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IUSSP Scientific Panel on the Impacts of Population Ageing

International Seminar on The family, the market or the State? Intergenerational economic support in an ageing society
University of Geneva, Switzerland, 23-24 June 2010

Jointly organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel on the Impacts of Population Ageing  
and AIDELF (International association of French-speaking demographers)

The seminar will run parallel and is organized in collaboration with the AIDELF 16th General Conference on "Intergenerational Relations: Demographic Issues" 21-24 June 2010. Great synergies are expected from this IUSSP-AIDELF cooperation, starting with the local organizing committee, which will be that of AIDELF. (Complete AIDELF Conference Programme). 

Both English and French will be used at the Seminar, where no simultaneous translation will be provided.

Gustavo De Santis, University of Florence, Chair of the IUSSP Scientific Panel on the Impacts of Population Ageing
Didier Breton, University of Strasbourg
Michel Oris, University of Geneva
Philippe Wanner, University of Geneva

List of Participants

Seminar Programme

Plenary Session 3
Generations and policies: challenges for today and the future
Politiques des générations : enjeux présents, défis futurs
9 h -10 h 30 / Auditoire U300    

Président – Chair: François Farah – UNFPA, Bucarest

Demographic pressures for change in political-institutional arrangements governing intergenerational transfers in affluent societies
Paul Demeny

Children, elderly and an (almost) ideal pension system
Gustavo De Santis

Transition démographique, projection des équilibres financiers et équité intergénérationnelle au Québec
Luc Godbout, Pierre Fortin, Matthieu Arseneau, Suzie St-Cerny, Pierre-André Bouchard-St-Amant

Increasing international migration, delaying retirement age or raising labour market participation? Forecasting the compensation effect on ageing of several policy options for developed countries up to 2050
Fernando Gil-Alonso

Session 9
Social norms and intergenerational ties
Normes sociales et liens intergénérationnels
11 h – 12 h 30 / Salle U408    

Présidente – Chair: Laura Bernardi – Pavie, Université de Lausanne

Social norms and intergenerational relationships
Valeria Bordone

The marginal time cost of children in Italy: an estimate using time use survey data
Maria-Letizia Tanturri

Determinants of intergenerational exchange among older Canadian and their adult children: implications for the future
Janice A. Keefe, Jacques Légaré, Patrick Charbonneau, Yann Décarie

Session 12
Socioeconomics of intergenerational relationships
Socioéconomie des relations intergénérationnelles
14 h – 15 h 30 / Salle U408

Président - Chair: Gustavo De Santis – Université de Florence

Les premiers baby-boomers ont-ils fait une meilleure préparation financière pour leur retraite que leurs parents au même âge ? Une comparaison Québec-Ontario.
Jacques Légaré, Amélie Cossette

Public and private transfers and old-age income security in South Korea
Jinkook Lee

Intergenerational transfers and the effects of the social security reforms in Japan
Taizo Motonishi

Session 15
Living arrangements
Solitude ou cohabitation
11 h – 12 h 30 / Salle U408     

Président - Chair: Gilbert Ritschard - Université de Genève

Norwegian elderly less likely to live alone in the future
Nico Keilman, Solveig Christiansen