Old Age Mortality in Eastern and South-Eastern Asia • Danan Gu, United Nations Population Division ; Kirill F. Andreev, United Nations ; Nan Li, United Nations ; Thomas Spoorenberg, United Nations Population Division ; Gerhard K. Heilig, United Nations Population Division

How Health Conditions Translate into Self Assessments: A Comparative Study of Older Adults across Europe • Melissa Hardy, Pennsylvania State University ; Francesco Acciai, Pennsylvania State University

A Global Perspective on Cognitive Abilities and Educational Attainment • Daniela Weber, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Vegard Skirbekk, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Cross National Comparisons of Health Disparities among Aging Populations in Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa • Mary McEniry, University of Michigan

The Welfare State, the Life Course and Cross-National Variation in Socioeconomic Disparities in Health and Aging • Steven A. Haas, Pennsylvania State University