I Sasson
Biographic Data
| ID | 57889 |
|---|---|
| NAME | I Sasson |
| GIVEN NAMES | I |
| FAMILY NAME | Sasson |
| SIGNATURE | SASSON I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tel Aviv University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7033-9497 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 217 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Changes in life expectancy across selected countries in the Western Pacific Region and their underlying risk factors, 1990–2021
Despite the efforts from the government and WHO in the WPR, the gaps between lower-middle-income and high-income countries remain substantial and further enlarged because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Long-term reductions in mortality and gains in life expectancy in all observed countries in the Region require the further modification of the profile of the underlying risks
From Lifespan Inequality to Lifespan Inequity
This article introduces a comprehensive framework for defining and quantifying lifespan inequity within a population, grounded in the capability approach. Lifespan inequity (i.e., unfair inequality) is defined as lifespan deprivation due to premature mortality in a life table distribution of ages at death. We introduce the concept of the Minimally Adequate Length of Life as the threshold distinguishing premature deaths from lifespans of “normal l…
Beyond the cradle: Effects of family income in the first 1,000 days on educational achievement later in life
This study examines the impact of family income across various developmental stages of early and later childhood on educational achievement in fifth-grade among Israeli students born between 2000 and 2005. Utilizing administrative data, we analyze the effects of family income during distinct childhood segments, with a particular focus on the critical first 1,000 days of life. Our findings reveal that family income during this early period—from th…
A New Research Agenda for Social Inequalities in Mortality: Challenges and Open Questions
Research on mortality inequalities has proliferated in demography in recent decades, documenting disparities between nations and within them across multiple social dimensions. Yet, this literature remains largely descriptive and atheoretical. In this paper, I identify three open questions in need of theoretical development. First, I identify a general shift from gender (and race) based mortality inequalities to class-based inequalities across low…
Black and white differences in subjective survival expectations: An evaluation of competing mechanisms
While black-white inequality in longevity is well documented in the United States, little is known about how individuals from different race/ethnic groups form their own personal survival expectations. Prior research has found that despite having higher mortality, blacks on average report higher survival expectations relative to whites. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we examined racial differences in subjective survival expectat…
Lessons for Measuring Jewish Identity from Racial Categorization in Population Censuses: Commentary on According to Their Numbers
Age and Covid-19 mortality: A comparison of Gompertz doubling time across countries and causes of death
Demographers have emphasized the importance of age in explaining the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on mortality. However, the relationship between COVID-19 mortality and age should be contextualized in relation to other causes of death
Regional trajectories in life expectancy and lifespan variation: Persistent inequality in two Nordic welfare states
An important dimension of inequality in mortality is regional variation. However, studies that investigate regional mortality patterns within and between national and regional borders are rare. We carry out a comparative study of Finland and Sweden: two welfare states that share many attributes, with one exception being their mortality trajectories. Although Finland has risen rapidly in the global life expectancy rankings, Sweden has lost its his…
Association Between Educational Attainment and Causes of Death Among White and Black US Adults, 2010-2017
Importance: There are substantial and increasing educational differences in US adult life expectancy. To reduce social inequalities in mortality, it is important to understand how specific causes of death have contributed to increasing educational differences in adult life expectancy in recent years. Objective: To estimate the relationship of specific causes of death with increasing educational differences in adult life expectancy from 2010 to 20…
Increasing Education-Based Disparities in Healthy Life Expectancy Among U.S. Non-Hispanic Whites, 2000–2010
Differences in HLE between education groups increased among non-Hispanic whites from 2000 to 2010. In fact, education-based differences in HLE were larger than differences in total life expectancy. Thus, the lives of less-educated whites were not only shorter, on average, compared with their college-educated counterparts, but they were also more burdened with disability
The 1931 census of Palestine and the statistical (un)making of an Arab landless class
This study sits at the intersection of census-making, colonialism, and the politics of statistical expertise. It considers the Palestine Census that the country’s British rulers had undertaken in 1931. It focuses on British intentions to include questions that could have yielded data about the alleged emergence of an Arab ‘landless class’. The validation of such a category would have justified British restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palesti…
The case for monitoring life-span inequality
Focus on variation in age at death, not just average age
Does the Functional Form of the Association Between Education and Mortality Differ by U.S. Region
To understand the education-mortality association among U.S. adults, recent studies have documented its national functional form. However, the functional form of education-mortality relationship may vary across geographic contexts. The four U.S. Census regions differ considerably in their social and economic policies, employment opportunities, income levels, and other factors that may affect how education lowers the risk of mortality. Thus, we do…
Educational Differences in the Prevalence of Dementia and Life Expectancy with Dementia: Changes from 2000 to 2010
Differences in the burden of cognitive loss by education point to the significant cost of low social status both to individuals and to society
