The Journal of Population Economics is organizing a webinar on January 28, 16:00-18:00 CET (Maastricht/Dutch time) to present highlights from the newly published issue 34(2)/2021. The event is supported by GLO and hosted by UNU-MERIT via Zoom. Alessio J. Brown (Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO) will welcome participants. Managing Editor Michaella Vanore, (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO) will guide through the event. Editor Terra McKinnish (University of Colorado Boulder and GLO) and Editor-in-Chief Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO) will chair the sessions.
The webinar highlights 6 of the 10 articles published in issue 34(2)/2021, three on GENDER (covering Bangladesh, China and developing countries in general) and three on COVID-19 (covering the USA and Australia). All articles are freely accessible through the links provided below; those with a READLINK are free to read online, the others are free to download.
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Program (January 28, 2021)
Time | Topic | Session chair/ Presenter |
16:00 CET | Welcome | Michaella Vanore, Alessio J. Brown, Klaus F. Zimmermann |
16:15-17:00 | Session I: Gender issues in Bangladesh, China and developing countries | Terra McKinnish |
16:15-16:30 | Measuring gender attitudes using list experiments | M. Niaz Asadullah |
16:30-16:45 | The education gender gap and the demographic transition in developing countries READLINK: https://rdcu.be/cdMql | Thang Dao |
16:45-17:00 | Education and gender role attitudes READLINK: https://rdcu.be/cehNM | Yun Xiao |
17:05-18:00 | Session II: COVID-19 in Australia and the USA | Klaus F. Zimmermann |
17:05-17:20 | Implications of COVID-19 labour market shocks for inequality in financial wellbeing | John P. de New |
17:20-17:35 | Socio-demographic factors associated with self-protecting behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic | Matthew Zahn |
17:35-17:50 | The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election | Abel Brodeur |
Closing remarks | Michaella Vanore |
ACCESS TO THE 2/2021 FULL PUBLISHED ISSUE
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