Friday, May 4 / 12:30 PM - 2:20 PM   •   Union Square 15-16

Session 116:
Experimental Studies of Human Mortality

Chair: Graziella Caselli, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"
Discussant: Patrick Deboosere, Vrije Universiteit Brussel

  1. Month of Birth and Exceptional Longevity: A Within-Family AnalysisNatalia S. Gavrilova, University of Chicago ; Leonid A. Gavrilov, University of Chicago

  2. The Longevity of Nuns and Monks: A Gender Gap Issue Investigated with New Belgian DataMichel Poulain, Université Catholique de Louvain and Tallinn University

  3. Patterns of Aged-People Life Expectancy in Three Chinese CitiesJiaying Zhao, Australian National University ; Jow-Ching Tu, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ; Zhongwei Zhao, Australian National University

  4. Male Tallness Predicts Higher Cancer Mortality, without Apparent Antiselection for TallnessUlrich O. Mueller, University of Marburg ; Allan Mazur, Syracuse University ; Cedric Noessler, Philipps-Universität Marburg ; Andrea Werdecker, Philipps-Universität Marburg

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