Population Association of America – Call for Papers

Dear PAA Colleagues,

Reminder – The deadline for submissions for the PAA 2013 Annual Meeting is September 21, 2012. The PAA Annual Meeting will be held April 11-13, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Call for Papers (PDF) is posted on the 2013 Annual Meeting Program Website. Submissions are made online.

Information is also posted for:

Travel Awards
Member-Initiated Meetings
Advertisements, Book displays and Exhibits

The PAA Board of Directors wishes to encourage broad participation in the Annual Meeting. If you would like to serve as a session Chair or Discussant at the 2013 Annual Meeting, please indicate your interest by sending an email to stephanie@popassoc.org.
In order to appear on the program, presenters must register for the meeting. Registration fees are posted on the PAA website.  Registration will open in January 2013.

Check the PAA website throughout the year for updated meeting information.

Thank you,
PAA 2013 Annual Meeting Services

Session Topics:
Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behavior, and Reproductive Health
Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions
Children and Youth
Health and Mortality
Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Migration and Population Distribution
Economy, Labor Force, Education, and Inequality
Population, Development, and Environment
Population and Aging
Data and Methods
Applied Demography

Details:
http://paa2013.princeton.edu/

Population Association of America 2012

The annual PAA conference took place recently in San Francisco. This is comparable in size and scope to the AEA and is mainly focused on demography but also covers research in economics, ageing, and development (amongst others). Over 200 sessions were organised, the topics being:

Fertility, Family Planning, Sexual Behaviour, and Reproductive Health
Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions
Children and Youth
Health and Mortality
Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
Migration and Urbanization
Economy, Labour Force, Education, and Inequality
Population, Development, and Environment
Population and Aging
Data and Methods
Applied Demography

All papers are available for download on the PAA website.

http://paa2012.princeton.edu/SessionsByTopic.aspx

Some highlights:

The Economics of Fertility
New Evidence on School Reforms and Child Outcomes
Longevity and Life Expectancy

There were two sessions chaired by Richard Easterlin:

Happiness and Economic and Social Well-Being
Happiness in International Perspective

Update on Japanese Registry Story

The BBC have an update on the Japan registry story. They report that 230,000 centenarians listed on the register are unaccounted for. Some of this could be undocumented outmigration but the report points to scamming on a pretty large scale.

"However, when officials went to congratulate him on his 111th birthday, they found his 30-year-old remains, raising concerns that the welfare system is being exploited by dishonest relatives. Reports said he had received about 9.5m yen ($109,000; £70,000) in pension payments since his wife's death six years ago, and some of the money had been withdrawn."