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Hans Kohler, Iliana Kohler & Helene Purcell are Featured for Their Research in Malawi, Penn LDI
September 11, 2024
New Population Studies Working Paper
The research uses data from the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health to examine the relationship between mortality and fertility in Malawi - specifically the impact of individual-specific subjective mortality expectations on fert
June 17, 2024
Hans-Peter Kohler and Iliana V. Kohler are featured for their research in Malawi, Penn Today
Penn Today highlights PARC and PSC research associates Hans-Peter Kohler and Ili
January 22, 2024
Hans-Peter Kohler co-authors a paper on how to survive bad news
Research Associate Hans-Peter Kohler co-authors a paper along with Alberto Ciancio, Fabrice Kampfen, and
January 10, 2024
New NIA Pilot Study on Schooling, Cognition, and Global Dementia Risk Awarded
May 30, 2023
Report on PARC 2023 Aging Retreat: 'Projecting the Future of Health Care Needs in Aging Populations', Penn LDI
Read a report about the Population Aging Research Center’s 2023 Retreat by Hoag Levins which was posted in the LDI Blog and includes many photos
May 8, 2023
Jere Behrman and Hans-Peter Kohler's study on schooling improving cognitive abilities at older ages is featured, Penn LDI
Penn LDI features PARC Research Associates' Jere Behrman and
February 2, 2023
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC)
Kohler, Iliana, Cung Hoang, Vikesh Amin, Jere Behrman, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2022.
August 1, 2022
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Amin, Vikesh, Jere Behrman, Jason Fletcher, Carlos Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2022.
May 20, 2022
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Grant, Monica and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2022.
May 16, 2022
PARC R25 Gear Up Program Funding Announcement
We are excited to share that the National Institute on Aging has funded a brand-new undergraduate research training program, GEAR UP. This joint venture between the Population Aging Research Center (PARC) and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (Penn LDI) will build on the succe
May 9, 2022
Norma B. Coe, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Rachel M. Werner were quoted in a recent LDI Blog post for GEAR UP program
Norma B. Coe, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Rachel M.
May 9, 2022
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Batyra, Ewa, Luca Maria Pesando, Andrés Castro, Frank Furstenberg, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2022.
March 11, 2022
New research by Hans-Peter Kohler and Iliana Kohler on managing COVID in Malawi was cited in a Population Health Blog
PSC and PARC Research Associates, Hans-Peter Kohler and Iliana Kohler, were featured in an
February 28, 2022
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Kohler, Iliana, Nikkil Sudharsanan, Chiwoza Bandawe, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2022.
February 10, 2022
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Ciancio, Alberto, Jere Behrman, Fabrice Kämpfen, Iliana Kohler, Jürgen Maurer, Victor Mwapasa, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2022.
January 10, 2022
New Research from the Global Family Change Project
PSC/PARC Researchers Hans-Peter Kohler, Frank F.
October 21, 2021
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Hoang, Cung, Vikesh Amin, Jere Behrman, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana Kohler. 2021.
September 27, 2021
Research Associates Awarded Penn SAS Making a Difference in Global Communities and Klein Family Social Justice Grants
Congratulations to the recipients of the Penn Arts & Sciences Making a Difference in Global Communities and Klein Family Social Justice Grant
August 23, 2021
Hans-Peter Kohler interviewed on KYW News Radio In Depth podcast
Hans-Peter Kohler (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was interviewed on the
July 7, 2021
Hans-Peter Kohler interviewed on Smart Talk WTIF regional radio
Hans-Peter Kohler (PSC/PARC Research Associate) was interviewed on Smart Talk (WTIF)
May 3, 2021
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Kämpfen, Fabrice, Fatima Zahra, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Rachel Kidman. 2021.
March 19, 2021
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Kohler, Iliana, Fabrice Kämpfen, Alberto Ciancio, James Mwera, Victor Mwapasa, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2021.
March 15, 2021
New LDI/PARC Research Brief
A new LDI/PARC Research Brief on a recent study by Alberto Ciancio, Fabrice Kämpfen, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana Kohler looking at the health effects of blood pressure scre
February 4, 2021
New research conducted by Hans-Peter Kohler and Iliana Kohler featured in a blog on the Penn LDI website
New research published in Journal of Health Economics on Health screening for non communicable diseases in Sub Saharan Africa by PSC/PARC Associates Hans-Peter Kohler
January 21, 2021
"A New Vision for PARC" Norma Coe and Hans-Peter were featured in a Penn Today
The Population Aging Research Center, Norma B.
December 4, 2020
Hans-Peter Kohler, Iliana Kohler, and Fabrice Kämpfen featured in Penn Today
Hans-Peter Kohler (PSC/PARC Research Associate), Iliana Kohler (PSC/PARC Research Associate), and
November 19, 2020
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Agarwal, Neha, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Subha Mani. 2020.
