Population Studies Center: In the News
Can Social Media Be Less Toxic? | Watts
"Annenberg professor and Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor Duncan Watts and coauthors, outlines a research plan to help scholars, policymakers, and corporate leaders identify factors that shape prosocial behavior on social media." -Penn Today
These LA Community College Students are Getting Paid to go to School. Here’s How | Castro
'Amy Beth Castro, lead researcher on the BOOST study said, “These students were saying, ‘I am pursuing higher education to be somebody who has a degree, and I want to learn because it has value for me and dignity to me, and it’s the way that I want to honor my family,"' - CalMatters
Castro discusses the research and effects of the BOOST program she has spearheaded.
A Bold Idea to Raise the Birthrate: Make Parenting Less Torturous | Corinne Low
“What is it that is making this hard for women right now?” as Corinne Low, a Wharton School expert on economics, public policy and gender, said in conversation with me recently, “And how do we solve those things?” -- New York Times
Corinne Low provides insight on challenges to raising the U.S. birthrate.
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- Jere R. Behrman & Irma T. Elo – Research Associates
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