Land cover change and fertility in West-Central Africa: Rural livelihoods and the vicious circle model
Trends in Life Expectancy and Lifespan Variation by Educational Attainment: United States, 1990–2010
The educational gradient in life expectancy is well documented in the United States and in other low-mortality countries. Highly educated Americans, on average, live longer than their low-educated counterparts, who have recently seen declines in adult life expectancy. However, limiting the discussion on lifespan inequality to mean differences alone overlooks other dimensions of inequality and particularly disparities in lifespan variation. The la…
Trends and group differences in the association between educational attainment and U.S. adult mortality: Implications for understanding education's causal influence
Widowhood and Depression: New Light on Gender Differences, Selection, and Psychological Adjustment
Although men and women do not differ in trajectories of depressive symptoms following widowhood, given similar circumstances, women are distinctly disadvantaged in that they are more likely to become widowed and under less favorable conditions
Non-poor Components of Population Growth and Immigration in the U.S., 1990–2010
Trends and group differences in the association between educational attainment and U.S. adult mortality: Implications for understanding education's causal influence
Trends in Life Expectancy and Lifespan Variation by Educational Attainment: United States, 1990–2010
The educational gradient in life expectancy is well documented in the United States and in other low-mortality countries. Highly educated Americans, on average, live longer than their low-educated counterparts, who have recently seen declines in adult life expectancy. However, limiting the discussion on lifespan inequality to mean differences alone overlooks other dimensions of inequality and particularly disparities in lifespan variation. The la…
Widowhood and Depression: New Light on Gender Differences, Selection, and Psychological Adjustment
Although men and women do not differ in trajectories of depressive symptoms following widowhood, given similar circumstances, women are distinctly disadvantaged in that they are more likely to become widowed and under less favorable conditions
Educational Differences in the Prevalence of Dementia and Life Expectancy with Dementia: Changes from 2000 to 2010
Differences in the burden of cognitive loss by education point to the significant cost of low social status both to individuals and to society
Increasing Education-Based Disparities in Healthy Life Expectancy Among U.S. Non-Hispanic Whites, 2000–2010
Differences in HLE between education groups increased among non-Hispanic whites from 2000 to 2010. In fact, education-based differences in HLE were larger than differences in total life expectancy. Thus, the lives of less-educated whites were not only shorter, on average, compared with their college-educated counterparts, but they were also more burdened with disability
Does the Functional Form of the Association Between Education and Mortality Differ by U.S. Region
To understand the education-mortality association among U.S. adults, recent studies have documented its national functional form. However, the functional form of education-mortality relationship may vary across geographic contexts. The four U.S. Census regions differ considerably in their social and economic policies, employment opportunities, income levels, and other factors that may affect how education lowers the risk of mortality. Thus, we do…
Regional trajectories in life expectancy and lifespan variation: Persistent inequality in two Nordic welfare states
An important dimension of inequality in mortality is regional variation. However, studies that investigate regional mortality patterns within and between national and regional borders are rare. We carry out a comparative study of Finland and Sweden: two welfare states that share many attributes, with one exception being their mortality trajectories. Although Finland has risen rapidly in the global life expectancy rankings, Sweden has lost its his…
Land cover change and fertility in West-Central Africa: Rural livelihoods and the vicious circle model
Age and Covid-19 mortality: A comparison of Gompertz doubling time across countries and causes of death
Demographers have emphasized the importance of age in explaining the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on mortality. However, the relationship between COVID-19 mortality and age should be contextualized in relation to other causes of death
The 1931 census of Palestine and the statistical (un)making of an Arab landless class
This study sits at the intersection of census-making, colonialism, and the politics of statistical expertise. It considers the Palestine Census that the country’s British rulers had undertaken in 1931. It focuses on British intentions to include questions that could have yielded data about the alleged emergence of an Arab ‘landless class’. The validation of such a category would have justified British restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palesti…
A New Research Agenda for Social Inequalities in Mortality: Challenges and Open Questions
Research on mortality inequalities has proliferated in demography in recent decades, documenting disparities between nations and within them across multiple social dimensions. Yet, this literature remains largely descriptive and atheoretical. In this paper, I identify three open questions in need of theoretical development. First, I identify a general shift from gender (and race) based mortality inequalities to class-based inequalities across low…
Non-poor Components of Population Growth and Immigration in the U.S., 1990–2010
Non-poor Components of Population Growth and Immigration in the U.S., 1990–2010
Widowhood and Depression: New Light on Gender Differences, Selection, and Psychological Adjustment
Although men and women do not differ in trajectories of depressive symptoms following widowhood, given similar circumstances, women are distinctly disadvantaged in that they are more likely to become widowed and under less favorable conditions
Trends and group differences in the association between educational attainment and U.S. adult mortality: Implications for understanding education's causal influence
Trends in Life Expectancy and Lifespan Variation by Educational Attainment: United States, 1990–2010
