Migration and Immigrant Processes
We are living in an era of enormous changes in internal and international migration worldwide. Understanding the origins of these population flows and their consequences for individual well-being constitutes one of the greatest challenges for scientific research in the coming years. MPRC researchers examine the social, economic and environmental causes of migration in a variety of national settings. They also consider the consequences of migration for immigrant families, and for individual health and mortality. Center research in this area is innovative for the use of new data sources to study migration processes in a wide range of national settings, and for exploring new pathways through which the immigration experience affects families and children. MPRC researchers are collecting data to study internal migration in India, and using longitudinal surveys to examine the economic and health consequences of migration in China and Mexico. They are also using restricted data linking US tax records to national surveys to analyze immigrants’ economic assimilation. Building on MPRC’s strength in the area of gender and family, researchers examine how the effect of immigration on children’s health and educational outcomes is mediated by its impact on family practices. The health of immigrant children and adults also builds from the MPRC’s strengths in understanding the broader social, economic and demographic contexts of health outcomes.
Emotional well-being in South African migrants
Effects of migration on Black South Africans' mental health
Empirical evidence on the unintended consequences of the one-child policy in terms of child trafficking in China
Implementation of the one-child policy and deep-rooted cultural preference for boys have together significantly increased both child abandonment and child abduction in China
Climate change is not a simplistic comparison of apartheid but entails global cooperation to deal with it
Alok Bhargava responds to Desmond Tutu's Comparison of Climate Change as Developed Countries' "Climate Apartheid" On the Poor
“Putting Band-Aids on Things That Need Stitches”
Thurka Sangaramoorthy selected for American Anthropological Association's Rudolf Virchow Award
Desai leads establishment of National Data Innovation Centre in New Delhi
Far-reaching program will stimulate research, support graduate student development in India and U.S.
Bachrach works to establish new population health association
Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science (IAHPS) now open for membership
Ruth Zambrana to Study Latina Entrepreneurs
3 year study to collect data from six states in the U.S.
Laurie DeRose: The World Family Map Project
The World Family Map Project investigates what makes families strong
Understanding and Predicting Crime “Hot Spots”
Former felons share knowledge about how (and where) criminals plan their crimes
Mexico-US Migration during the Great Recession
Andrés Villarreal investigates the causal origins of the recent decline in migration from Mexico to the United States
Developing Nations: "Our Pollution is Your Consumption"
MPRC Faculty Associate Klaus Hubacek demonstrates how material consumption in rich countries is fueled by pollution and environmental destruction in the developing world
How Does Time Use Data Illuminate Important Social Patterns?
Liana Sayer starts a new Time Use Lab at the University of Maryland
Race, Gender, and Obesity: How the Social Environment Constrains or Enables Physical Activity
Faculty associate Rashawn Ray investigates the social and environmental changes needed in order to remove neighborhood barriers to regular physical exercise
Overcoming the Obstacles and Capitalizing on the Incentives for Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Environmental Justice Communities
Faculty Associate Michael Paolisso and colleagues examine how diverse communities under severe threat from climate change impacts view climate change
The Displaced New Orleans Residents Study
MPRC Director Michael Rendall is working with Faculty Associate Paul Torrens, Geography, to analyze social, economic, and health outcomes for New Orleanians
Integrating Socio-Ecological Research and Collaborative Learning to Promote Marsh and Community Resilience
Michael Paolisso is pursuing a mixed-method project, funded by NOAA through the University of New Hampshire, to examine the socio-ecological system of the Deal Island peninsula in Maryland
Sustainable Community Oriented Stormwater Management: A Sensible Strategy for the Chesapeake Bay
Sacoby Wilson is Co-Investigator on an EPA-funded regional project focused on increasing Best Management Practices in a sensitive ecological zone
Social Observatory Coordinating Network
Faculty Associates Sandra Hofferth and Klaus Hubacek are participating in an NSF-funded interdisciplinary effort to explore the feasibility and potential structure of a network of social observatories akin to networks in the physical sciences
Air Pollution, Subclinical CVD and Inflammatory Markers in the Search Cohort
Faculty Associate Robin Puett undertakes R01 study of air pollution effects for diabetes and cardiovascular disease
Vivian Hoffman studies women's sanitation impact in developing countries
Environmental and social impacts for women deriving from menstrual sanitation practices