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Income and Life Expectancy: What Can Be Learned from International Comparisons
Organized by Raj Chetty, David M. Cutler, and Michael Stepner Supported by the National Institute on Aging September 5, 2019 NBER |
| Thursday, September 5 | |
| 8:30 am |
Coffee and Pastries
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New International Results on the Relationship Between Income and Life Expectancy
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| 9:00 am |
Introductions
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| 9:05 am |
Income and Life Expectancy, presentations from each country (15 min each)
Sweden Norway The Netherlands Canada |
| 10:30 am |
Break
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| 10:45 am |
Income and Life Expectancy, presentations from each country (15 min each)
Taiwan Denmark Austria |
| 11:45 am |
Income and Life Expectancy, international comparisons
Michael Stepner |
| 12:15 pm |
Lunch
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| 1:00 pm |
Open Discussion: challenges and next steps for international comparisons
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Complementary Work on the Determinants of Health Inequality
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| 2:00 pm |
The Impact of Income on Mortality: Evidence from a Natural Resource Boom
Jostein Grytten, Jonas Minet Kinge, Jonathan Skinner |
| 2:35 pm |
Break
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| 2:50 pm |
The Role of Competing Risks for the Rise of Inequality in Life Expectancy
Gordon B. Dahl, Claus Thustrup Kreiner, Torben Heien Nielsen, Benjamin Ly Serena |
| 3:25 pm |
Local Area Variation in Morbidity Among Low-Income, Older Adults in the U.S.
Maria Polyakova and Lynn Hua |
| 4:00 pm |
Adjourn
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Optional Evening Activities
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| 5:00 pm |
Drinks and Reception at Opportunity Insights, 1280 Massachusetts Ave.
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| 6:00 pm |
Dinner at Opportunity Insights, 1280 Massachusetts Ave.
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