Panel on Transitions to Adulthood

IUSSP Panel on the transition to adulthood

Workshop on the Transitions to Adulthood 15-17 June, Université de Montréal

FINAL PROGRAMME Click here to view the papers

Arrival of participants: Wednesday 14 June
Departure of European/Australian participants: Sunday 18 June
Departure of Canadian/American participants: Saturday 17 June

DAY 1: Thursday 15 June

9:30am: Introductions and welcome, reminder of objectives, publication plans, etc

10am: Coffee break

10:30am: Transition to parenthood in low fertility societies: regional differences (Simona Bignami, Universite de Montreal) (co-author: Francesco Billari)
Discussants: Celine Lebourdais and Maria Winkler-Dworak

Noon: On-site lunch

1pm: Socio-Economic Change and First Union Formation in Canada (Darcy Hango, McGill University) (co-author: Celine LeBourdais)
Discussants: Laurent Toulemon and Alyssa Borkosky

2:30pm: Coffee break

3pm: Gender differences in the transition to adulthood in France: is there convergence over the recent period? (Laurent Toulemon, Institut National D’Etudes Demographiques, France) (co-author Maria Winkler-Dworak, Vienna Institute of Demography)
Discussants: Aat Liefbroer and Monica Grant

4:30pm: Group discussion on recent developments in the transition to adulthood literature and related projects (with drinks at Simona’s place).

7pm: Group dinner

DAY 2: Friday 16 June

9am: Standardization and de-standardization of the life course: Myth or reality? (Aart Liefbroer, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute and Cees Elzinga, Vrije University)
Discussants: Beth Fussell and Arnie Aassve

10:30am: Coffee break

11am: String of adulthood: Analyzing work-family trajectories of young women and men using sequence analysis (Francesco Billari, Boccani University) (co-authors: Arnstein Aassve and Raffaella Piccarreta)
Discussants: Simona Bignami and Cees Elzinga

12:30pm: On-site lunch

1:30pm: Transition to Adulthood in Three Liberal Welfare Regimes: U.S., Canada, and
Australia, 1970-2000 (Elizabeth Fussell, Tulane University, USA) (co-authors: Ann Evans and Anne H. Gauthier).
Discussants: Rick Settersten and Frank Furstenberg

3pm: Coffee break

3:30pm: Leaving home and poverty among youth in Europe: A comparative analysis (Arnstein Aassve, University of Essex, England) (co-authors: Maria Davia, Maria Iacovou, Stefano Mazzuco)
Discussants: Frank Furstenberg and Aat Liefbroer

7pm: Group dinner

DAY 3: Saturday 17 June

9am: Challenges to the Transition to Adulthood: A Comparison of the Experience of Developed and Developing Countries (Monica Grant, University of Pennsylvania).
Discussants: Ann Evans and Beth Fussell

10:30am: Coffee break

11am: How Demographic Change Matters for Human Development: The Case of the Transition to Adulthood. (Rick Settersten, Case Western Reserve University)
Discussants: Francesco Billari and Anne Gauthier

12:30pm: On-site lunch

1:30pm: Group discussion: revision of papers, future meetings and funding