Saturday, April 1 / 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM   •   Santa Barbara B

Session 135:
Early Life Experiences and Mortality

Chair: Ken R. Smith, University of Utah
Discussant: Gabriele Doblhammer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

  1. Childhood Conditions and Exceptional Longevity • Leonid A. Gavrilov, University of Chicago ; Natalia S. Gavrilova, University of Chicago

  2. Early Life Conditions and Adult Mortality in the St. Lawrence Valley, Canada 1720-1800 • Kent Johansson, Lund University ; Jan Beise, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Bertrand Desjardins, Université de Montréal

  3. Testing the Influenza-Tuberculosis Selective Mortality Hypothesis with Union Army Data • Andrew Noymer, University of California, Berkeley

  4. Occupational Mobility and Old-Age Survival: Evidence from Union Army Veterans 1861-1946 • Dejun Su, University of Chicago

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