Recent research about migration patterns after the most destructive wildfires may help us predict what happens next.

Every year Brown faculty, postdocs, and trainees present scholarly research papers and/or professional posters at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America. In addition, several researchers participate in the conference as chairs, panelists, or discussants. The PSTC compiles an annual list of these participants. Please consider attending sessions of our colleagues and students!

Steve turns to Stelios Michalopoulos for insights into the sources of meaning, happiness, and hardship in the lives of everyday Americans.

We hear a lot about climate migration—the idea that people will have to move as climate change makes some places unlivable. But is this something we’re still waiting for, or is it already happening?

Economist Jesse Bruhn utilizes statistical methodologies to investigate how high-profile incidents of police brutality impact a community’s willingness to report incidents and cooperate with police departments.

“Girls, women, families, society, and the economy all pay a price for the gaps in knowledge about women’s health,” a new report says.

Personal Perspective: Boycotts illustrate themes of behavioral economics.

A new study enters the debate over urban areas’ economic effects.

Excluding undocumented immigrants from public schools today looks a lot like a racial removal program disguised as one based on immigration status.

Daniel Jordan Smith Shares his Thoughts on the Relationship Between Anthropology and Demography

More workers than ever before are caring for aging parents during the peak of their own careers. But most workplaces have not kept up with the challenges that employees are facing as the American workforce is getting older, people are living longer, and the costs of eldercare are skyrocketing.

One important job of the federal government is to distribute billions of dollars to address the impacts of climate and other disasters. This function will be even more important with new executive orders that promote fossil fuels and end policies that reduce heat trapping emissions to limit the impacts of climate change.

Though salaries vary widely across districts and experience levels, salaries for young teachers tend to be particularly low, meaning that even highly educated people — with considerable subject knowledge and, often, sizable student loans — have to spend years working their way up the pay scale.

Benefits of agglomeration are “surprisingly little”, NBER paper argues.