Center News
MPRC faculty contribute to theoretical and applied developments in their various fields as well as to discussions that impact public policy. Some recent news stories are abstracted below.
PAA issues Call for Papers for 2020 Annual Meeting
Population Association of America - September 29, 2019
Rashawn Ray named Rubenstein Fellow at Brookings
One of ten fellows in second cadre of the distinguished program
Desai on India’s population prospects
India will become the most populous country in the world during the 21st century
Rashawn Ray comments on Phoenix police statistics
City police discharged weapons in 2018 more often than any other American city
Desai editorial details decline in Indian women's employment
Flags a squandered 'gender dividend'
Haltiwanger-Abraham paper puts jobless rate measure in question
Job-to-job transfers have significant impact on labor market tightness measure
Kearney comments on income inequality for CNBC
People believing the system is rigged against them is not only damaging to Democracy but also to the functioning of the economy
Leonard organizes 37th BREAD Conference
Major networking and discussion event a cross-section of development economics leadership
Kearney comments on education effect at Fed conference
Student debt is a problem, yet benefits of a college degree are clear
Sayer’s findings important element of new report
Moms with husbands, live-in male partners are sleeping less and doing more housework than single mothers.
Kearney on incentives for saving money
Saving money while winning prizes is an incentive that customers are not biting on
Fenelon comments on Baltimore population drop
Baltimore’s population declines for the fourth consecutive year
NIH Paylines Improve
New standards encourage R01, R03, R21 submissions
Sandra Hofferth interviews Daniel Hamermesh
Comments on work-non-work balance, trends for rich-country time use, and labor market participation changes since 2000
Fenelon on life expectancy decline
The rise in drug overdoses and suicides is not the only factor that contributed to an "extraordinary" small three-year decline in American life expectancy rates
Christina Getrich releases "Border Brokers"
U.S.-born children of Mexican immigrant families develop resiliency and agency while bearing the scars of laws and policies