November 5, 2020
Hans-Peter Kohler involved in new Research Project: Changing Lives, Changing Brains
Hans-Peter Kohler (PSC/PARC Research Associate) is part of a new research project, funded by National Institutes of Health, and in collaboration with the Columbia University Health Sciences and the Norwegian Institute of Public H
October 12, 2020
PARC Receives NIA Renewal Funding
The Population Aging Research Center (PARC) received renewed funding from the National Institute on Aging (NIA)! Read the announcement from new Co-PI's Hans-Peter Kohler and Norma B. Coe.
August 4, 2020
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Work Paper (PSC/PARC): Amin, Vikesh, Jere Behrman, Jason Fletcher, Carlos Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2020.
June 29, 2020
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Ciancio, Alberto, Fabrice Kämpfen, Iliana Kohler, Daniel Bennett, Wändi Bruine de Bruin, Jill Darling, Arie Kapteyn, Jürgen Maurer, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2020.
March 31, 2020
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Batyra, Ewa, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Frank Furstenberg. 2020.
February 19, 2020
Hans-Peter Kohler Discusses the Economic Impact of Slowing Population Growth
CGTN's Sean Callebs spoke to Hans-Peter Kohler (PSC/PARC Research Associate) about th
February 18, 2020
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Ciancio, Alberto, Fabrice Kämpfen, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana Kohler. 2020.
February 14, 2020
REVISED AND UPDATED POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
Revised and updated Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Amin, Vikesh, Jere Behrman, Jason Fletcher, Carlos Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2019.
February 5, 2020
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Ciancio, Alberto, Adeline Delavande, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana Kohler. 2020.
January 29, 2020
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Kohler, Iliana, Chiwoza Bandawe, Alberto Ciancio, Fabrice Kämpfen, Collin Payne, James Mwera, James Mkandawire, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2020.
January 9, 2020
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Myroniuk, Tyler, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Iliana Kohler. 2020.
January 2, 2020
Han-Peter Kohler quoted in Popular Science article
Hans-Peter Kohler is quoted in a Popular Science article entitled, "
December 16, 2019
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Castro Torres, Andrés, Luca Maria Pesando, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Frank Furstenberg. 2019.
December 12, 2019
NEW POPULATION CENTER WORKING PAPER (PSC/PARC)
New Population Center Working Paper (PSC/PARC): Amin, Vikesh, Jere Behrman, Jason Fletcher, Carlos Flores, Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2019.
June 26, 2019
It May Not Be a Bad Thing Fewer U.S. Babies Were Born in 2018 Than in Any Year Since 1986
Hans-Peter Kohler was quoted in a Time Magazine article about reasons for the declining birth rates in the country.
June 5, 2019
U.S. fertility is at an all-time low, but is that a bad thing?
U.S. fertility rates are at an all-time low, partially due to delayed parenthood, increased childlessness, fewer unplanned teenage pregnancies, and declines in immigration.
March 12, 2019
Why declining birth rates are a phenomenon in developing countries
Hans-Peter Kohler, PSC & PARC research associate, discusses the recent decline in U.S.
January 28, 2019
As U.S. fertility rates collapse, finger-pointing and blame follow
PSC researcher, Hans-Peter Kohler, was quoted in a Washington Post article about his work
October 25, 2018
Mental Health of Malawi’s mature adults
In a recent edition of The Nation, a prominent Malawi newspaper, Chiwoza Bandawe wrote about the
September 14, 2018
The Surprising Thing About the Declining U.S. Birth Rate
Hans-Peter Kohler of the School of Arts and Sciences is interviewed on
May 21, 2018
LDI Pilot Grant Funds Evaluation Study of Philadelphia’s Safe Injection Facility Concept
LDI Senior Fellows Douglas Wiebe and Mitesh Patel of the Perelman School of Medicine and Hans-Peter Kohler of the School of Arts and Sciences are using pilot grants to test concepts ranging from the support of Philadelphia'
February 13, 2018
New Global Family Change Working Paper
Global Family Change: Persistent Diversity with Development, authored by Luca Maria Pesando, Andrés Castro, Ha
February 7, 2018
Overcoming Adversity
During the past 20 years, Hans-Peter Kohler of the School of Arts and Sciences has investigated how social, epidemiological and demographic factors affect people in Malawi.
January 31, 2018
Malawi Collaborators visit the PSC
This week Victor Mwapasa and Chiwoza Bandawe from the University of Malawi College of Medicine visited the University of Pennsylvania
December 11, 2017
Global Family Change
Global Family Change
December 7, 2017
Hans-Peter Kohler and Frank Furstenberg were recently awarded funds from the National Science Foundation for the Global Family Change Project.
