European Network for the sociological and demographic Study of Divorce: 7th conference

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Thursday June 25th 09:00 Welcome and registration 10:00 Keynote speaker Nick Wolfinger – University of Utah The Effects of Parental Divorce on Marriage Timing and Partner Selection 11:00 Coffee Break 11:30 Paper session 1 – Divorce and attitudes Katya Ivanova & Melinda Mills & René Veenstra Parental marital disruption and the formation of adolescent romantic relationships Arieke J. Rijken & Aat Liefbroer Attitudes on divorce while children are young: Explaining cross national patterns Tijana Prokic & Jaap Dronkers Parental divorce and attitudes about society of their children 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Paper session 2 - Consequences of divorce Clara H. Mulder & Michael Wagner Divorce and mobility: Who moves from the family home after separation? - Presentation Dimitri Mortelmans & Leen Heylen When offspring divorce. Intergenerational solidarity between older parents and their adult children. Carles Simo, Jeroen Spijker & Monserrat Solsona Post divorce in Europe. Repartnering, new maternities and paternities 15:30 Coffee break 16:00 Paper session 3 – Methods of divorce research Christiaan Monden What could be gained by using a design in which both partners are observed before and after the divorce ? Inge Pasteels Multi-actordata in the Flemish divorce panel study – Methodological reflections from the pilot study Belinda Wijckmans, Maaike Jappens & Jan Van Bavel Divorce and social capital in Flanders 20:00 Conference dinner		Friday June 26th 09:30 Paper session 4 – Co-parenting & step families Wilma Bakker & Clara H. Mulder Characteristics of divorced families with a co-parenting arrangement - Presentation Kim Bastaits, Sofie Vanassche, Koen Matthijs & Christine Van Peer The relationship between the (step)family trajectories of children and the parentchild relationship Sara Brolin Låftman Family structure and children’s living conditions. 11:00 Coffee break 11:30 Paper session 5 – Marital quality and stability Maira C. S. Soares Contemporary family arrangements in Europe: an exploratory analysis Thomas Wöhler & Josef Brüderl The stability of long-term romantic relationships and the context of the relationship initiation. Sara Symoens, Sarah Van de Velde, Elien Colman & Piet Bracke How women and men respond to divorce. Differences in mental health revised, taking notice of some important mediating factors. - Presentation 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Paper session 6 – Divorce and ethnic minorities Suzana Koelet When marriage fails to be a tale of 1001 nights... Martine Corijn Divorce among Turkish and Moroccan marriage migrants in Flanders - Presentation 15:00 Coffee break 15:30 Paper session 7 – Divorce and employment Wilfred Uunk & Caroline Dewilde The effect of divorce on women’s employment: an event history approach Michael Wagner & Bernd Weiss The links between employment uncertainty, partnership instability and the desire to have children 16:30-17:00 Closing discussion

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