PSC News

Ho and Preston's working paper, "US Mortality in an International Context: Age Variations," PSC Working Paper Series, PSC 09-04, is now available.

Michael Katz is quoted in the Philadelpia Inquirer article, "Philadelphia is lagging in immigrant population."

Mark Pauly participated in a talk on WHYY Radio on Health Reform.

Linda Aiken discusses patient satisfaction with nurses in an article in the New York Times, "With Doctors in Short Supply, Responsibilities for Nurses May Expand."

Mark Pauly is quoted in the Philadelphia Inquirer article, "Insurer plans its own clinic in North Philadelphia."

Susan Watkins' research and work in Malawi is mentioned in an New York Times article entitled, "Aid Gives Alternative to African Orphanages."

The 2009 Etienne Van de Walle Prize for the best graduate student paper in Demography has been awarded to Whitney Schott for her paper entitled, "Going Back Part-time: Federal Leave Legislation and Women's Return to Work." This award honors the memory of Etienne Van de Walle, a world-renowned Penn demographer who was tireless in his support of graduate training and research.

Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers' paper, "The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness," is highlighted in an article entitle, "Female Happiness: On the Skids?," the latest issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette Nov/Dec 2009.

The paper by Hans-Peter Kohler, Mikko Myrskylä, and Francesco Billari is discussed in an article entitled "Bending the Population Curve," in the latest issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette Nov/Dec 2009.

Preston and Ho's forthcoming paper on Healthcare is featured in an article enttield: "Blowing Yesterday's Cigarette Smoke Into Today's Healthcare Debate," the latest issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette Nov/Dec 2009.

An article in SAS Frontiers, "A New Baby Boom?" discusses the paper by Hans-Peter Kohler, Mikko Myrskylä, and Francesco Billari.

Douglas C. Ewbank's article, "Natural selection in a contemporary human population," is discussed in this TIME magazine article. More »

Betsey Stevenson was on the NPR Forum discussing "Are Women Becoming Unhappier?"

The New York Times looks at the Preston and Ho working paper, "The US Health Care System and Lagging Life Expectancy: A Case Study." PSC Working Paper Series, PSC 09-01

The Utne Reader reported on an article by Jason Schnittker and Michael Massoglia published in the journal Contexts in 2009 entitled "No Real Release."

Now accepting submissions for the 2009 Etienne Van de Walle Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper in Demography: Submissions are due on or before 1 November 2009. The prize (or prizes), including a cash award of at least $1,000, will be announced on or about 1 December 2009 and will be presented in conjunction with a presentation by the first-place winner at a meeting of the Population Studies Center colloquium, in Spring 2010.

"Advances in development reverse fertility declines," a paper by Mikko Myrskylä, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Francesco C. Billari has just been published in Nature. More »

Douglas C. Ewbank's research on evolution in humans and natural slection using The Framingham Heart Study was discussed in a recent article in The Scientist.

The Preston and Ho working paper, "The US Health Care System and Lagging Life Expectancy: A Case Study." PSC Working Paper Series PSC 09-01, has been discussed on the Becker-Posner blog as well as the Greg Mankiw's blog in addition to being cited in a letter to the edito More »

Samuel H. Preston has been named winner of the 2009 Olivia Schieffelin Nordberg Award for excellence in writing and editing in the population sciences from the Population Council.

New Book Announcement: Engelhardt, Henriette, Hans-Peter Kohler, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Eds. 2009. Causal Analysis in Population Studies Concepts, Methods, Applications. The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, Vol. 23. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.

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