1. Dynamics of the Gini Coefficient of the Life Table • José Manuel Aburto , CPop, University of Southern Denmark; Ugofilippo Basellini, Max Planck Institute for demographic Research; Annette Baudisch, Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics (CPop); Francisco Villavicencio, Johns Hopkins University.

2. Mortality Estimates and Construction of Life Tables for Municipalities in Brazil, 1980 to 2010 • Marcos Gonzaga , Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN); Flávio Henrique M. de A. Freire, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Everton E. C. Lima, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP); Bernardo L. Queiroz, Universidade Federal De Minas Gerais; José Monteiro, IPC-IG.

3. The Cross-Sectional Inequality in Lifespan (Cal†): a Measure of Lifespan Variation That Reflects Mortality History of Cohorts • Marília Nepomuceno , Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR); Qi Cui, London School of Economics and Political Science; Alyson A. Van Raalte, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR); Jose Manuel Aburto, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Australian National University.

4. Indirect Estimation of the Neonatal Mortality: A Model Life Table Approach Using Prior Distributions • Julio E. Romero-Prieto , London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Andrea Verhulst, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Michel Guillot, University of Pennsylvania & INED.

5. Flexible Transition Timing in Discrete-Time Multistate Life Tables Using Markov Chains with Rewards • Daniel C. Schneider , Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Mikko Myrskylä, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Alyson A. Van Raalte, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR); Hal Caswell, University of Amsterdam; Silke van Daalen, University of Amsterdam.