International conference
Demographic dynamics, social policies and intergenerational
relationships: towards new configurations?
Tuesday 29th and Wednesday 30th September 2015
Ined (133 bd Davout, 75 020 Paris)
Convenors: Valérie Golaz (Ined and LPED), Cécile Lefèvre (Paris Descartes University and Ined), Jacques
Véron (Ined)
The spirit of this conference is to work together on the interactions between social policies,
demographic change and the transformation of family systems. Our goal is mostly to create space
and time for demographers, sociologists, anthropologists and social policy specialists to exchange
and discuss recent research findings. Our perspective is resolutely international, we intend to
overcome north/south divides to question the way States and families manage solidarity issues in
various economic and demographic settings. We expect paper presentations to shed light on the links
between population structure, public policies and private solidarities in a systemic approach, at
different scales. The program for the two days of conference is built upon panels with case studies
presentations as well as round-tables focusing on transversal issues.
Tuesday, September 29th 2015
9h15. Opening
Chantal Cases, director of Ined, William Molmy (Drip, Ined et iPOPs), Géraldine Duthé (Pôle Suds,
Ined), Kathy Rousselet (CERI, Sciences Po and USPC) / a representative of Paris Descartes
University
9h30-10h. Introduction
Demographic dynamics, social policies and intergenerational relationships: towards new
configurations? The added value of international comparisons
Valérie Golaz (Ined and LPED), Cécile Lefèvre (Paris Descartes University and Ined), Jacques Véron
(Ined)
10h-11h. Keynote: the case of China
Ageing, the family planning policy, intergenerational relationships and the management of pensions
Du Peng (Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University, Beijing, China)
Coffee break
1 11h15-12h30. Demographic “crisis”, State responses and family reconfigurations in post-soviet Russia
President: Sophie Hohmann (CERCEC/EHESS)
The role of family support for older persons
Lidia Prokofieva (Academy of Sciences and Haute Ecole d'Economie de Moscou, Russie)
Demographic context and « Maternity Capital » policy in Russia: impacts on conjugal and
intergenerational relationships
Svetlana Russkikh (Paris Descartes University, iPOPs - Ined) and Cécile Lefèvre (Paris Descartes
University and Ined)
Lunch break
14h-15h.The social dimensions of the Greek crisis
Greece: Which crises, what solutions?
Byron Kotzamanis (Thessalia University, Greece) and Gabriel Colletis (Université of Toulouse 1,
France)
15h-16h15. In South America, inequalities and new models of social protection?
President: Roxana Eleta de Filippis (Le Havre University)
Demographic changes and access to economic security in elderly people in Latin America
Enrique Pelaez (Latino-American Association of Population, CIECS/CONICET, Cordoba, Argentine)
Poverty, inequality and the conditional cash transfer Bolsa Família program in Brazil
Valéria Pero (Institute of Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brésil)
Coffee break
16h30-17h30. Round table, Demographic giants, social transformation and economic development: is
there a specificity of the Brics and emerging countries?
Moderator: Cécile Lefèvre (Paris Descartes University and Ined)
with Du Peng (Institute of Gerontology, Renmin University, Beijing) and Valéria Pero (Institute of
Economics, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) and Deniz Ünal (Specialist on the
Turkish economy, CEPII, Paris)
17h30-18h. Bibliographical watch and website project on the theme « Population structure and social
protection »
Laura Guérin (Paris Descartes University) and Svetlana Russkikh (Paris Descartes University, IPOPsIned)
2 Wednesday, September 30th 2015
9h30-11h15. Rapid ageing prospects in young countries, transformation of family systems and issues of
political and economic governance in Sub-Saharan Africa.
President: Philippe Antoine (IRD)
Old age policy in Burkina Faso: International organisations, the State and civil society
Tom Briaud (Paris Descartes University, iPOPs-Ined)
Cash transfers in Africa: A social policy in the hands of NGOs?
Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan (Lasdel, Niger)
Ageing in Uganda: Challenges and Values
James Ntozi et Abel Nzabona (Makerere University, Uganda)
Coffee break
11h30-12h30. Enjeux démographiques et sociaux des DOM
President: Loïc Trabut (Ined),
Demographic structure and social policies in the DOM
Claude-Valentin Marie (Ined) and Didier Breton (University of Strasbourg and Ined)
The French Oversees, between North and South: when the social model predates the economic model
Françoise Rivière (Agence Française de Développement)
Lunch Break
14h-15h15. Strong social policy choices, for which familial and demographic specificities? The case of
Thaïland
President: Marianne Berthod Wurmser (Revue Française des Affaires Sociales)
Ageing and the Changing Nature of Intergenerational Flows in Thailand
Suphannada Limpanonda Lowhachai (Office of the National Economic Development Board,
Thailande)
Public health policies in the era of the AIDS epidemic: The impact on intergenerational solidarities of
combined private and public support in Thailand
Sophie Le Coeur (Ined) and Eva Lelièvre (Ined)
Coffee break
3 15h30-16h30. Round table : Issues of social protection paradigms: universality, contributivity,
targeting, conditionality…and Cash Transfer policies
Moderator: Emmanuelle Cathelineau (Agence Française de Développement)
with Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan (Lasdel, Niger), Enrique Pelaez (Latino-American Association of
Population, CIECS/CONICET, Cordoba, Argentine) , James Ntozi (Makerere University)
16h30-18h. Conclusions
Transversal readings :
with Laurent Nowik (University of Tours), Muriel Sajoux (Université de Tours), Byron Kotzamanis
(Thessalia University), Béatrice Lecestre-Rollier (Université Paris Descartes), Christian Kakuba
(Makerere University).
Perspectives :
with Valérie Golaz (Ined), Cécile Lefèvre (University Paris Descartes, Ined), Jacques Véron (Ined)
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