Hans-Peter Kohler and Frank Furstenberg were recently awarded funds from the National Science Foundation for the Global Family Change Project.
October 24, 2017
Tukufu Zuberi and Hans-Peter Kohler are quoted in a new Omnia article: "The Past, Present, and Future of Human Migration"
June 30, 2017
Collin Payne, Luca Maria Pesando and Hans-Peter Kohler authored a new working paper in the PSC/PARC Scholarly Commons series.
Collin Payne, Luca Maria Pesando, and Hans-Peter Kohler authored a new Working P
June 8, 2017
Hans-Peter Kohler and Philip Anglewicz are mentioned in UNAIDS about their journal article Migration and HIV Infection in Malawi.
Hans-Peter Kohler and Philip Anglewicz are mentioned in UNAIDS about their journal article
October 5, 2016
New WP: Cognitive Health among Older Adults: Evidence from Rural Sub-Saharan Africa
New Working Paper: Payne, C.F., I.V. Kohler, C. Bandawe, K. Lawler, and H.-P. Kohler. 2016.
August 1, 2016
Hans-Peter Kohler’s work on social networks in Malawi is mentioned in recent Penn Current news article.
Hans-Peter Kohler's work on social networks in Malawi is mentioned in a recent Penn Current article about his newly funded Ga
July 28, 2016
New working paper: Nikkil, Jere, and HPK 2016-2
New PSC/PARC Working Paper: Sudharsanan, N., J.R. Behrman, and H.-P. Kohler. 2016.
July 28, 2016
New Working Paper: Effects of Birth Control Policies on Women’s Age at First Birth in China, Menghan Zhao and Hans-Peter Kohler
New PSC/PARC Working Paper: "Effects of Birth Control Policies on Women’s Age at First Birth in China" by Menghan Zhao and Hans
March 18, 2016
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 gradute Quincy Stewart (’01).
Population Association of America 2016 Nominations include: Presidential nomination for Irma T.
March 17, 2016
Hans-Peter Kohler was recently quoted in a New York Times article about women waiting to have children.
Hans-Peter Kohler was recently quoted in a New York Times article about women waiting to have children.
February 28, 2016
Hans-Peter Kohler and Susan Watkins are mentioned in an article discussing two decades worth of research on AIDS in Maalwi.
Hans-Peter Kohler and Susan C.
February 17, 2016
A new study from Hans-Peter Kohler finds that AIDS treatment benefits people in Malawi who are not infected and not taking the medicine.
A new study from Hans-Peter Kohler finds that AIDS treatment even benefits people in Malawi who are not infected and no
January 5, 2016
Hans-Peter Kohler is quoted in a Penn News article about how AIDS treatment benefits people without HIV/AIDS.
Hans-Peter Kohler is quoted in a Penn News article about how AIDS treatment benefits people without HIV/AIDS.
December 10, 2015
Hans-Peter Kohler and Jere R. Behrman’s work informing UN global sustainable development goals is featured in the new Penn SAS magazine Omnia.
Hans-Peter Kohler and Jere R.
October 31, 2015
New Working Paper: Castanheira, Helena Cruz and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2015. "It is Lower Than You Think it is: Recent Total Fertility Rates in Brazil and Possibly Other Latin American Countries." PSC Working Paper Series, WPS 15-5.
New Working Paper: Castanheira, Helena Cruz and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2015.
September 4, 2015
Hans-Peter Kohler cited in 2015 World Population Day Report
In July, Hans-Peter Kohler presented in the UK House of Lords in an event organized by the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Population, Development and Reproductive Health (APPG).
September 1, 2015
Hans-Peter Kohler receives a 5yr NIH R01 Grant for "Identifying sources of HIV infection in adolescent girls in rural South Africa".
Hans-Peter Kohler (in collaboration with Ayesha Kharsany at the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa [CAPRISA]), recently received a 5yr NIH R01 Grant for "Identifying sources of HIV infection in adolescent girls in rur
August 27, 2015
Hans-Peter Kohler and recent graduate Thomas Anderson’s forthcoming Population and Development Review article on gender values and fertility in Asia is featured in The Economist.
Hans-Peter Kohler and recent graduate Thomas Anderson's forthcoming Population and Development Review article on gender values and fertility in Asia is featured in
August 21, 2015
New PSC Working Paper: Anglewicz, Philip, Mark VanLandingham, Lucinda Manda-Taylor, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2015. "Cohort Profile: The Migration and Health in Malawi (MHM) Study." PSC Working Paper Series, WPS 15-4, http://repository.upenn.edu/psc_working_
New PSC Working Paper: Anglewicz, Philip, Mark VanLandingham, Lucinda Manda-Taylor, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2015. "Cohort Profile: The Migration and Health in Malawi (MHM) Study." PSC Working Paper Series, WPS 15-4.
