Thursday, April 11 / 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Meeting Room 308 (Level 3)

Session 117
Gender Disparities in Later Life in Developing Countries

Chair: Abigail Weitzman, University of Michigan
Discussant: Lea Pessin, Pennsylvania State University

1. Decomposition of Gender Disparities in Health Expectancy Among the Elderly in Latin AmericaMarilia Nepomuceno , Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Cassio M. Turra, Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional (CEDEPLAR).

2. Investigating Life Course Pathways to Sex Differences in Later-Life Cognitive Health Among Older Adults in Rural South AfricaCollin Payne , Australian National University; Lindsay Kobayashi, Harvard University.

3. Matriarchs of Central Asia: Age Differences Among Kyrgyzstani Women in Housework ParticipationKamila Kolpashnikova , National Taipei University; Kiyomi Shirakawa, Hitotsubashi University; Osamu Sudoh, University of Tokyo.

4. Gender, Capital Endowment and Digital Exclusion of Elderly in ChinaJuhua Yang , Renmin University of China; Susu Wang, Renmin University of China.

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