Socioeconomic Outcomes of Fertility and Reproductive Behaviors and Outcomes

Authors' Workshop for Hewlett-Funded Research Program

Development Research Group, The World Bank
April 22, 2008
Room U 3-455

Agenda

9.00  Introduction (Elizabeth King)

9.10-10.40   Impact of family size on child welfare and other child outcomes
                    (all are in powerpoint presentations)

• “Cross-country comparisons of the impact of family size on child welfare” 
  Deon Filmer, Jed Friedman, and Norbert Schady 
• “Financial incentives for female births and parental investments in daughters in North India”  
  Nistha Sinha and Rekha Varghese
• “Family size and investments in early childhood development”
  Norbert Schady and Chris Paxson
• “Declining fertility and rising investment in private tutoring”
  Halsey Rogers and Hai-Anh Dang

Chair: Sara Seims 
Discussant: Cristobal Ridao-Cano (papers 1 and 2), and Mamta Murthi (papers 3 and 4)

10.40-11.10    Demographic trends, economic growth, and distribution dynamics

• “Cross country analysis of demographic trends, economic growth, and distribution dynamics”
  Maurizio Bussolo, D. van der Mensbrugghe, D. Madvedev, Rafael de Hoyos, and D. Horowitz

Chair: Tamara Fox 
Discussant: Branko Milanovic

11.10-12.00        Marriage, Fertility and Poverty in the Time of HIV/AIDS

• “Marriage Transitions and HIV/AIDS in Malawi”
  Kathleen Beegle and Berk Ozler
• “Socio-economic impact of reducing HIV/AIDS adult mortality in Africa”
  Damien de Walque 

Chair:  Dominique van de Walle 
Discussant: Markus Goldstein

12.00-1.00  Lunch. Discussion of the Hewlett Program (Tamara Fox, Hewlett Foundation)

1.00-1.45      Demographic change and women’s labor force participation

• “Demographic change and women’s work and earning”
  Maria Porter and Elizabeth King
• “Fertility and women’s labor force participation”
  Matthias Lundberg and Nistha Sinha 

Chair:   Tom Merrick
Discussant:  Pierella Paci

1.45-2.15  Panel discussion of the relevance of this research to Bank operations 
 
Chair: Rachel Nugent
Panel Discussants: Mayra Buvinic, Sadia Chowdhury, Khama Rogo, Tom Merrick