Thursday, May 3 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Continental Ballroom 6

Session 21:
Union Formation: Developing Countries

Chair: Gavin W. Jones, National University of Singapore
Discussant: Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Singapore Management University

  1. Is This a Nuptiality Transition? Or Is It Something Else? • Alaka Malwade Basu, Cornell University

  2. Family Formation in Indonesia after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami • Michael Burrows, Duke University ; Peter Katz, University of California, Los Angeles ; Bondan Sikoki, SurveyMETER ; Duncan Thomas, Duke University

  3. The Latin American Cohabitation Boom, 1970-2007 • Albert Esteve, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED) ; Ron J. Lesthaeghe, University of Michigan and University of California, Irvine ; Antonio Lopez-Gay, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED)

  4. Marriage Squeeze and Inter-Provincial Marriage in Central China: Evidence from X County • Lige Liu, Xi'an Jiaotong University ; Xiaoyi Jin, Xi'an Jiaotong University ; Melissa J. Brown, Harvard University ; Marcus W. Feldman, Stanford University

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