First signs of transition: the parallel decline of early baptism and early mortality in the province of Padua (North East Italy) 1816-1870 • Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, Università di Padova ; Alessandra Minello, European University Institute ; Guido Alfani, Università Bocconi

Infant and child mortality among immigrant groups in the United States, 1890-1910 • J. David Hacker, University of Minnesota ; Martin Dribe, Lund University

Reproductive behavior before the onset of the fertility transition: usage of the Cox regression and survival analysis for the study of birth intervals (case study of Jablonec, Bohemia, in the 18th century) • Ludmila Fialova, Charles University in Prague ; Klara Hulikova Tesarkova, Charles University in Prague ; Barbora Kuprova, Charles University in Prague

The geography of early childhood mortality in England and Wales, 1881-1911 • Hannaliis Jaadla, University of Cambridge ; Alice Reid, University of Cambridge