Kristen Harknett's book chapter Parents' Relationships is available to read for free online.
Kristen Harknett's new article in Demography about Partner Violence has been cited in The Atlantic.
Allison Buttenheim spoke about best nursing practices at the 2016 Penn Health Policy Retreat.
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences says in an interview with Plan Philly and a Penn News article, “We need to figure out how can we have gentrification and maintain affordable housing so it actually benefits people who have lived in the community.”
Camille Charles speaks about disappearing low-cost rental housing in federal genrtification study in WHYY segment.
Olivia Mitchell is quoted in a Bloomberg article about social security, cash, and retirement.
Michel Guillot was interviewed on Radio France about life expectancy in the U.S.
Irma Elo and Arun Hendi are quoted in a new NPR article about life expectancy in the U.S.
Richard Berk, otherwise known as the Data Oracle, is discussed in a new Omnia article.
Emilio Parrado is featured in a video of the Multicultural Democracy Panel.
Hyunjoon Park and Grace Kao launch new website and research brief for Korean Millennials project.
Kevin Volpp is cited in Reader's Digest article about motivation and health.
Daniel Polsky talks about the Affordable Care Act in a recent episode of Knowledge@Wharton.
Dirk Krueger and John MacDonald were two of five conferences awarded grants will address a variety of issues related to economic policy, infrastructure, housing in the future, diversity and more: The Philadelphia Workshop on Macroeconomics and Economic Policy, in which Dirk Krueger, professor of economics in Arts & Sciences, will pool academics and researchers from across Penn and policy institutions to present and discuss macroeconomic research and fiscal policies at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. John MacDonald, professor of criminology and sociology, and the Fels Institute of Government will host the Rebuilding America Summit, addressing the problem of an aging and underfunded infrastructure by assembling Penn faculty, government budget directors and chief financial officers. Read more in Penn Today.
Sam Preston is quoted in New York Times article about new study focusing on rates of Dementia in the U.S.
Richard Berk's project on big data and criminal justice and their policy implications is mentioned in this Omnia article "Turning Ideas into Action."
Study led by Linda H. Aiken of Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) reports that hospitals that employ more nurse assistants relative to the number of professionally qualified nurses have higher mortality rates, lower patient satisfaction, and poorer quality and safety of care, was published in the leading scientific journal BMJ Quality and Safety.
New report Families Caring for an Aging America is available for free download.
Mark Pauly is quoted in NPR article about GOP Healthcare.
Jeremy Greenwood examines macroeconomic models of family economics in new working paper.
Daniel Polsky is quoted in NewsWorks article about the dangers of repealing ACA.
Matthew McHugh is mentioned in a new Penn Nursing article about Racial Disparities in Postoperative Readmission.
Olivia Mitchell is cited in a MarketWatch.com article about changing the retirement age.
Kevin Volpp is cited in MarketWatch.com article about how to get your kids to eat their vegetables.
Kristen Harknett's new Working Paper, which links unstable schedules to health problems, was mentioned in a Penn News article.
Camille Charles is mentioned in new Omnia article about the Africana Studies Summer Institute for Pre-Freshmen
Emilio Parrado is featured in a Knowledge by the Slice video of his talk on immigration in the U.S.
Daniel Polsky is quoted in New York Times article "Savings? Yes. But Narrow Health Networks Also Show Troubling Signs."
Hans-Peter Kohler and Philip Anglewicz are mentioned in UNAIDS about their journal article Migration and HIV Infection in Malawi.
John Trojanowski is mentioned in Penn News article about scholarship on concussions.
Richard Berk is quoted in New York Times article about crime and data.
Angela Duckworth questions the success of students in High School versus College in Washington Post article.
Hyunjooon Park and Grace Kao's new project is mentioned on page 3 of the newest issue of the Almanac.
Olivia Mitchell is quoted in Bloomberg article about women putting off retirement.
Mark Pauly is quoted in USA Today article "Growth in workers' premiums slow as deductibles pick up the slack".
Mark Pauly discusses recent EpiPen price controversy on new episode of Knowledge @ Wharton podcast.
Alison Buttenheim is cited in new research project that uses Twitter as a data source.
