Meet the author! The Journal of Population Economics (JOPE) Spring Event took place online on 25 April 2022, 4-6 pm CEST (Maastricht, Dutch time). Authors presented the highlights of their articles published in issues 35:1 and 35:2 of 2022. Sessions were chaired by 4 journal editors. Various members of the JOPE Board present. Intensive discussions with a large audience. High number of participants registered.
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Program
Presenting authors in bold! Scheduled times all CEST/Maastricht-Netherlands
16:00-18:00/4-6 pm: Welcome: Klaus F. Zimmermann
16:00-16:30/4:00-4.30 pm — Elderly & Youth — Chair: Kompal Sinha
- Shu Cai:
Does Social Participation Improve Cognitive Abilities of the Elderly? - Massimiliano Bratti, Corinna Ghirelli, Enkelejda Havari & Giulia Santangelo
Vocational training for unemployed youth in Latvia
Shu Cai 
Enkelejda Havari
16:30-17.00/4:30-5.00 pm — Children — Chair: Terra McKinnish
- Jo Blanden, Emilia Del Bono, Kirstine Hansen & Birgitta Rabe
Quantity and quality of childcare and children’s educational outcomes - Simen Markussen & Marte Strøm
Children and labor market outcomes: separating the effects of the first three children
Emilia Del Bono 
Marte Strom
17:00-17.30/5:00-5.30 pm — Covid-19 — Chair: Alfonso Flores-Lagunes
- Pierre Pestieau & Gregory Ponthiere
Optimal lockdown and social welfare
- Ján Palguta, René Levínský Samuel Škoda
Do elections accelerate the COVID-19 pandemic?
Gregory Ponthiere 
Samuel Skoda
17:30-18.00/5:30-6.00 pm — US Immigrants — Chair: Michaella Vanore
- Harriet Duleep, Xingfei Liu & Mark Regets
How the earnings growth of US immigrants was underestimated - Crystal Zhan
Wage distributions in origin societies and occupational choices of immigrant generations in the USA
Mark Regets 
Crystal Zhan
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Explore the full set of JOPE papers (23 papers): January 2022, issue 1 & April 2022, issue 2
Annual Journal of Population Economics Report 2021: many submissions, fast first decisions, high impact. JOPE EiC Report 2021.
JUST PUBLISHED
Vol. 35, Issue 3, July 2022: Journal of Population Economics: 15 articles
https://link.springer.com/journal/148/volumes-and-issues/35-3
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