What Happened to Nordic Fertility?
Programme
The webinar will be organised via Zoom. The link will be sent to registered participants before the beginning of the webinar.
All times are in Finnish time (EET, UTC+2).
Tuesday 2.2.2021
Chair: Emma Terämä, Chief Specialist, Ministry of Finance, Finland
14:00 Opening and welcome
Emma Terämä & Marika Jalovaara
14:15 Nordic fertility declines in context: Continuities or conundrums?
Gunnar Andersson, Stockholm University
15:00 Nordic family policies and fertility
Gerda Neyer, Stockholm University
15:45 Break
16:15 Fertility forecasts in the Nordic countries
Mikko Myrskylä, University of Helsinki and MPIDR
17:00 Economic development, women’s education, and their fertility – a study across and within European countries
Jessica Nisén, University of Turku
17:45 What happened to educational differences in cohort fertility in Finland and Sweden? The narrative of dual polarization.
Marika Jalovaara, University of Turku
18:30 Closing of day 1
Wednesday 3.2.2021
Chair: Emma Terämä, Chief Specialist, Ministry of Finance, Finland
14:00 Beyond the economic gaze: Childbearing during and after Recessions in the Nordic Countries
Chiara Comolli, University of Lausanne
14:45 The impact of economic uncertainty on fertility intentions in Norway
Trude Lappegård and Axel Peter Kristensen, University of Oslo
15:30 Break
16:00 Partnerships and fertility: Trends and conjectures
Linus Andersson, University of Turku
16:45 Changing partnership and fertility dynamics in Finland: A cohort approach
Leen Rahnu, University of Turku
17:30 Closing – conclusion
18:00 End of day 2
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Webinar is organised by
NEFER
Suomen Väestötieteen Yhdistys
INVEST
