PAA2016CallforPapers-PopulationAssociationofAmerica.PDFVIP

PAA 2016 Call for Papers Annual Meeting, Population Association of America  Washington, DC ● March 31 ‐ April 2, 2016  Deadline for  Submissions: September 25, 2015    Instructions for Submitting a Paper 1. All presenters, discussants, chairs and session organizers must be registered for the meeting to participate. Meeting registration typically opens 12-16 weeks prior to the meeting. PAA Members receive a preferred rate for annual meeting registration, and all participants are strongly encouraged to join. Learn more about PAA membership online at /membership/join/. 2. Submissions are made online at the 2016 Annual Meeting Program website, /2016program. The link will go live on August 17, 2015, when PAA completes the first part of the transition to new software provided by Confex. The submission process is similar to past years. Authors are asked to submit both: a) a short abstract (150 words) to be entered online; and b) either an extended abstract (2-4 pages, including tables) or a completed paper to be uploaded to the website following instructions available online. This year authors also are asked to identify who will present the paper (see below on the new two-presenter rule adopted by PAA). Authors may modify their submissions online at any time until September 25, 2015. 3. Extended abstracts must be sufficiently detailed to allow the session organizer to judge the merits of the paper, including a description of the topic to be studied, the theoretical focus, the data and research methods, and the expected