John MacDonald examines the relationship between natural habitat and crime in new Omnia article.
Kevin Volpp is quoted in Penn LDI article about new collaborative research.
Hyunjoon Park and Grace Kao are awarded $1.34 Million from Academy of Korean Studies for a new project.
Kristen Harknett is quoted in Seattle Times article about Costco and scheduling laws.
Dirk Krueger's new working paper is discussed in Penn News article.
Daniel Cohen, along with David Wachsmuth of McGill University and Hillary Angelo of the University of California, Santa Cruz have publish a new study in Nature about how current conversations about urban sustainability are too narrowly focused, ignoring regional and global impacts and leaving out key grassroots groups with social justice agendas. Cohen says in a Penn News article, "We need to think about sustainability in a way that aligns with how the world really works right now".
Hanming Fang is awarded by the China Research & Engagement fund in the newest issue of the Penn Almanac.
Angela Duckworth is cited in a Huffington Post article about one person's Grit Quotient.
John Q. Trojanowski is mentioned in recent Penn Medicine article about new NIH funding.
Dennis Culhane is quoted in an LA Times article about homelessness and shifts toward permanent housing.
Dennis Culhane is quoted in Science Magazine article about homelessness and cash programs.
Dennis Culhane is quoted in San Francisco Chronicle article "Solutions to homelessness in San Francisco within reach".
Dorothy Roberts is quoted in PBS New Hour segment report about racial 'care gap' in medical treatment.
New Working Paper: Payne, C.F., I.V. Kohler, C. Bandawe, K. Lawler, and H.-P. Kohler. 2016. "Cognitive Health among Older Adults: Evidence from Rural Sub-Saharan Africa." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC) WP2016-3.
Hans-Peter Kohler's work on social networks in Malawi is mentioned in a recent Penn Current article about his newly funded Gates Foundation work in India with Cristina Bicchieri.
New PSC/PARC Working Paper: Sudharsanan, N., J.R. Behrman, and H.-P. Kohler. 2016. "Limited Common Origins of Multiple Adult Health-Related Behaviors: Evidence from U.S. Twins." University of Pennsylvania Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC) WP2016-2.
Richard Berk is quoted in Washington Post article about city crime rates.
Mikko Myrskylä, director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, visited the PSC today. He is photographed here with Irma Elo.
Tukufu Zuberi's summer reading list is featured in Omnia.
Richard Berk is profiled in new Bloomberg Technology article.
Richard Berk is quoted in Philly.com article about the fact checking and presidential nominees.
Daniel Polsky and research team are mentioned in new Knowledge@Wharton article.
Jerry A. Jacobs examines reliance on journal impact scores for tenure decisions in new Inside Higher Ed article.
Jere R. Behrman and David Bravo were interviewed in Chilean newspaper Pulso about project Chile Inclusivo at the Centro de Encuestas y Estudios Longitudinales.
David S. Mandell's research about insurance coverage of Autism Spectrum Disorder is mentioned in Penn Med News article.
John Trojanowski to be a part of renewed funding grant for Dementia research.
David Mandell is cited in Philly.com article "Study: There's more help for autism, but not enough".
Jere Behrman is discussed in Penn News article about cash transfers.
Richard Berk is quoted in Philly.com article about the use of algorithms in predicting criminal behavior.
Solveig A. Cunningham is cited in the New York Times about childhood obesity
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde is quoted in a Penn News article about Economics and Dynamic Game Theory
Linda H. Aiken nominated Mary D. Naylor, recently named Distinguished Investigator.
Kevin Volpp is cited in NPR article about the use of science in healthy meal choices.
Welcome, Dorothy Roberts, the newest PSC Research Associate. Congratulations to Emily Hannum as the new Associate Director of the PSC, Hans-Peter Kohler as the new Interim Director of the GGD, and Richard Berk as the new Chair of Criminology. Best wishes to John M. MacDonald and Dirk Krueger who have completed outstanding tenures as departmental chairs.
Kathryn Bowles Appointed to National Advisory Council for Nursing Research.