The educational gradient in life expectancy is well documented in the United States and in other low-mortality countries. Highly educated Americans, on average, live longer than their low-educated counterparts, who have recently seen declines in adult life expectancy. However, limiting the discussion on lifespan inequality to mean differences alone overlooks other dimensions of inequality and particularly disparities in lifespan variation. The la…
Educational Differences in the Prevalence of Dementia and Life Expectancy with Dementia: Changes from 2000 to 2010
Differences in the burden of cognitive loss by education point to the significant cost of low social status both to individuals and to society
Land cover change and fertility in West-Central Africa: Rural livelihoods and the vicious circle model
The case for monitoring life-span inequality
Focus on variation in age at death, not just average age
Does the Functional Form of the Association Between Education and Mortality Differ by U.S. Region
To understand the education-mortality association among U.S. adults, recent studies have documented its national functional form. However, the functional form of education-mortality relationship may vary across geographic contexts. The four U.S. Census regions differ considerably in their social and economic policies, employment opportunities, income levels, and other factors that may affect how education lowers the risk of mortality. Thus, we do…
Association Between Educational Attainment and Causes of Death Among White and Black US Adults, 2010-2017
Importance: There are substantial and increasing educational differences in US adult life expectancy. To reduce social inequalities in mortality, it is important to understand how specific causes of death have contributed to increasing educational differences in adult life expectancy in recent years. Objective: To estimate the relationship of specific causes of death with increasing educational differences in adult life expectancy from 2010 to 20…
Increasing Education-Based Disparities in Healthy Life Expectancy Among U.S. Non-Hispanic Whites, 2000–2010
Differences in HLE between education groups increased among non-Hispanic whites from 2000 to 2010. In fact, education-based differences in HLE were larger than differences in total life expectancy. Thus, the lives of less-educated whites were not only shorter, on average, compared with their college-educated counterparts, but they were also more burdened with disability
The 1931 census of Palestine and the statistical (un)making of an Arab landless class
This study sits at the intersection of census-making, colonialism, and the politics of statistical expertise. It considers the Palestine Census that the country’s British rulers had undertaken in 1931. It focuses on British intentions to include questions that could have yielded data about the alleged emergence of an Arab ‘landless class’. The validation of such a category would have justified British restrictions on Jewish immigration to Palesti…
Regional trajectories in life expectancy and lifespan variation: Persistent inequality in two Nordic welfare states
An important dimension of inequality in mortality is regional variation. However, studies that investigate regional mortality patterns within and between national and regional borders are rare. We carry out a comparative study of Finland and Sweden: two welfare states that share many attributes, with one exception being their mortality trajectories. Although Finland has risen rapidly in the global life expectancy rankings, Sweden has lost its his…
Age and Covid-19 mortality: A comparison of Gompertz doubling time across countries and causes of death
Demographers have emphasized the importance of age in explaining the spread of COVID-19 and its impact on mortality. However, the relationship between COVID-19 mortality and age should be contextualized in relation to other causes of death
Black and white differences in subjective survival expectations: An evaluation of competing mechanisms
While black-white inequality in longevity is well documented in the United States, little is known about how individuals from different race/ethnic groups form their own personal survival expectations. Prior research has found that despite having higher mortality, blacks on average report higher survival expectations relative to whites. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study, we examined racial differences in subjective survival expectat…
Lessons for Measuring Jewish Identity from Racial Categorization in Population Censuses: Commentary on According to Their Numbers
Changes in life expectancy across selected countries in the Western Pacific Region and their underlying risk factors, 1990–2021
Despite the efforts from the government and WHO in the WPR, the gaps between lower-middle-income and high-income countries remain substantial and further enlarged because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Long-term reductions in mortality and gains in life expectancy in all observed countries in the Region require the further modification of the profile of the underlying risks
From Lifespan Inequality to Lifespan Inequity
This article introduces a comprehensive framework for defining and quantifying lifespan inequity within a population, grounded in the capability approach. Lifespan inequity (i.e., unfair inequality) is defined as lifespan deprivation due to premature mortality in a life table distribution of ages at death. We introduce the concept of the Minimally Adequate Length of Life as the threshold distinguishing premature deaths from lifespans of “normal l…
Beyond the cradle: Effects of family income in the first 1,000 days on educational achievement later in life
This study examines the impact of family income across various developmental stages of early and later childhood on educational achievement in fifth-grade among Israeli students born between 2000 and 2005. Utilizing administrative data, we analyze the effects of family income during distinct childhood segments, with a particular focus on the critical first 1,000 days of life. Our findings reveal that family income during this early period—from th…
A New Research Agenda for Social Inequalities in Mortality: Challenges and Open Questions
Research on mortality inequalities has proliferated in demography in recent decades, documenting disparities between nations and within them across multiple social dimensions. Yet, this literature remains largely descriptive and atheoretical. In this paper, I identify three open questions in need of theoretical development. First, I identify a general shift from gender (and race) based mortality inequalities to class-based inequalities across low…
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