Explaining the geographic pattern in U.S. women’s mortality trends • Jennifer Karas Montez, Case Western Reserve University ; Anna Zajacova, University of Wyoming ; Mark D. Hayward, University of Texas at Austin

Parity and mortality in Finnish men and women: do living conditions in childhood and adulthood explain the association? • Elina Einiö, University of Helsinki ; Jessica Nisén, University of Helsinki ; Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki

Changing relationship between unemployment and mortality in South Korea: 1989-2012 • Chulhee Lee, Seoul National University

Neo-liberalism and life expectancy: a study in the political-economy of population health • Ross Macmillan, Università Bocconi ; Keiti Kondi, Università Bocconi