We are pleased to announce an interdisciplinary conference on the economics and anthropology of fertility, to be held on 21 and 22 June, 2027 at the University of York, United Kingdom. 

 

The following keynote speakers will attend:

Heidi Colleran (Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology)

Raquel Fernández (Economics, New York University)

Paula Gobbi (Economics, Université Libre de Bruxelles)

Mary Shenk (Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University)

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A call for papers will be issued later this year.  Papers are invited from both economics and anthropology.  Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, the following:

• The effects of culture, institutions, and social norms on fertility​

• The relationship between the economic theory of fertility and theories of human fertility inspired by evolutionary biology

• The causes and consequences of demographic transition and fertility decline

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Organizing committee:  James Choy, Thilo Huning, and Khushboo Surana