Friday, March 4

10:00 am

Introduction

10:05 am

Mortality Inequality in the United States and Europe

Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER

Discussant:
Siddhartha Sanghi, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

10:40 am

Using Cause-of-Death Data to Better Understand the U.S Increasing Disadvantage in Mortality

Magali Barbieri, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Nicholas F. Reynolds, University of Essex

11:15 am

Break

11:25 am

Country and Sex Differences in (trends in) Life Expectancy in Europe: The Role of Lifestyle Factors

Fanny Janssen, University of Groningen

Discussant:
Atheendar Venkataramani, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

12:00 noon

Reducing Health Inequalities – the Role of the Welfare State

Kjell G. Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics
Aline Bütikofer, Norwegian School of Economics

Discussant:
Laura Wherry, New York University and NBER

12:35 pm

Break

12:45 pm

Rising Midlife Mortality: Economic Causes or Effects

Darrell Gaskin, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Discussant:
David Molitor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER

1:20 pm

Changing Mortality Patterns Across the United States

Angus Deaton, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Martha J. Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER

1:55 pm

Conclusion

2:00 pm

Adjourn