PGDA Fellow Mark McGovern, PhD, has co-authored a study published in the October issue of Journal of Population Economics that presents a new approach to evaluating the relationship between falling rates of infant mortality and fertility reductions.
Killewald’s research on ‘marriage premium’ cited in press
In connection with a recent Pew Research Center Report and a New York Times article on the link between decreasing marriage rates and increasing financial concerns, Pop Center affiliated faculty member Alexandra Killewald‘s research on the marriage premium has been cited in this Mercatornet.com article.
Novel sampling methodology for urban slum / non-slum areas using satellite data for eval of family planning program in India
Livia Montana, PhD, a Harvard Pop Center senior research scientist, co-authored a paper published in Spatial Demography, that introduces a novel sampling approach to delineate slum and non-slum areas using satellite data in order to evaluate family planning services in six cities of Uttar Pradesh, India. The methods were developed as part of the impact evaluation of the Urban Health Initiative (UHI), which is dedicated to increasing access to high-quality…
State cigarette tax found to decrease smoking among pregnant mothers without a high school education
Harvard RWJF Health & Society Scholar Alumna Summer Hawkins, PhD, has co-authored a study published in the American Journal of Public Health that finds that state cigarette tax may be an effective population-level intervention to decrease racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in maternal smoking during pregnancy.
In assessing whether those living longer are also living healthier, broader view of morbidity needed
In the current volume of Global Health Action, three researchers affiliated with the Harvard Pop Center — former Bell Fellow Hiram Beltran-Sanchez, PhD, current Bell Fellow Fahad Razak, MD, and faculty member SV Subramanian (Subu), PhD — have authored a study that challenges the widely accepted, disability based definition of morbidity in the compression of morbidity framework.
District-level look at fertility change and gender bias in India
Visiting scientist Sanjay K. Mohanty, PhD, has published a paper that expands fertility change and gender bias research in India to the district level. This new research, published in the Journal of Biosocial Science, suggests that a comprehensive strategy to reduce the gender differential in child mortality and curb sex-selective abortion to improve the child sex ratio would be helpful in India.
New study finds white men and women have significantly lower rates of suicide in states with higher levels of social capital
A new study co-authored by affiliated faculty member Ichiro Kawachi, MD, PhD, investigates whether state levels of social capital are associated with rates of completed suicides in the fifty U.S. states.
New link between child maltreatment and dysregulated stress reactivity patterns
Former Harvard Pop Center RWJF Alums Kate McLaughlin, PhD, and Margaret Sheridan, PhD, have co-authored a new study that looks at the connection between child maltreatment and dysregulated stress reactivity patterns in a new way.
Papachristos calls for closing crime gap to reduce inequalities in Op-Ed
Former Harvard Pop Center RWJF Scholar Andrew Papachristos, PhD, focuses on closing crime gap to reduce inequalities in this Washington Post Op-Ed.
Job Loss During Recessions Associated with Increased Mortality Risks Among Older US Adults
According to a new study by Harvard Pop Center Researcher Clemens Noelke, Dr. rer. soc., and affiliated faculty member Jason Beckfield, PhD, older US adults who experience job loss during a recession, as opposed to during normal times or booms, face elevated mortality risks.