Session 85: Demography of the Middle East and North Africa

Friday, April 1 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM Rooms 309-310 Level 3

1.	How Much Work is Too Much? Thresholds in the Effect of Child Work on Schooling -- The Case of Egypt  •  Ragui Assaad, University of Minnesota; Deborah Levison, University of Minnesota

2.	Fertility Transition in the Middle East and North Africa: What Coale’s Indices Tell Us?  •  Hani A. Guend, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique - Urbanisation Culture et Société (INRS-UCS)

3.	Infant Mortality in Egypt: Exploring the Role of Prenatal Care, and Implications for Public Policy  •  George J. Lara, University of Texas at Austin; Thomas W. Pullum, University of Texas at Austin

4.	Socioeconomic and Institutional Factors Underlying Fertility Stagnation among Muslims in Israel  •  Michael Shalev, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Guy Stecklov, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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