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CSCC Podcasts

Gender Inequality in China

PSTC Postdoc Yun Zhou discusses gender inequality in China, particularly the implications of the one-child policy and its repeal.
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City Journal

Barriers to Black Progress

PSTC economist Glenn Loury discusses the persistence of racial inequality in the U.S. with Jason Riley at a Manhattan Institute event.
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"Kids who are supposed to be walking along streets with higher rates of violent crime are more likely to miss school," says Julia Burdick-Will, sociologist at Johns Hopkins University and a former PSTC postdoc.
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The Good Men Project

Overcrowded Prisons – Nightmare Nests

Article cites study by PSTC economist Anna Aizer that finds youth who are imprisoned are less likely to finish school, more likely to offend again.
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Panama City News Herald

Churning, yes, but no exodus

PSTC demographer Elizabeth Fussell notes population "churning" following hurricane in Florida.
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Vox, CEPR Policy Portal

Why children of teen mothers do worse in life

PSTC economist Anna Aizer writes about the role fathers play in teenage childbearing and the importance of policies that consider not only mothers.
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