July 31, 2015
New PSC Working Paper 15-3
New PSC Working Paper: Anderson, Thomas and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2015.
June 1, 2015
New PSC Working Paper: PSC 15-1.
New PSC Working Paper: Kohler, Iliana V., Collin F. Payne, Chiwoza Bandawe, and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2015.
April 22, 2015
Hans-Peter Kohler and Jere R. Behrman have been involved in the Copenhagen Consensus Project: Post-2015 Consensus and have contributed this paper: Population and Demography Assessment Paper.
Hans-Peter Kohler and Jere R.
October 21, 2014
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2014/08/30/why-south-korea-predicts-its-end-will-come-in-2750/?arc404=true?arc404=true?arc404=true?arc404=true
Hans-Peter Kohler and Thomas Anderson's research on South Korean fertility published in Asian Popula
August 29, 2014
HPK and Thomas Anderson in the economist
Hans-Peter Kohler and Thomas Anderson's article "Education Fever and the East Asian Fertility Puzzle: A
November 5, 2013
Hans-Peter Kohler is quoted in a September 6, 2013 New York Times article about the fertility rate in the United States.
Hans-Peter Kohler is quoted in a September 6, 2013 New York Times article about the fertility rate in the United Stat
September 10, 2013
Payne and Kohler PloS Medicine
Collin Payne and Hans-Peter Kohler's research with J.
May 10, 2013
New PSC Working Paper: Fedor, Theresa M., Hans-Peter Kohler, and Jere R. Behrman. 2013. "The Impact of Married Individuals Learning HIV Status in Malawi: Divorce, Number of Sexual Partners, Condom Use with Spouses." PSC Working Paper Series, PSC 13-02.
New PSC Working Paper: Fedor, Theresa M., Hans-Peter Kohler, and Jere R. Behrman. 2013.
March 20, 2013
New PSC Working Paper : The Social and the Sexual: Networks in Contemporary Demographic Research
New PSC Working Paper: Kohler, Hans-Peter, Stéphane Helleringer, Jere R.
February 5, 2013
New PSC Working Paper
New PSC Working Paper: Kohler, Iliana V., Philip Anglewicz, Hans-Peter Kohler, John F.
July 30, 2012
New PSC working paper 12-03
New PSC Working Paper: Kohler, Hans-Peter. 2012.
June 8, 2012
New working paper from Mikko, Hans-Peter and Francesco
Now available: Myrskylä, Mikko, Hans-Peter Kohler and Francesco Billari. 2011.
October 3, 2011
Hans-Peter Kohler and Jere R. Behrman participated in the Rethink HIV project
Hans-Peter Kohler and Jere R.
September 29, 2011
Kohler WP PSC 11-04
Now Available: Delavande, Adeline and Hans-Peter Kohler. 2011.
July 29, 2011
Hans-Peter Kohler has been named the Frederick J. Warren Professor of Demography
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.
March 17, 2011
Hans-Peter Kohler and Sam Preston are both cited in TIME online
Hans-Peter Kohler and Sam Preston are both cited in "The Only Child: Debunking the Myths" in TIME on July 8,
July 30, 2010
Hans-Peter Kohler’s research on happiness and parenting was mentioned in the New York Magazine
Hans-Peter Kohler's research on happiness and parenting was mentioned in the New York Magazine article, "All Joy and No Fun: Why parents hate parenting," on July 4, 2010.
July 13, 2010
The paper by Hans-Peter Kohler, Mikko Myrskylä, and Francesco Billari is discussed in and article entitled "Bending the Population Curve," in the latest issue of the Pennsylvania Gazette Nov/Dec 2009. (11/18/09)
The paper by Hans-Peter Kohler, Mikko Myrskylä, and Francesco Billari is discussed in an article entitled "Bending the Population Curve," in the lat
November 18, 2009
An article in SAS Frontiers, "A New Baby Boom?" discusses the paper by Hans-Peter Kohler, Mikko Myrskylä, and Francesco Billari. (10/27/09)
An article in SAS Frontiers, "A New Baby Boom?" discusses the paper by Hans-Peter Kohler, Mikko Myrskylä, and Francesco Billari.
October 27, 2009
"Advances in development reverse fertility declines," a paper by Mikko Myrskylä, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Francesco C. Billari has just been published in Nature. (8/6/09)
"Advances in development reverse fertility declines," a paper by Mikko Myrskylä, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Francesco C.
August 6, 2009
New book announcement: Causal Analysis in Population Studies Concepts, Methods, Applications (6/9/2009)
New Book Announcement: Engelhardt, Henriette, Hans-Peter Kohler, Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Eds. 2009.
June 9, 2009