Inequalities in Mortality in the US and Beyond.

• Position: Conferences

An NBER conference on Inequalities in Mortality in the US and Beyond took place March 4 online. Research Associate Janet Currie of Princeton University and Faculty Research Fellow Hannes Schwandt of Northwestern University organized the meeting, supported by National Institute on Aging Grant P30AG012810. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Darrell Gaskin, Johns Hopkins University and NBER, "Rising Midlife Mortality: Economic Causes or Effects"

* Janet Currie and Hannes Schwandt, "Mortality Inequality in the United States and Europe"

* Angus Deaton, Princeton University and NBER, "Changing Mortality Patterns across the United States"

* Fanny Janssen, University of Groningen, "Country and Sex Differences in (Trends in) Life...