New Perspectives on Lifespan Inequality
Organized by the Herczeg Institute in collaboration with University of Southern Denmark and University of Oxford
New Perspectives on Lifespan Inequality
Thursday, January 21st, 2021
16:00–19:00 Israel Time | 15:00-18:00 CET | 9:00–12:00 EST
Opening statement: Dr. ISAAC SASSON, Prof. VIRGINIA ZARULLI & Dr. JOSÉ MANUEL ABURTO
Conceptualizing and measuring lifespan inequality
Keynote: Lifespan inequality is at best a weak signal of real inequality, and why that is so.
Prof. HAL CASWELL
Reflections on relative measures of inequality. Dr. ALYSON VAN RAALTE
On the measurement of healthy lifespan inequality. Dr. IÑAKI PERMANYER
New frontiers in research on lifespan inequality
The landscape of primate longevity. Prof. FERNANDO COLCHERO
Mortality inequalities and the impairment paradox in later life. Prof. MICHAL ENGELMAN
State-level trends in lifespan variability in the United States, 1960–2014. Prof. DUSTIN
BROWN & Prof. JOSEPH LARISCY
Open discussion and concluding remarks
The conference will be held via Zoom. Participation is free.
To register please visit https://tinyurl.com/lifespan2021 or contact tomaival@tauex.tau.ac.il