Will an increase in teacher pay help improve student performance? Associate Professor John Friedman offers expertise on quantifying a teacher's value and the new education models for setting salary marks.

Series features top Mexican migration scholars providing current research findings and perspective on the future of Mexico-U.S. migration.

PSTC sociologist Margot Jackson to produce the first research to comprehensively examine the effects of public investments on inequality in family behavior and child well-being.  

Day-to-day parenting choices matter less than we think, but national policies matter a lot, writes Economics Professor Emily Oster in NYT’s The Upshot.

Associate Professor John Friedman comments on the SAT test's new adversity rating, saying "For each extra year you spend in a good environment, you do a little better. It’s very powerful when somebody overcomes that."

Economics Professor Emily Oster critically discusses popular data regarding parenting choices and their effects on children in this New York Times Op-Ed.

Research conducted by Associate Professor John Friedman was cited in an article commenting on the American college admissions process.

Professor David Savitz was one of three scientists selected to serve on a Michigan panel that will enforce drinking water standards for the state.

Brown Economics Professor Oded Galor and PSTC Visiting Scholar Marc Klemp discuss their work relating genealogical records to economic growth.

Brown Economics Professor Matthew Turner provides insight on congestion pricing.

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

PSTC epidemiologist David Savitz comments on a new study on the cancer-causing potential of glyphosate herbicides.

PSTC economist Glenn Loury discusses the persistence of racial inequality in the U.S. with Jason Riley at a Manhattan Institute event.

"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.

The NYT cites research by PSTC economist John Friedman, noting neighborhoods explain "most of the geographic variation in upward mobility."

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.

PSTC economist Justine Hastings participated in a Brookings Institute forum on evidence-based policymaking.

EPA advisory limit for PFAS "may not provide a sufficient margin of safety" for drinking water, says PSTC epidemiologist David Savitz.

A committee chaired by PSTC epidemiologist David Savitz heard from veterans Monday about the health effects of antimalarial drugs.

GIS Institute participants present research with a GIS perspective.

PSTC demographer Elizabeth Fussell notes population "churning" following hurricane in Florida.

Migrants may live longer and contribute more taxes, says a report co-authored by PSTC sociologist Michael J. White.

PSTC economists noted for their use of data in economics research.

PSTC economist John Friedman discusses with WPRI's Ted Nesi the interactive mapping tool he co-created.