Linda H. Aiken presented Mary D. Naylor, Ph.D., RN, FAAN, With AcademyHealth Distinguished Investigator Award. Naylor was nominated by Linda H. Aiken, PhD, RN, FAAN, the Claire M. Fagin Leadership Professor in Nursing, Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, and the first nurse to be awarded this honor. “Dr. Naylor’s multiple contributions to health services research and its impact on health care delivery place her among the most successful health services researchers and an extraordinary role model for the field,” said Aiken. Read Penn Nursing's article here.
Dirk Krueger is quoted in Washington Post article about inequality and the recession.
Angela Duckworth wrote an article in the New York Times about grit after graduation.
Matthew McHugh, Linda Aiken, Paul Rosenbaum, and Herbert Smith collaborated with other researchers from the Center for Outcomes Research at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at Penn’s School of Nursing, Penn’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania on a study which showed that patients undergoing surgery at Magnet hospitals recognized for nursing excellence, and good nurse staffing, have better outcomes at the same or lower costs as other hospitals. Read study published in the prominent surgery journal JAMA Surgery here.
Angela Lee Duckworth investigates the root causes of success in SAS Frontiers.
Olivia Mitchell is cited in MarketWatch.com article about the importance of financial literacy.
Dr. John Haaga has been named director of NIA’s Division of Behavioral and Social Research (BSR).
Angela Duckworth and her book were featured in CNBC article.
Alison Buttenheim is cited in LDI article about applying behavioral economics to the issue of vaccine acceptance.
Angela Duckworth and grit are written about in a Smithsonian.com article.
Richard Berk is quoted in Washington Post article about local homocides rates.
Angela Duckworth and her book, Grit, are featured in PBS article.
David Mandell is quoted in NPR article about insurance mandates for Autism treatments.
Angela Duckworth is cited in New York Times article written by David Brooks.
Sam Preston is quoted in a New York Times article on life expectancy of Black Americans.
Angela Duckworth is quoted in Business Insider article about taking control of success.
In a special Penn Spotlight feature, Dennis Culhane says ending homelessness is possible.
Andres Castro is this year's Nancy Fariss Paper Award recipient for best paper in Latin American and Latino Studies written by a current graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania.
GGD alumni, Eileen Crimmins (Ph.D. Demography, 1974) and Wolfgang Lutz (Ph.D., Demography, 1983) have just been elected members of the National Academy of Sciences.
Angela Duckworth and Grit are talked about in CBS This Morning article.
Angela Duckworth is quoted in New York Times article about the complexities of grit.
Former graduates Katherine Hempstead ('92) and Julie Phillips ('98) research on adult suicide is discussed in this New York Times article: "U.S. Suicide Rate Surges to a 30-Year High."
Samuel H. Preston is quoted in the New York Times article: "White Americans Are Dying Younger as Drug and Alcohol Abuse Rises."
Michel Guillot was quoted in this CBS News article: "Life Expectancy for White Women Falls Slightly in U.S."
John M. MacDonald's paper in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research with co-authors S. Han and C. C. Branas was made available online today: "The Effect of a Sunday Liquor-Sales Ban Repeal on Crime: A Triple-Difference Analysis."
Jere R. Behrman's research with Team 1000+ Saving Brains colleagues on nutrition and child development and later life outcomes with was featured in the Penn current article "Increased protein key for early child development, Penn research shows."
Grace Kao's 60-Second Lecture from 4/13/2016 is ready to watch: "Interracial Romance and Friendship from Adolescence to Adulthood."
Angela Duckworth is cited in Quartz.com article about grit in schools.
Samuel H. Preston and Irma T. Elo's PDR paper "Anatomy of a Municipal Triumph: New York City's Upsurge in Life Expectancy," was recently discussed in The New York Times article: "Poor New Yorkers Tend to Live Longer Than Other Poor Americans."
Samuel H. Preston's research with recent graduate Andrew Stokes on the health consequences of body weight was highlighted in a Wall Street Journal debate "Are There Health Benefits to Being Overweight?"
Angela Duckworth, in a NYT editorial, says we shouldn't be grading schools on the grit of the students.
Olivia Mitchell is quoted in Wall Street Journal article about delaying retirement.
