Economics 350, Spring 2022: NBER Supplement

NBER Conference, “Inequalities in Mortality in the US and Beyond,” Spring 2022
- Mortality Inequality in the United States and Europe
  - Janet Currie, Princeton University and NBER; Hannes Schwandt, Northwestern University and NBER
  - Discussion: Mortality Inequality in the United States and Europe, Siddhartha Sanghi, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
- Using Cause-of-Death Data to Better Understand the U.S Increasing Disadvantage in Mortality
  - Magali Barbieri, University of California, Berkeley
  - Discussion of: Using Cause-of-Death Data to Better Understand the U.S Increasing Disadvantage in Mortality, Nicholas F. Reynolds, University of Essex
- Country and sex differences in (trends in) life expectancy in Europe: the role of lifestyle factors
  - Fanny Janssen, University of Groningen
  - Discussion: Life Expectancy and Lifestyle Factors, Atheendar Venkataramani, University of Pennsylvania
- Reducing Health Inequalities: The Role of the Welfare State
  - Kjell G. Salvanes, Norwegian School of Economics; Aline Bütikofer, Norwegian School of Economics
  - Discussion: Reducing Health Inequalities: The Role of the Welfare State, Laura Wherry, New York University and NBER
- High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults: Opioids, Other Drugs, and Alcohol
  - Darrell Gaskin, Johns Hopkins University and NBER
  - Discussion: Rising Midlife Mortality: Economic Causes or Effects, David Molitor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER
- Changing Mortality Patterns Across the United States
  - Angus Deaton, Princeton University and NBER
  - Discussant: Martha J. Bailey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
- Related Papers:
  - Currie, Janet, and Hannes Schwandt. (2016). “Inequality in mortality decreased among the young while increasing for older adults, 1990-2010.” Science, 352(6286):708-712.
  - Schwandt, Hannes, Janet Currie, Marlies Bär, James Banks, Paola Bertoli, Aline Bütikofer, Sarah Cattan, Beatrice Zong-Ying Chao, Claudia Costa, Libertad González, Veronica Grembi, Kristiina Huttunen, René Karadakic, Lucy Kraftman, Sonya Krutikova, Stefano Lombardi, Peter Redler, Carlos Riumallo-Herl, Ana Rodríguez-González, Kjell G. Salvanes, Paula Santana, Josselin Thuilliez, Eddy van Doorslaer, Tom Van Ourti, Joachim K. Winter, Bram Wouterse, and Amelie Wuppermann. (2021). “Inequality in mortality between Black and White Americans by age, place, and cause and in comparison to Europe, 1990 to 2018.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(40):e2104684118.