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Education Next
The Top 20 Education Next Articles of 2018
Research on teacher coaching by the PSTC's Matthew Kraft is named among top Education Next articles for the year.
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PSTC economist Emily Oster writes about c-sections and their effects on child and maternal health.
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News from PSTC
Former PSTC director named AAAS fellow
John Casterline elected for prestigious honor for his contributions to the field of social demography.
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Pacific Standard
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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The New Times
Cultural diversity and economic growth in Africa
The interplay between cultural assimilation and cultural diffusion plays an important role in economic development, says research by Oded Galor.
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News from PSTC
PSTC awards faculty seed funds
Four faculty associates receive funding for projects on housing and health, adolescent life, racial disparities and household strategies.
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Kevin Escudero and Andrea Flores coordinate event to address the importance of place in immigrant activism.
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Research by PSTC economist John Friedman shows the difference a zip code can make in determining someone's chances of rising out poverty.
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News from PSTC
New junior faculty join PSTC community
Four new faculty members drawn by Center's interdisciplinary nature and more.
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PSTC epidemiologist Eric Loucks leads interdisciplinary center that aims to combine outstanding research with practice.
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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.
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Economist Emily Oster weighs in on balancing the potential effects of medication with maternal mental health.
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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.
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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.
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PSTC anthropologist finds Nigerian households develop cultural strategies to cope with infrastructural deficiencies.
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News from PSTC
Grant Writing Workshop supports faculty proposals
PSTC workshop provides mentoring to earlier-career faculty for proposal development.
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Economic mobility often hinges on factors such as race, neighborhood demographics and housing prices, not job growth, says research by John Friedman.
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A new study by economist Anna Aizer examines fathers in teen pregnancies, noting they have lower levels of human capital and earnings.
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PSTC Postdoc Eric Seymour examines the post-crisis housing markets and worsening housing security.
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The Opportunity Altas, published by economist John Friedman and colleagues, shows areas in RI that confirm the correlation between race and income.
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The Gates Foundation commits $15M to Opportunity Insights, co-directed by economist John Friedman.
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News from PSTC
PSTC awarded $1.5 million NICHD training grant
Funding supports postdoctoral and predoctoral trainees in population studies.
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News from PSTC
PSTC awards record number of fellowships
Nine predoctoral trainees receive full funding this year.
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Big data research from economist John Friedman shows how neighborhoods matter for upward mobility.
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