<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>Preliminary program for the European Divorce Network meeting in Oslo</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1>Preliminary program for the European Divorce Network meeting in Oslo</H1> <P>This is the preliminary program for the European Divorce Network meeting taking place in Oslo, September 2008. There might be changes in the program.<p><p><p> <TABLE> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2><B>Thursday September 18th</B></TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>08:45</TD><TD>Welcome & Registration</TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>09:00</TD><TD>Can genetic factors explain the link between divorce and negative child outcomes? (Keynote talk by Paul R. Amato) </TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>09:45</TD><TD>Coffee break</TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>10:00</TD><TD>Determinants of Divorce (Discussant: Torkild Hovde Lyngstad)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Telle.pdf">Plant Closure and Marital Dissolution (Mari Rege, Kjetil Telle and Mark Votruba)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/WagnerWeiss.pdf">Is it really true that conflicts between partners do not affect relationship stability? (Michael Wagner and Bernd Weiss)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/vanDamme.pdf">Country differences in women's work and divorce: The influence of human capital depreciation during marriage (Maike van Damme and Matthijs Kalmijn)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Covre.pdf">Marriage Dissolution: An Institutional Cross-National Comparation (Maira Covre)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/WilsonSmallwood.pdf">Age difference and likelihood of divorce (Ben Wilson and Steve Smallwood)</A></TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>12:30</TD><TD>Lunch</TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>13:30</TD><TD>Health-related consequences of divorce (Discussant: Letizia Mencarini)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Barstad.pdf">Leaving a marriage or a cohabiting relationship: What are the emotional costs? (Anders Barstad)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Vanassche.pdf">Divorce, delinquent behaviour and substance use among adolescents:The role of parental characteristics (Sofie Vanassche, An Katrien Sodermans and Koen Matthijs)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Mandemakers.pdf">Are the negative effects of loss of a partner and job loss on mental health mediated by a happy childhood? (Jornt J. Mandemakers, Matthijs Kalmijn, and Christiaan Monden)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Colman.pdf">Differences in mental health service consumption between the divorced and the married (Eilen Colman, Lore van Praag, and Piet Bracke)</A></TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>15:30</TD><TD>Coffee break</TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>15:45</TD><TD>Economic consequences of divorce (Discussant: Michael Gähler)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>Economic consequences of partnership dissolution. Differences between break-up of a marriage and a consensual union (Dimitri Mortelmans, Sabrina De Regt & Ann Van den Troost)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/AnneHegeHendenStrand.pdf">The economic consequences of partnership dissolution in Norway and Britain (Anne Hege Henden Strand)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Kitterod.pdf">Economic well-being among parents living apart (Hege Kitterød and Jan Lyngstad. Note: Paper in Norwegian)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>Coping with divorce: The effect of financial deprivation on employment and repartnering for separated women (Wilfred Uunk and Caroline Dewilde)</TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>19:00</TD><TD>Conference dinner</TD></TR> <TR><TD><HR></TD><TD><HR></TD><TR> <TR></TR> <TR></TR> <TR></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD COLSPAN=2><B>Friday September 19th</B></TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>09:00</TD><TD>Post-divorce family life (Discussant: Jaap Dronkers)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>Consequences of union dissolution in a comparative perspective: Evidence from the Gender and Generation Surveys (Arnstein Aassve and Letitzia Mencarini)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>The long term effects of divorce on parent-child contacts in Europe and the United States: different cultures - similar effects? (Marco Albertini and Anna Garriga)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Spruijt.pdf">Joint physical custody in the Netherlands (Ed Spruijt)</A></TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>10:30</TD><TD>Coffee break</TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>10:45</TD><TD>Attitudes and expectations following divorce (Discussant: Michael Wagner)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>The relationship between parental divorce and children's expectations of their future family life (Belinda Hewitt, Zlatko Skrbis, and Mark Western)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>The influence of divorce and repartnering on norms and attitudes about intergenerational support (Belinda Wickmans, Jan Van Bavel)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Sodermans.pdf">Divorce and marital attitudes of children in high and low conflict families (An Katrien Sodermans, Kim Bastaits, and Sofie Vanassche)</A></TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>12:15</TD><TD>Lunch</TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>13:15</TD><TD>Educational outcomes and divorce (Discussant: Paul R. Amato)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/Laftman.pdf">Parental Divorce and Children's Educational Careers : The Importance of Non-Custodial Parent Characteristics (Sara Brolin-Låftman, Michael Gähler and Jan O. Jonsson)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>Family Structure and children's educational outcomes in Spain: what happens with the rich? (Anna Garriga)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/DeLangeDronkersWolbers.pdf">Family-Forms and Children's Educational Performance in a Cross-National Perspective: Effects of Demographic Characteristics and Family Policies of Modern Societies (Marloes de Lange, Jaap Dronkers, and Maarten Wolbers)</A></TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>14:45</TD><TD>Coffee break</TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>15:00</TD><TD>Qualitative approaches (Discussant: TBA)</TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD><A HREF="http://folk.uio.no/torkildl/divnet/Papers/storksen.pdf">Q Methodology as a tool for studying consequences of divorce (Ingunn Størksen and Arlene Arstad Thorsen)</A></TD></TR> <TR><TD></TD><TD>Unions and childbearing after divorce: looking at the process from a qualitative perspective (Montse Solsona and Carles Simó)</TD></TR> <TR></TR> <TR><TD>16:00</TD><TD>Closing discussion</TD></TR> </TABLE> </BODY> </HTML>