Harvard University at PAA 2023: Schedule of Harvard Participants

Lisa Berkman

Harvard at PAA 2023

The director of Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, Lisa Berkman, is the president of the Population Association of America (PAA) in 2023, so we are especially excited about this year’s annual meeting. Demographers at all career stages come together to present their work in oral presentations and poster sessions, learn from the work of others, and network with their peers.

Below you will find a snapshot of who from Harvard University (along with some closely affiliated researchers from other institutions) is participating in the Population Association of America’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, April 12–15, 2023! There will be oral presentations, flash sessions, posters and more. Just click on the highlighted sections below to link directly to information on each session on the PAA website.

The listing below is a curated list, taken from the PAA website, of sessions that include people (presenters, chairs and/or discussants) who are affiliated with Harvard. This listing also includes events that involve people who are affiliated with the HCPDS through research projects; in these cases, their institutions are referenced. If you are affiliated with Harvard and your session is missing from this page, please email ngoguen@hsph.harvard.edu. This page does not represent the complete schedule or list of presenters at PAA 2023.  Please refer to the PAA website for session times, locations, and for the most accurate and up-to-date information. Hover and click on an action bar below to link to this session on the PAA website.  Please visit this page for a list of HCPDS people who are participating at PAA 2023.

Thursday, April 13, 2023

Methods for Mechanisms, Mediation, and Decomposition

GSA Aleksei Opacic, Faculty Member Xiang Zhou, et al. present Disparity Analysis: A Tale of Two Approaches

Global Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity

Faculty Member Ellis Monk, Chair 1

POSTERS: Aging and the Life Course

Posters by Director Lisa Berkman, GSA Muqi Guo, Faculty Member David Canning, Research Assistant Nigel Harriman, and Research Scientist Elyse Jennings.

POSTERS: Health, Health Behaviors, and Health Care

G. Adamkiewicz & A-J Guimond, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Comparative Perspectives on Social Ties and Health

RA D. Kapaon, C. Riumallo-Herl, Erasmus School of Economics; Research Scientist E. Jennings, S. Abrahams-Gessel & K. Makofane, Harvard Chan School, C. Kabudula, Univ. of the Witwatersrand; G. Harling, University College London present...

Gender Gaps: New Evidence and Directions

Faculty Member Alexandra Killewald & GSA Nino Cricco present Trends in the Gender Pay Gap: Narrowing Starting Gaps and Persistent Life-Course Divergence

FLASH: COVID-19 and Demographic Processes

GSA Charlotte O'Herron, Chair 1

Global Perspectives on Trends and Attitudes in Intimate Partner Violence

Jeffrey Swindle presents Paradoxical Global Trends in People’s Moral Declarations about Intimate Partner Violence.

Health Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Molly Rosenberg, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, discussant 1; F. Gomez-Olive, University of the Witwatersrand; Faculty Member T. Barnighausen, Heidelberg University; and J-W De Neve present.

Race, Ethnicity and Families

Faculty Member D. Bloome et al. present Economic Self-reliance & Gender Inequality Across Racial/Ethnic Groups... & Faculty Member C. Cross presents Racialized Returns...

Sensory, Cognitive, and Physical Health

Lindsay Kobayashi, University of Michigan, discussant 1; Research Scientist Meaghan Farrell, Chair 1

Infant and Child Health and Mortality

Mahesh Karra, Boston University, Chair 1; Faculty Member Kevin Croke et al. present Effects of a Community-driven Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Intervention on Child Health, Infrastructure, Access, Behavior, and Governance...

Household Labor

GSA Ohjae Gowen presents Career, Children, or Neither? Fathers’ Housework and Mothers’ Work-Family Decisions Following the First Birth

Low Fertility and Childlessness

GSA Holly Hummer presents Confronting the Motherhood Mystique: How the Cultural Significance of Motherhood Matters for Childless Women

Language, Literacy, and Health

Molly Rosenberg, Indiana University School of Public Health-Bloomington, Discussant 1; Lindsay Kobayashi, University of Michigan, Chair 1; and Jan-Walter De Neve presents.

POSTERS: Neighborhoods, Environment, and Spatial Demography

R. Kotschy, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Friday, April 14, 2023

Historical Studies of Inequality

Faculty Member Deirdre Bloome, Discussant 2

Work and Retirement: Transitions and Changing Work Contexts

GSA Alexandra Mitukiewicz presents Variation in Reemployment Outcomes Among Older Workers

Couple and Intergenerational Fertility Dynamics

Research Scientist Elyse Jennings et al. present Spousal Discrepancy in Reporting Contraceptive Use.

