Thursday, May 3 / 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM   •   Continental Parlor 8-9

Session 25:
Family Formation in Comparative-Historical Perspective

Chair: Kristen Harknett, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: Andrew J. Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University

  1. What We Know and What We Need to Know about the Baby Boom • Jan Van Bavel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ; David Reher, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

  2. Education and Fertility Revisited: A Multilevel Study in Today’s High Fertility World • Regina Fuchs, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU)

  3. Globalization’s Impact on Cross-National Trends in the Age of First Marriage and Never Marrying • Karra Greenberg, University of California, Los Angeles

  4. Historical Marriage Trends from 1890 to 2010: A Focus on Race Differences • Rose M. Kreider, U.S. Census Bureau ; Diana B. Elliott, U.S. Census Bureau ; Kristy Krivickas, U.S. Census Bureau ; Matthew W. Brault, U.S. Census Bureau

Other sessions on Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions