How similar is sibling mortality in later life?

Amanda Kowalski
Professor, Department of Economics, College of Literature, Science & the Arts Professor, Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy

Co-Investigators

  • Jonathan Beauchamp, George Mason University
  • Jennifer Bernard, US Census Bureau
  • Ryan Fraser, University of Michigan

Abstract

This MiCDA pilot will seed new research to estimate the relative contribution of genetic and environmental factors to population-level mortality inequalities in the United States over several decades, for both early and later life mortality and geographically patterned mortality.