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How a Volatile Climate Shapes the Way People Think
Research by Oded Galor finds people facing major climactic turbulence take greater risks than those who enjoy relative ecological stability.
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PSTC awards faculty seed funds
Four faculty associates receive funding for projects on housing and health, adolescent life, racial disparities and household strategies.
Kevin Escudero and Andrea Flores coordinate event to address the importance of place in immigrant activism.
PSTC epidemiologist Eric Loucks leads interdisciplinary center that aims to combine outstanding research with practice.
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New junior faculty join PSTC community
Four new faculty members drawn by Center's interdisciplinary nature and more.
Research by PSTC economist John Friedman shows the difference a zip code can make in determining someone's chances of rising out poverty.
PSTC visiting scholar and economist Terry-Ann Craigie notes the overall positive effect the Ban the Box policies have had on employment for people with criminal records.
Economist Emily Oster weighs in on balancing the potential effects of medication with maternal mental health.
News from PSTC
Partner selection in marriage and re-marriage
Sociologist Zhenchao Qian finds previously married individuals often face demographic shortages in the supply of potential partners.
News from PSTC
Study evaluates effect of SNAP on household expenditures
Economists Justine Hastings and Jesse Shapiro find SNAP benefits do indeed lead to increased household spending on food.
PSTC anthropologist finds Nigerian households develop cultural strategies to cope with infrastructural deficiencies.
News from PSTC
Grant Writing Workshop supports faculty proposals
PSTC workshop provides mentoring to earlier-career faculty for proposal development.
Economic mobility often hinges on factors such as race, neighborhood demographics and housing prices, not job growth, says research by John Friedman.
A new study by economist Anna Aizer examines fathers in teen pregnancies, noting they have lower levels of human capital and earnings.
PSTC Postdoc Eric Seymour examines the post-crisis housing markets and worsening housing security.
The Opportunity Altas, published by economist John Friedman and colleagues, shows areas in RI that confirm the correlation between race and income.
The Gates Foundation commits $15M to Opportunity Insights, co-directed by economist John Friedman.
News from PSTC
PSTC awarded $1.5 million NICHD training grant
Funding supports postdoctoral and predoctoral trainees in population studies.
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PSTC awards record number of fellowships
Nine predoctoral trainees receive full funding this year.
Big data research from economist John Friedman shows how neighborhoods matter for upward mobility.
Anna Aizer, the first female to earn tenure in Brown’s Department of Economics, is now serving as the first female chair of the department.
Omar Galarraga's research shows the importance of addressing social determinants of health.
Zhenchao Qian's research on marriage in the U.S. finds previously married individuals are disadvantaged in the marriage market.
News from PSTC
PSTC welcomes new community members (2018)
Faculty associates, visiting scholars, predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees, and staff members join the Center community.
Education Next
Does Teacher Coaching Work?
Matthew Kraft discusses the past, present, and future of teacher coaching.
Epidemiologist Mark Lurie says offering condoms in schools can make a difference in spread of STIs.
The Columbus Dispatch
Digging into data helps lift kids out of poverty
John Friedman aims for revitalization of the American Dream using big data and increasing upward mobility.
PSTC epidemiologist Stephen Buka comments on new studies, noting that issues during pregnancy are a high risk factor for autism.
Many Americans feel "the American Dream is slipping away," says PSTC economist John Friedman.
Detroit Free Press
Detroit real estate game creates chaos in neighborhoods
Research by PSTC Postdoc Eric Seymour on the consequences of speculative bulk buying cited in regard to Detroit's dysfunctional housing market.
Providence Business News
3 Brown educators named among top 200 most influential in U.S.
Matthew Kraft and John Papay have been ranked among the most influential educators in the U.S.
Anthropologist Jessaca Leinaweaver writes about the 2020 Census citizenship question and the possibility of doing demography without numbers.
Economist John Friedman finds students of good teachers are less likely to experience teen pregnancy, more likely to go to selective colleges, and later earn more.
Live Mint
What do Indian women give up for safety?
Women in India pay more, travel farther, and attend lower ranked colleges in order to stay safe, says study by PSTC alum Girija Borker.
Instructional coaching for teachers improves instructional practice and student achievement, says PSTC associate Matthew Kraft.
You can’t find reliable diet advice in the news, says PSTC economist Emily Oster. And the studies are themselves subject to significant bias.
PSTC economist Glenn Loury examines the statistical model used for Harvard admissions.
The census is becoming a political tool, says sociologist John Logan in regard to the proposed citizenship question.
EducationNext
Taking Teacher Coaching To Scale
Teacher coaching proves effective as a new form of professional development and improves student outcomes, says PSTC associate Matthew Kraft.
Michigan Radio (NPR)
Widespread use of PFAS means new contamination sites “almost inevitable” says expert
Widespread use of PFAS means new contamination sites are “almost inevitable,” says PSTC epidemiologist David Savitz.
The internet had less impact on the 2016 elections than many think, says a new study by Jesse Shapiro.
Lottery jackpots are overwhelming played by low-income Americans, says a MarketWatch article that cites research by PSTC economist Emily Oster.
PSTC Faculty Associate Elizabeth Fussell examines use of data to analyze environmental disasters and their consequences for older adults.
News from PSTC
Caven named Brown/Wheaton Faculty Fellow
PSTC Trainee Meghan Caven will teach a course on Schools and Social Inequality at Wheaton College this year.
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Bouek wins ASA's Thompson Award
Quartz cites PSTC economist Emily Oster's research on challenges of determining breastfeeding benefits.
Foreign Policy
Motherhood Is Kicking Indian Women Out of Work
Article cites research by PSTC trainee Ieva Zumbyte on the "motherhood penalty."
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PSTC hosts Leadership Alliance students
Three students to do research and be mentored at the PSTC this summer.
Trainees Tate Kihara, Janet Carolina Lopez, and Haoming Song presented their research at the GIS Institute Conference.
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Newsletter recaps PSTC research and awards
Catch up with the latest in the Spring 2018 edition of the PSTC newsletter.