1. The Making of Missing Girls: Comparative Evidence from Population Administrative Microdata of Three East Asian Populations, 1652-1945 • Hao Dong, Peking University; Satomi Kurosu, Reitaku University; Wen-Shan Yang, Academia Sinica; James Z. Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

2. Urban Kin Propinquity in the United States, 1880 • Matt A. Nelson, University of Minnesota.

3. Bearing the Cost? Mother’s Survival in Later Life in the Netherlands and Sweden • Ingrid K van Dijk, Lund University.

4. With or without the Help of Kin? - Cooperative Breeding between Natal Support, in-Law Opportunities, and Consanguinity • Kai Willfuehr, University of Oldenburg.