Changes in age-at-death distribution in low-mortality countries: a nonparametric approach • Nadine Ouellette, Université de Montréal ; Robert R. Bourbeau, Université de Montréal

Are there educational differentials in the rectangularization of the human survival curve? • Dustin C. Brown, University of Texas at Austin ; Mark D. Hayward, University of Texas at Austin ; Jennifer Karas Montez, University of Texas at Austin ; Robert A. Hummer, University of Texas at Austin ; Mira M. Hidajat, Pennsylvania State University

A warped failure time model for human mortality • Carlo G. Camarda, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Paul H.C. Eilers, Utrecht University

Understanding the changes in the variability of age at death in São Paulo: compression or expansion of mortality? • Marcos Gonzaga, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR) ; Carla J. Machado, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR)