Thursday, April 30 / 1:30 PM - 3:20 PM   •   LaSalle

Session 45:
Family Influences on Socioeconomic Differentials in Health and Mortality

Chair: Naomi J. Spence, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Discussant: Felicia LeClere, University of Michigan

  1. Is Biology Destiny? Birth Weight and Differential Parental TreatmentAmy Hsin, University of Michigan

  2. Prenatal and Infant Health, Family Background and Educational Attainment: Results from the 1966 Northern Finland Birth Cohort StudyJuho Harkonen, Yale University ; Hande Kaymakcalan, Yale University ; Anja Taanila, University of Oulu

  3. Early Life Conditions and Cause-Specific Mortality in FinlandIrma T. Elo, University of Pennsylvania ; Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki

  4. Education of Children and Differential Mortality of Parents: Do Parents Benefit from Their Children’s Attainments?Esther M. Friedman, University of California, Los Angeles

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