Thursday, April 1 / 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM   •   Beacon G

Session 63:
Methodological Issues in Fertility Measurement

Chair: Dimiter Philipov, Vienna Institute of Demography
Discussant: Germán Rodríguez, Princeton University

  1. Estimating Total Fertility Rates for Small Areas in BrazilSuzana M. Cavenaghi, Universidade Estadual de Campinas ; Joseph E. Potter, University of Texas at Austin ; Carl P. Schmertmann, Florida State University ; Renato M. Assuncao, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

  2. Reconstructing Past Fertility Schedules for Hard-to-Estimate Groups from CPS DataCarl P. Schmertmann, Florida State University ; Gray Swicegood, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Frank D. Bean, University of California, Irvine

  3. Timing Effects and the Interpretation of Period FertilityRobert Schoen, Pennsylvania State University

  4. The Survival-Probability Indices of Period Total Fertility RateKazuo Yamaguchi, University of Chicago ; Motomi Beppu, Reitaku University

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