Population Studies Center: In the News
These LA Community College Students are Getting Paid to go to School. Here’s How | Castro
'Amy 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.
New Working Paper: The Association of Spirituality & Memory in Older Black and White U.S. Adults
A new paper by Katherine C. Britt, Fanghong Dong, Jill B. Hamilton, Lauren M. Massimo, Nancy A. Hodgson, Shana D. Stites and Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton was published in the Population Center Working Papers Series.
Working Papers


Spotlight
- Atheendar Venkataramani – Research Associate
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