policies

Marcello D'Amato (U. of Salerno), Educational signaling, credits constraints, and inequality dynamics
Falilou Fall (OECD), Vulnerabilities of social institutions

November 4 - Population, inequality and development

Andreas Schafër (ETH Zurich), Child mortality and the growth drag of pollution
El Mouhoub Mouhoud (U. Paris-Dauphine), International migration, poverty and inequality in Algeria

October 7 - Family: demographic and economic analysis

Gosta Esping Andersen (U. Pompeu Fabra), Re-theorizing family demographics
Olivier Thévenon (INED), Changes in family policies and outcome in the OECD: Is there convergence?

June 10 - Life cycle decisions

Susann Rohwedder (RAND), The distribution of lifetime nursing home use and of out-of-pocket spending.
Najat El Mekkaoui de Freitas (U. Paris-Dauphine), Ageing and risks

May 6 - Population diversity

Romain Wacziarg (UCLA), Culture, ethnicity and diversity
Hillel Rapoport (PSE), Birthplace diversity and economic prosperity

April 1 - Retirement and disability

Bruce Meyer (U. of Chicago), Disability, earnings, income and consumption
Elena Stancanelli (PSE), Divorcing upon retirement: A regression discontinuity study

March 11 - Fertility and development

Uwe Sunde (U. of Munich), The economic and demographic transition, mortality, and comparative development
Angela Greulich (U. Paris 1), Socioeconomic differentials in the transition to have a second child in Europe

February 4 - Returns to health and education expenditures

Raouf Boucekkine (U. Aix-Marseille), The gift of longevity: Age structure, health and development
Pierre Courtioux (EDHEC), Homogamy and return to education