More on the “India Factsheet” project by S V Subramanian, Rockli Kim and colleagues in this piece in The Harvard Gazette…
Harvard Gazette: “Amid India elections, Harvard study aligns data with constituencies”
Former Harvard Bell Fellow authors book on global aging
Our former Bell Fellow (2008-2010 cohort) Kavita Sivaramakrishnan is author of the book As the World Ages (Harvard University Press). Learn more about her work in Columbia University’s Public Health Now Q&A “Global Aging is a Local Issue.” Photo: Kavita Sivaramakrishnan during fellowship at Harvard Pop Center
Looking beyond poverty: impact of “toxic” neighborhood environments on social mobility
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Robert J. Sampson is co-author of a paper published in PNAS that has found that a harsh neighborhood environment—high in violence, incarceration and lead levels—is linked with lowered social mobility later in life, after accounting for concentrated poverty and racial composition. Robert Manduca is also a co-author on the paper. Photo by Kat Wilcox from Pexels
Study finds those most optimistic are 24% more likely to maintain good cognitive and physical health as they age
Laura Kubzansky is an author on a paper that explores optimism in relation to likelihood of healthy aging, considering whether effects are evident over and above effects of health-related behaviors and depression. Findings suggest that optimism should be explored further as a potentially modifiable health asset.
Did the sweetened beverage tax actually put people out of work?
According to a new study that includes our faculty member Sara Bleich and former Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar Christina Roberto as authors, there was not an uptick in unemployment claims in the year following the implementation of the sweetened beverage tax in Philadelphia.
Claudia Goldin wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Congratulations to our faculty member Claudia Goldin on being awarded the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in the Economics, Finance and Management category for her pioneering analysis of the gender gap. Learn more in this release!
Harvard Gazette profiles Sociologist Joscha Legewie and his work on negative impact of aggressive policing
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Joscha Legewie, PhD, is interviewed by The Harvard Gazette about his recent study published in the American Sociological Review that explores the negative social and educational impact of aggressive policing on African American boys in New York City. Dr. Legewie is a core faculty member of the Social Demography Seminar series that takes place at the Harvard Pop Center. Photo: Joscha Legewie presents his findings…
What can you do to improve your performance at work? Get a few more minutes of sleep!
Data collected during the Work, Family & Health Network study suggests that every minute counts when it comes to work performance! Just 16 minutes of sleep loss can negatively impact work performance the next day. Learn more in this article written by WFHN researchers. Photo: William Brawley on Flickr
What might encourage older people to stay in workforce longer?
Harvard Pop Center faculty member Nicole Maestas, PhD, is author on a working paper that studies the role that job characteristics (and preferences for these characteristics) play in influencing whether a person stays in the workforce or transitions to retirement.
Sociologist Michèle Lamont selected as 2019 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
Congratulations to our faculty member Michèle Lamont on being selected as one of only three sociologists in the cadre of 32 social scientists and humanists across the country named as honorees of this prestigious award.