1. Japanese Couples’ Money Management Strategies Over the Course of Relationships • Beyda Cineli , Cologne University; Ryota Mugiyama, University of Tokyo.

2. Penalty and Premium at Midlife? A Demographic Perspective across Three Different Welfare Systems • Angelo Lorenti , Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR); Jessica Nisen, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Mikko Myrskylä, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

3. Family Formation Trajectories and Cohort Change among Sexual Minorities • Ariane Ophir , Centre for Demographic Studies (CED); Diederik Boertien , Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics (CED); Sergi Vidal , Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

4. Cohort Change in the Family Complexity of Adults and Children in the United Kingdom • Carla Rowold , University of Oxford; Zachary Van Winkle , § SciencePo and Nuffield College.

5. Employment Patterns During Early Motherhood in West Germany, East Germany and Hungary • Lili Vargha , Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin & Hungarian Deomgraphic Research Institute; Anette E. Fasang, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin; Antonino Polizzi, Humboldt-Univerität zu Berlin.

6. Pathways of Out-of-Home Care in the Netherlands • Mioara Zoutewelle-Terovan , Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI); Ruben van Gaalen, Statistics Netherlands/University of Amsterdam (Sociology); Ingeborg Deerenberg, Statistics Netherlands.