Thursday, November 20 / 1:15 PM - 3:00 PM • LaSalle 2 (7th Floor)

Session 26
Mortality Over the Life Course: Effects of Social, Family, and Historical Contexts

Chair: Julia Jennings, University at Albany
Discussant: Won-tak Joo, University of Florida

1. Twins, Birth Order, and Childhood Survival: Evidence from Large-Scale Genealogical Data • Casey Breen, University of Texas at Austin; Sam Hwang, University of British Columbia.

2. Life Expectancy Impacts of Surviving Wartime Incarceration: Evidence from American World War I Prisoners of War • Evan Roberts, University of Minnesota.

3. Understanding Changes in the Duration of Widowhood in the United States • Sven E. Wilson, Brigham Young University; Joseph Price, Brigham Young University; Adriana Lleras-Muney, University of California, Los Angeles; Robert A. Pollak, Washington University in St. Louis; Josh Nicholls, Brigham Young University; Sami Adamson, Brigham Young University; Charles Hutchinson, UCLA.

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