A Q&A with Richard Berk is featured in the Penn Current for December 15, 2011.
Antonio Merlo's comments on the potential economic collapse of Italy are featured in SAS Frontiers.
Now available: Vikesh, Amin and Jere R. Behrman. 2011. "Do More-Schooled Women have Fewer Children and Delay Childbearing? Evidence from a Sample of U.S. Twins." Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, PSC Working Paper Series, PSC 11-07.
Mark Pauly says patients paying additional fees for a doctor's availability whenever they want is "an attempt to formalize two-class medicine."
Kevin Volpp was quoted in article about the "smoking surcharge" in the New York Times.
A Q&A with Claudia Valeggia is featured in the Penn Current for November 17, 2011.
An article in the US News & World Report quotes Olivia Mitchell on how coworkers influence each other's 401(k) choices.
Olivia Mitchell says co-workers may influence pension investments.
A new resource, PubsHub, is now available through Penn Libraries. PubsHub covers more than 3,600 biomedical journals. Available information includes: journal impact factors, circulation numbers, acceptance rates, publication turnaround times, links to author guidelines, and more. If you are looking for a conference to present data, PubsHub includes information on number of attendees, upcoming dates and locations of conferences, and whether abstracts are published.
Andrew Fenelon's article on the 'Hispanic Paradox' is featured in Penn Current.
Andrew Stokes is quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer in an article about obesity in the U.S. and his AJPH paper with Samuel H. Preston is also mentioned.
The 2011 Winner of the Etienne van de Walle Prize for Best Student Graduate Paper in Demography has been awarded to Rachel Margolis for her paper entitled: "Education Differences in Healthy Behavior Changes and Adherence Among Middle-Aged Americans."
Angela Duckworth is cited in Education Next for her research on students’ involvement in activities as a predictor of success.
A forthcoming article, on which Jere Behrman is an author, is cited in the Executive Summary of “Child Development” Lancet series (2011).
Now available: Myrskylä, Mikko, Hans-Peter Kohler and Francesco Billari. 2011. "High Development and Fertility: Fertility at Older Reproductive Ages and Gender Equality Explain the Positive Link." Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, PSC Working Paper Series, PSC 11-06.
Irma T. Elo has been appointed to the U.S. Census Bureau Scientific Advisory Committee and is one of 10 new appointees. Read the press release.
Hans-Peter Kohler and Jere R. Behrman participated in the Rethink HIV project by the Copenhagen Consensus Center and the Rush Foundation that focused on identifying effective interventions in the fight against HIV/Aids across sub-Saharan Africa. Their assessment paper for the prevention of the sexual transmission of HIV was the basis of the policy recommendations in this area.
Claudia Valeggia has been named as a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers.
Jennifer Culhane and Irma Elo's research was referenced in a recent Robert Wood Johnson Foundation issue Brief, "What Shapes Health-Related Behaviors? The Role of Social Factors."
Now available: Jacobs, Jerry A. 2011. “Journal Rankings in Sociology: Using the H Index with Google Scholar.” Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania, PSC Working Paper Series, PSC 11-05.
Jerry A. Jacobs and Linda Sax (UCLA) have been awarded a $525,000 NSF grant to further their reserach on the "Trends in the Determinants of Gender Segregation Across STEM Majors, 1976-2006."
Annette Lareau's work on Unequal Childhoods is discussed in an article on "The Perils of Parenting Style," in this month's Pennsylvania Gazette.
Angela Duckworth's research on grit is highlighted in a New York Times article, "What if the Secret to Success Is Failure?"
Effective September 12, 2011, Chris Mustazza will be assuming the role of Director of Social Science Computing (SSC) and Student Technology. Chris can be contacted at mustazza@sas.upenn.edu or 215-746-4117.
Susan Watkins discussed gossip about AIDS in Malawi on "This American Life."
The Mexican Health and Aging Study has a new website under construction located here: http://mhasweb.org/. MHAS-II will conduct two additional follow-up surveys in 2012 (Wave 3) and 2014 (Wave 4).
Olivia Mitchell was interviewed by Steve Forbes about Baby Boomers outliving their pensions.
Ethan Sharygin's research on the consequences of high male to female sex ratios in Chinese births was mentioned in The Economist in the article, "The flight from marriage."
The Fall 2011 PSC Information Services Newsletter is now available.
