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Tag: Amitabh Chandra

Posted on February 21, 2014

Now signs of decline in health-care employment growth

Professor of Public Policy at the Kennedy School of Government and Pop Center executive committee member Amitabh Chandra is quoted in this article in Bloomberg Opinion Online entitled Health-Care Jobs Are Getting Squeezed, Finally

Categories:News//Tags:Amitabh Chandra, Bloomberg, healthcare employment growth
Posted on September 13, 2013

Female Physicians in U.S. Are Paid Less Than Male Counterparts

A new study by Amitabh Chandra, Harvard Kennedy School Professor of Public Policy and Pop Ctr executive committee member, finds that female physicians in the U.S. are paid less.

Categories:Recently Published//Tags:Amitabh Chandra, Income Disparities
Posted on July 9, 2013

Healthcare Exceptionalism? Productivity and Allocation in the US Healthcare Sector

Study by Amitabh Chandra, Pop Center faculty member, suggests that the healthcare sector is responsive to standard market forces.  

Categories:Recently Published//Tags:allocation, Amitabh Chandra, healthcare, industry, market, National Bureau of Economic Research, productivity, United States
Posted on June 12, 2013

Proton Beam Therapy Fuels Hospital Costs

Amitabh Chandra, Pop Center faculty member, expresses concern that the high patient volume needed to pay for new expensive treatment centers such as proton beam therapy will fuel health care costs while adding little to patient benefit. Read more …

Categories:Uncategorized//Tags:Amitabh Chandra

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Harvard Pop Center Job Openings

There are new job opportunities at the Harvard Pop Center…

  • Senior Research Analyst / Program Manager — HAALSI Project
  • Senior Statistical Analyst — HAALSI Project
  • Senior Research Analyst— HAALSI Project
  • Program Coordinator—Administration
  • Faculty Assistant—Administration 

Recent publications & news

  • June 6, 2023
    HAALSI letters with images from project
    Decade-long research project that explores aging in South Africa receives NIH/NIA funding for new waves & national expansion, with special focus on cognitive health
  • May 8, 2023
    Tables of biomarkers from study
    Analysis streamlines measurement of physiological ‘wear and tear’
  • May 1, 2023
    Brittney Francis head shot
    Review of existing racism and housing discrimination research sheds light on how racism impacts population health
  • April 20, 2023
    HAALSI men and women
    Diagnosing dementia in rural South Africa using online consensus; cash transfers at earlier age in South Africa to support cognitive health later on; paving the way with promise for genomic studies on cognition in Africa
  • April 18, 2023
    Collage of people at PAA 2023 presenting
    Harvard Strong at PAA’s annual meeting, the premier conference of demographers, and social and health scientists

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