Harvard Pop Center at PAA: Friday, April 11, 2025

POSTER SESSION: Aging and the Life Course/Applied Demography

POSTER: Cognition and Mortality of Older Adults in a Rural South African Community by Paul Ayenor, Senior Research Analyst/Program Manager (HAALSA project), Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS)

POSTER: “The Geography of Loneliness” presented by Harvard Bell Fellow Shiro Furuya.

POSTER: “Longitudinal Sleep Quality and Cognitive Performance: Investigating Dementia Risk Pathways in Older Adults in the HAALSA Study,” presented by Tamara Taporoski, Senior Research Analyst (HAALSA project), HCPDS; Muxi Zheng, Research Assistant (HAALSA project), HCPDS; Lisa Berkman, Director, HCPDS/co-PI (HAALSA project); Darina Bassil, Research Scientist, HCPDS/Director (HAALSA project); and HAALSA collaborators X. Gomez-Olive Casas, University of the Witwatersrand; and Stephen Tollman, University of Witwatersrand

POSTER SESSION: Children, Intergenerational Relationships/Gender and Sexuality

POSTER: “Just One of the Guys…or the Girls? Gender-Inconsistent Name and Educational Institution as a Novel Signal of Transgender Status on Resumes,” presented by HCPDS Graduate Student Affiliate Siri Neerchal.

SESSION: Causes and Impacts of Reporting Issues in Population Research

“Educational Attainment Ambiguity in Sub-Saharan Africa and Its Implications for Demographic Outcomes,” presented by Jeong Hyun (“Johanna”) Oh, Spiegelman Postdoctoral Fellow, HCPDS.

SESSION: New Employment Practices and Economic Inequality

“The Prevalence and Consequences of Punitive Time and Attendance Policies in the Food and Retail Industries,” presented by Daniel Schneider, HCPDS faculty member and colleagues

SESSION: Family Composition and Social Inequality

“Through the Looking Glass: Reexamining Contribution of Family Structure to Racial Inequality in Life Chances,” presented by Christina Cross, HCPDS faculty member

SESSION: Life Course Dimensions of Mental Health

Shiro Furuya, Harvard Bell Fellow, HCPDS serves as discussant.

SESSION: Population Aging, Work, and Retirement

“Health Effects of Bridge Employment,” presented by Shiro Furuya, Harvard Bell Fellow, HCPDS, and colleagues.

SESSION: Children, Adolescents, and the Legal System

“The Great Leveler? Juvenile Arrest, College Attainment, and the Future of American Inequality,” presented by HCPDS faculty member Rob Sampson.

SESSION: Fertility in Social Context

“Paradoxes of Childlessness in Two Divergent Family Contexts,” presented by Holly Hummer, recent HCPDS graduate student affiliate, and colleagues.

SESSION: Impact of Economic and Reproductive Policies on Maternal and Infant Health

“New York’s Basic Health Plan Increases and Sustains Insurance Coverage Before, During, and After Pregnancy,” presented by HCPDS graduate student affiliate Julia Eddelbuettel and colleagues.

FLASH SESSION: Children, Adolescents, and Social Policy

“Impact of Nurse Home Visiting on Take-up of Social Safety Net Programs,” presented by HCPDS faculty member Margaret McConnell and colleagues.

SESSION: Work, Family, and Social Policy

Harvard Bell Fellow Shauna Dyer serves as a discussant.

SESSION: Families, Law, and Public Policy

“Parent and Child Well-being, Precarious Work, and the Safety Net,” presented by HCPDS faculty member Daniel Schneider and colleagues.

SESSION: Policy Implications of Divergence in Age and Aging

“On the Limits of Chronological Age,” presented by HCPDS faculty member David Bloom and colleagues.