Jerry Jacobs' report for the American Sociological Association, "Moving Toward Recovery: Findings From the 2010 Job Bank Surveyreports about the recovery in the academic job market for sociologists," is highlighted in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Tukufu Zuberi has published a blog about his recent visit to Africa on the Huffington Post.
Irma Elo joined the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD Population Sciences Subcommittee as a regular member on July 1, 2011.
In the 29 July 2011 issue, Science examines the opportunities and challenges created by demographic changes around the world.
Petra Todd answers questions about the job market for philly.com
Olivia Mitchell talks about retirement for Baby Boomers in Businessweek.
Now Available: Delavande, Adeline and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2011. "HIV/AIDS-related Expectations and Risky Sexual Behavior in Malawi." PSC Working Paper Series, PSC 11-04.
Chenoa Flippen’s work on how social structure affects homeownership is highlighted in the Penn Arts & Sciences Magazine.
Samuel H. Preston comments on life expectancy of American women in the Los Angeles Times.
Olivia Mitchell explains what she calls “the money’s worth ratio” in Yahoo Finance.
Emilio Parrado offers reasons in the Philadelphia Daily News on what has driven a white population decline in Philadelphia.
Mark V. Pauly discusses mandatory health insurance in the Los Angeles Times.
Mark V. Pauly comments on health-care reform in the Washington Post
Angela Lee Duckworth’s research on the role motivation plays in IQ test results is highlighted in the U.S. News & World Report and in the BBC News.
Mark V. Pauly comments on making health-care changes in the Chicago Tribune.
Mark V. Pauly comments on the cost of treatment versus the benefit of a drug in Politico.
Camille Charles and Thomas Sugrue are cited in Salon.com for their analysis of racially segregated U.S. cities.
Olivia Mitchell comments on her research about assets and savings amongst retirees in MarketWatch.
Angela Lee Duckworth is cited on Wired.com for her research on grittier competitors amongst children.
Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers are cited in the March 8th and the March 9th editions of the Wall Street Journal for co-authoring a 2011 article on public trust in financial institutions.
Olivia Mitchell says, “Many boomers have not saved enough, particularly if they intend to retire before 70,” as quoted in the AARP Bulletin.
Olivia Mitchell comments on nontraditional money rules in Smart Money.
Olivia Mitchell comments in the U.S. News & World Report on resentment of people who have reliable pension payments.
Betsey Stevenson says “college-educated women of all races are basically in the heyday of marriage today,” as quoted in the Washington Post.
Olivia Mitchell discusses financial literacy, particularly amongst those near retirement in the U.S. News & World Report.
Mark V. Pauly is featured in a Washington Post interview.
Samuel H. Preston suggests that unhealthy lifestyles are more damaging than lack of health-care access in the New Scientist.
Olivia Mitchell explains “pension envy” in relation to union and non-union workers in The New Yorker.
Loretta S. Jemmott is featured in the Philadelphia Tribune for her work developing programs that help prevent teenage pregnancy and transmission of HIV/AIDS.
Tukufu Zuberi discusses a version of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” that replaces a racial slur with “slave,” in the USA Today.
John Trojanowski of the School of Medicine expresses his enthusiasm in USA Today for President Obama’s signing the National Alzheimer’s Project Act into law.
Olivia Mitchell comments on baby boomers not being prepared for retirement in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Kevin Volpp discusses testing new approaches to health-insurance incentives in the Los Angeles Times.
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, has invited Jere R. Behrman (and he has accepted) to serve as the Economics/Social Science member of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) / National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) National Advisory Council for 2011-14.
Rachel Margolis and Mikko Myrskylä's article, "A Global Perspective on Happiness and Fertility," is discussed in the NYT.
Collin Payne has received a NSF GRP fellowship for his studies of social/sexual networks and health.
The Penn @ PAA 2011 list of participants and sessions from Penn is now available.
Hans-Peter Kohler has been named the Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography in the School of Arts and Sciences. See the Almanac article here.
Jerry A. Jacobs will be the 2011 recipient of the Merit Award from the Eastern Sociological Society. This career achievement award is given in recognition of outstanding contributions to the discipline, the profession, and the Eastern Sociological Society.
Richard Berk is part of a research team which just received $450,000 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help OSHA better select potentially dangerous workplaces to inspect as a priority, and reduce injuries and fatalities.