New PSC/PARC Working Paper: "Effects of Birth Control Policies on Women’s Age at First Birth in China" by Menghan Zhao and Hans-Peter Kohler
Jere R. Behrman, the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Economics and of Sociology at Penn, has been selected as one of nine new PAA Honorees. He also received the “proverbial gold watch” from School of Arts and Science Dean Steven Fluharty for over half a century of service and contributions to the University of Pennsylvania and to the economic and demographic professions. Behrman was cited for his service and leadership at Penn and nationally (including serving as Director of the PSC, on the PAA Board of Directors and on the NICHD Advisory Council), for being an investigator on over 160 research projects including 40 NIH and 14 NSF grants, for his prolific publications with over 400 published articles and 35 monographs, for being a dedicated mentor as reflected in receiving the Irving B. Kravis Award for Distinction in Undergraduate Teaching and serving on over 150 Ph.D. dissertation committees, and for having played basketball “so far in eight decades starting in the 1940s.”
Population Association of America 2016 Nominations include: Presidential nomination for Irma T. Elo, Nomination Committee nomination for Hans-Peter Kohler, and Board of Directors nomination for former graduate Quincy Stewart ('01).
A research team led by John Q. Trojanowski and co-lead Douglas Smith has won an NIH award to study progressive brain damage from concussions and other more serious traumatic brain injuries.
Angela Duckworth is cited in New York Times article about grit and actually going to school.
Olivia Mitchell is quoted in Money.com article about saving for retirement.
A new study from Mitesh Patel, and co-authors Kevin Volpp and David Asch finds financial incentives aimed at increasing physical activity among teams are most effective when the participants are rewarded for a combination of individual and team performance.
Camille Charles of the School of Arts & Sciences comments on the benefits of enrolling in ethnic studies in an The Atlantic (and Penn News) article.
Kevin Volpp wrote an article in the New York Times about money incentives for employees to loose weight.
Jerry Jacobs is cited in Chronicle of Higher Education article "The Promise and Peril of Cluster Hiring".
In an LDI Health Economist article, Kevin Volpp suggests the health-care system should focus on helping people make healthy-behavior changes.
Matthew McHugh has found in a new study that patients who undergo elective hip and knee surgery in hospitals with inadequate nurse staffing and poor nurse work environments, are more likely to require re-hospitalization.
Angela Duckworth is cited in New York Times article about a national push to measure grit.
Hans-Peter Kohler was recently quoted in a New York Times article about women waiting to have children.
Richard Berk is quoted in phillyvoice.com article about predicting repeat domestic violence arrests.
Ezra Fishman's research on physical activity, mortality, and aging is featured in the Penn News.
Olivia Mitchell is quoted in MarketWatch.com article "Are too many choices costing 401(k) holders?"
Olivia Mitchell is quoted in Money.com article abouta simpler way to save for retirement.
Dorothy Roberts is featured in Penn News article about the use of race in human genetic research.
Sarah Tishkoff was among a group of scholars calling for an end to the use of genetic concepts of race in biological research in a Science article.
A research study led by Alison Buttenheim of Penn Nursing focused on cases of pertussis (whooping cough) which have increased dramatically over the past five years, putting infants at risk of serious illness or death. The group valuated the feasibility and impact of different interventions aimed at increasing the number of vaccinated caregivers. The results of their study are available online here.
Angela Duckworth is cited in Wall Street Journal article about the role of grit and being a boss.
In a Forbes article, Olivia Mitchell talks about deciding on a place to retire.
A new study by Linda Aiken, Jeffrey Silber and Matthew McHugh has shown that post-surgery outcomes are better at Magnet hospitals with high nursing ratings, and that is achieved with the same or lower costs than at other hospitals.
A new study from Hans-Peter Kohler finds that AIDS treatment even benefits people in Malawi who are not infected and not taking the medicine.
Linda Aiken's novel study on nurses trained abroad shows lower patient satisfaction in hospitals with many foreign-trained nurses.
A study conducted by Kevin Volpp and several others found that financial incentives in the form of health insurance premium adjustments were not effective in motivating people to lose weight.
Sam Preston and Andrew Stokes' obesity research is highlighted in News Medical Life Sciences & Medicine.
Dorothy Roberts wrote an op-ed for TheHill.com about racial surveillance.