Mortality is a crucial indicator of wellbeing and recent mortality trends have been a subject of public debate in many … Western countries. This paper compares mortality inequality in Canada and the U.S. over the period 1990/91 through 2010/11. In … Canada, mortality inequality remained constant among the youngest, but increased for men over 24 and for women over 14. In …

Mortality rates have fallen dramatically over time, starting in a few countries in the 18th century, and continuing to … fall today. In just the past century, life expectancy has increased by over 30 years. At the same time, mortality rates … income per capita and mortality rates, a correlation that also exists within countries, where richer, better-educated people …

We investigate the impact of a large economic shock on mortality. We find that counties more exposed to a plausibly …

We develop a method to compare levels and trends in inequality in mortality in the United States and France in a …, inequality in mortality in France remained remarkably low and stable. In the United States, inequality in mortality increased for …

This paper examines the distributional implications of mandatory longevity insurance when there is mortality … alternative annuity programs in the presence of differential mortality across groups. This paper embeds that analysis into a life … is welfare enhancing even for those individuals with much higher-than-average expected mortality rates, so long as …