Is it possible to raise fertility to replacement level through policy efforts? The case of Japan • Ryuzaburo Sato, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan ; Motomi Beppu, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan

Postponement and recuperation in Russia's cohort fertility: does the Pronatalist Policy contribute to the acceleration or deceleration of the postponement transition? • Sergei V. Zakharov, National Research University Higher School of Economics

Socio-economic differentials in the uptake of (in)formal childcare and the effects of childcare strategies on second birth hazards • Karel Neels, Universiteit Antwerpen ; Jonas Wood, Universiteit Antwerpen ; Tine Kil, Universiteit Antwerpen

Russian fertility: from demographic abyss to new baby boom? Evidence from period and cohort perspective • Alexey Raksha, National Research University Higher School of Economics