Multistate model of life course events: analysis of transition to family formation and first birth with application in Southern Africa • Lawrence Kazembe, University of Namibia ; Ndeyapo M Nickanor, University of Namibia

A new tool for old questions: a sequence-analysis multistate model. Women’s employment trajectories before and after the German reunification • Matthias Studer, Université de Genève and NCCR-LIVES ; Emanuela Struffolino, WZB Berlin Social Science Center ; Anette E. Fasang, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin

The impact of migration on family transitions: Russians in Russia and Estonia • Leen Rahnu, Tallinn University ; Allan Puur, Estonian Interuniversity Population Research Centre ; Luule Sakkeus, Tallinn University ; Liili Abuladze, Tallinn University ; Martin Klesment, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Timing of parenthood, earnings trajectories, and earnings accumulation in Sweden • Stefano Cantalini, Università degli Studi di Milano ; Juho Härkönen, Stockholm University ; Johan Dahlberg, Stockholm University

Education and diverging family trajectories in Britain: new insights from microsimulation • Maria Winkler-Dworak, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) ; Eva Beaujouan, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) ; Ann M. Berrington, University of Southampton ; Martin Spielauer, Statistics Canada