Inequalities in Mortality in the US and Beyond

Janet Currie and Hannes Schwandt, Organizers

March 4, 2022

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Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, March 4
10:00 am
Introduction
10:05 am
Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER
Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER

Mortality Inequality in the United States and Europe
Discussant: Siddhartha Sanghi, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
10:40 am
Magali Barbieri, University of California, Berkeley

Using Cause-of-Death Data to Better Understand the U.S Increasing Disadvantage in Mortality
Discussant: Nicholas F. Reynolds, University of Essex
11:15 am
Break
11:25 am
Fanny Janssen, University of Groningen

Country and Sex Differences in (trends in) Life Expectancy in Europe: The Role of Lifestyle Factors
Discussant: Atheendar Venkataramani, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
12:00 noon
Kjell G. Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics
Aline Bütikofer, Norwegian School of Economics

Reducing Health Inequalities – the Role of the Welfare State
Discussant: Laura Wherry, New York University and NBER
12:35 pm
Break
12:45 pm
Darrell Gaskin, Johns Hopkins University and NBER

Rising Midlife Mortality: Economic Causes or Effects
Discussant: David Molitor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
1:20 pm
Angus Deaton, Princeton University and NBER


Changing Mortality Patterns Across the United States
Discussant: Martha J. Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
1:55 pm
Conclusion
2:00 pm
Adjourn