Diverse Impacts of Immigration Enforcement

Faculty Member Joscha Legewie et al. present Local Policing and the Educational Outcomes of Undocumented College Students

Work and Retirement: Work, Family, and Well-being at Older Ages

Leah Abrams, Tufts University, Kevin Friedman, & Faculty Member Nicole Maestas present The Role of Physical and Cognitive/Emotional Functioning in the Associations between Common Health Conditions and Working

East Asian Demography and Inequality

Faculty Member Mary Brinton, Chair 1

Education's Unequal Distribution and Returns in High-Income Countries

Jen-Chen Chao et al. present Are Schools the Great Equalizer in a Stratified School System? Evidence from Taiwan

FLASH: New Data and Methods for Studying Migration

Stefano Iacus et al. present MicSim, a microsimulation model applied for estimating migration and its impact over three European countries

FLASH: Advancing Understanding of Social Determinants of Health via Biomarkers

D. Hochbaum, Harvard Medical School, et al. present Economic and Demographic Relationships With the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Thyroid Axis

Contraception: Methodology and Measurement

A. Langer, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health et al. present Measuring Informed Choice: Comparing Self-perceived and Researcher-Ascribed Measures

POSTERS: Education; Employment; and Inequality

Faculty Member Christina Cross presents (poster) Ethnoracial Disparities in Intergenerational Financial Exchanges across the Transition to Adulthood

Ethno-Racial Inequality

Christina Ciocca Eller et al. present Education-Occupation Mismatch and Racial/Ethnic Inequality among Highly-Educated Workers

Mortality in Low and Middle Income Countries

N. Sudharsanan, HIGH, Discussant 1; RA S. Gao, Research Scientist J. Rohr, I. de Vivo, Faculty Member N. Krieger, RA D. Bassil, RA N. Harriman, Director L. Berkman; & M. Ramsay, C. Kabudula, U. of Witwatersand, present

Causal Inference

GSA Aleksei Opacic presents Re-Evaluating the “Mare Model” of Educational Transitions

Motherhood and the Labor Market

Faculty Member Alexandra Killewald et al. present Motherhood and Labor Market Outcomes over the Life Course

Economic Development and Demographic Change

Faculty Member David Canning, Discussant 1; Rainer Kotschy and Faculty Member David Bloom present Healthy Aging and Economic Growth

Novel Methods and Data on Aging and Related Applications

GSA Ohjae Gowen and Christopher Winship et al. present Age-Period-Cohort Analysis of Group Differences

Measurement of Fertility Preferences, Desires, and Intentions

D. Canning & Mahesh Karra, Boston University, present Unwanted Family Planning: Prevalence Estimates for 56 Countries

Adult Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

RS J. Rohr & Fac Member J. Manne-Goehler; X. Gómez-Olivé & Fac. Member K. Kahn, U. of the Witwatersrand; Fac. Member Till Barnighausen, Heidelberg U. present The Longitudinal HIV Care Cascade Among Older Adults in Rural South Africa

Saturday, April 15, 2023

Cognitive Health Around the World

RA Darina Bassil, Discussant 2; C. Kabudula & R. Wagner, Faculty Members S. Tollman & K. Kahn, U. of the Witwatersrand; RS M. Farrell, Director L. Berkman, M. Rosenberg, Indiana USPH-Bloomington & L. Kobayashi, U. of Michigan present

Gender Inequality and Work and Family

Faculty Member Alexandra Killewald & GSA In Jeong Hwang present Has the Motherhood Wage Penalty Declined? If So, Why?

The Integration of the Second and Third Generation in Europe

GSA Nino Cricco, Chair 1

POSTERS: Fertility, Family Planning & Reproductive Health; & Gender & Sexuality

S. McKetta, Fac Member S. B. Austin, P. Chakraborty; H. Eliassen, S. Haneuse, A. Huang, C. Reynolds, K. Soled, & Fac Member B. Charlton present Disparities in Cesarean delivery by sexual orientation

Novel Perspectives on Union Formation

Faculty Member Deirdre Bloome et al. present Family Tree Branches and Southern Roots: Contemporary Racial Differences in Marriage in Intergenerational and Contextual Perspective.

Intergenerational Processes and Criminal Justice Involvement

Fac Member R. Sampson et al. present Early Social Foundations of Persistent Racial Inequalities in Arrest over the Life Course, and Historical Time & Family Troubles & the Intergenerational Transmission of ...

Poverty, Hardship, and Social Policy

E. K. Lee, Harvard University et al. present Consumption Responses to an Unconditional Child Allowance in the United States

Determinants of Educational Achievement in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

J-W De Neve et al. present Age at School Entry and Human Capital Development: Evidence from Lesotho

FLASH: The Population Dynamics of Climate Change

Associate Director Jason Beckfield, Chair 1, H. Benveniste,, P. Huybers & J. Proctor, Harvard University, present Climate-Related Agricultural Stress Influences Human Migration: Heterogeneous Effects and Consequences for Prediction