The Journal of Population Economics is happy to announce a webinar on January 28, 2021 from 16:00-18:00 CET (Maastricht/Dutch time) to present highlights from the newly published issue 34(2)/2021. The event is supported by GLO and hosted by UNU-MERIT via Zoom. Alessio J. Brown (Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO) will welcome participants. Managing Editor Michaella Vanore, (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO) will guide through the event. Editor Terra McKinnish (University of Colorado Boulder and GLO) and Editor-in-Chief Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO) will chair the sessions.
The webinar highlights 6 of the 10 articles published in issue 34(2)/2021, three on GENDER (covering Bangladesh, China and developing countries in general) and three on COVID-19 (covering the USA and Australia). All articles are published ONLINE FIRST and are freely accessible already now through the links below the titles; those with a provided READLINK are free to read online, the others are free to download.
Program
| Time | Topic | Session chair/ Presenter |
| 16:00 CET | Welcome | Michaella Vanore, Alessio J. Brown, Klaus F. Zimmermann |
| 16:15-17:00 | Session I: Gender issues in Bangladesh, China and developing countries | Terra McKinnish |
| 16:15-16:30 | Measuring gender attitudes using list experiments | M. Niaz Asadullah |
| 16:30-16:45 | The education gender gap and the demographic transition in developing countries READLINK: https://rdcu.be/cdMql |
Thang Dao |
| 16:45-17:00 | Education and gender role attitudes READLINK: https://rdcu.be/b68hg |
Yun Xiao |
| 17:05-18:00 | Session II: COVID-19 in Australia and the USA | Klaus F. Zimmermann |
| 17:05-17:20 | Implications of COVID-19 labour market shocks for inequality in financial wellbeing | John P. de New |
| 17:20-17:35 | Socio-demographic factors associated with self-protecting behavior during the Covid-19 pandemic | Matthew Zahn |
| 17:35-17:50 | The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election | Abel Brodeur |
| Closing remarks | Michaella Vanore |
Please feel free to join this webinar on the 28th via the following Zoom link: https://maastrichtuniversity.zoom.us/j/98086715796/.
