Call for papers: Socioeconomic stratification and fertility

Call for Papers
International Seminar on Socio-economic Stratification and Fertility before, during and after the Demographic Transition
Alghero (Sardinia), Italy, 27-29 September 2012
Organized by the IUSSP Scientific Panel for Historical Demography, in collaboration with University of Sassari.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15 March 2012.
The relationship between socio-economic stratification (e.g. social class, education, income) and demographic outcomes has been an important research field in demography for a long time. In contemporary societies the role of education and income in relation to fertility has received great attention. Lack of appropriate data has, however, hampered a rigorous assessment of the impact of socio-economic status on fertility in longer-term perspective. The aim of this seminar is to bring together researchers from various disciplines interested in the relationship and interaction between socio-economic stratification and fertility. More specifically, the objective is to bring forward new empirical evidence on the impact of socio-economic status on various fertility outcomes before, during and after the demographic transition in a range of different countries, and using micro-level data.
A full announcement for this seminar is available at: http://www.iussp.org/Activities/hisdem/call12.php
Submissions
Researchers interested in presenting their work at the seminar are invited to submit a proposal on the IUSSP website by 15 March 2012. Submissions must include a short 200-word abstract and an extended abstract (2 to 4 pages, including tables) or a full paper.
Papers submitted should be unpublished. The Panel plans to publish a set of the papers presented at the seminar as a special issue of a peer-reviewed journal or in an edited volume.
Submission should be made by the author who will attend the seminar. If the paper is co-authored, please indicate the names and affiliations of co-authors at the end of the abstract.
The working language at the seminar will be English. Abstracts and final papers should therefore be submitted and presented in English.
Authors will be notified by 1 April 2012 on the acceptance of their paper. In the case of acceptance on the basis of an abstract, the completed paper must be uploaded on the IUSSP website by 31 August 2012.
For additional information, please contact one of the following Panel members:
Martin Dribe (Martin.Dribe@ekh.lu.se),
Lucia Pozzi (lpozzi@uniss.it),
Michel Oris (Michel.Oris@unige.ch).