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The Harvard Pop Center brings together scientists from all corners of the Harvard campus—and beyond—to make exciting advances in population research. This is the official account of #harvardpopcenter popcenter.harvard.edu
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Xiang is notable for his combination of methodological brilliance and generosity in answering methods questions from his colleagues as well as students.
Xiang Zhou (Harvard Sociology) and I are recruiting two postdoctoral fellows through the An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship at Harvard’s Fairbank Center. The theme for 2026–27 is the Social Foundations of State Power in China. Deadline: January 15, 2026. fairbank.fas.harvard.edu/affiliation-...
An Wang Postdoctoral Fellowship – Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies
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December 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Xiang is notable for his combination of methodological brilliance and generosity in answering methods questions from his colleagues as well as students.
Our faculty affiliate @ritahamad co-authored this study that evaluates the impact of school re-openings during COVID-19 on the mental health of children www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/h...
Youth Mental Health Improved When Schools Reopened, Study Finds
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December 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Our faculty affiliate @ritahamad co-authored this study that evaluates the impact of school re-openings during COVID-19 on the mental health of children www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/h...
We're so looking forward to this seminar led by @atheendar.bsky.social ! Harvard Chan School Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences is co-sponsoring and it will take place at the Longwood campus in Boston (and online via Zoom). Please register to join us!
2/ I will be presenting this at @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social on Weds: popcenter.harvard.edu/blog/calenda...
More details on the paper -- which we started 2+ years ago -- later. We've tried to write it as simply and transparently as possible and walk through every step of the logic.
More details on the paper -- which we started 2+ years ago -- later. We've tried to write it as simply and transparently as possible and walk through every step of the logic.
Social Demography Seminar with Atheendar Venkataramani (co-sponsored by SBS) – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
A Harvard University cross-school, interfaculty initiative administered by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
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November 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We're so looking forward to this seminar led by @atheendar.bsky.social ! Harvard Chan School Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences is co-sponsoring and it will take place at the Longwood campus in Boston (and online via Zoom). Please register to join us!
@christinajcross.bsky.social It was such a highlight to have you back at the Harvard Pop Center!
It was a joy being back in Boston for a conversation about INHERITED INEQUALITY. Many thanks to @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social for hosting me, to Mary Waters for being such an awesome discussant, & to my colleagues & students for all their support. Until next time!
October 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@christinajcross.bsky.social It was such a highlight to have you back at the Harvard Pop Center!
Our Bell Fellow, Shiro Furuya, will present “Revisiting theories of marital instability in the era of gray divorce: The case of retirement” at tomorrow's Social Demography Seminar... please register to join us!
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October 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Our Bell Fellow, Shiro Furuya, will present “Revisiting theories of marital instability in the era of gray divorce: The case of retirement” at tomorrow's Social Demography Seminar... please register to join us!
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Kudos to this journalist for talking to actual scholars, like @docthoughts.bsky.social and @christinajcross.bsky.social who have spent years studying Black families, to bring some much needed insight.
The Backlash to Cardi B's Pregnancy Is Rooted in Old, Racist Ideas
Online critics who lashed out at Cardi B's pregnancy announcement were echoing old, racist stereotypes about broken families and single mothers
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October 3, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Kudos to this journalist for talking to actual scholars, like @docthoughts.bsky.social and @christinajcross.bsky.social who have spent years studying Black families, to bring some much needed insight.
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Why do Black kids in nuclear families struggle to succeed while white kids in these families flourish?
What do these inequalities tell us about the power & limits of the two-parent family?
Check out my new piece in @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy to learn more www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
What do these inequalities tell us about the power & limits of the two-parent family?
Check out my new piece in @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy to learn more www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
Why Black Families Fall Through the Safety Net
For most of the last 20 years, policymakers and researchers have stressed the importance of a two-parent home for children’s success. New research complicates conventional wisdom.
www.harpersbazaar.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Why do Black kids in nuclear families struggle to succeed while white kids in these families flourish?
What do these inequalities tell us about the power & limits of the two-parent family?
Check out my new piece in @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy to learn more www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
What do these inequalities tell us about the power & limits of the two-parent family?
Check out my new piece in @harpersbazaar.com.web.brid.gy to learn more www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/feat...
Amitabh Chandra co-authored a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine that highlights the power of private investment in healthcare, as well as the pitfalls...
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news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Are for-profits, private equity to blame for rising medical costs, reduced quality, choice? — Harvard Gazette
Healthcare analyst says outside investment can boost innovation, growth, care, but profit needs to be aligned with patient outcomes.
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October 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Amitabh Chandra co-authored a paper in the New England Journal of Medicine that highlights the power of private investment in healthcare, as well as the pitfalls...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Margaret McConnell is quoted in the Newsweek article "The Good News Hidden in the Birth Rate Decline"
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Birth rate policies should focus on fertility preferences, not numbers, expert says | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Margaret McConnell discusses fertility choices and policies to help people facing challenges.
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October 3, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Margaret McConnell is quoted in the Newsweek article "The Good News Hidden in the Birth Rate Decline"
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Had a great interview with the Harvard Gazette about my new book, INHERITED INEQUALITY, & its connection to culture & policy: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
September 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Had a great interview with the Harvard Gazette about my new book, INHERITED INEQUALITY, & its connection to culture & policy: news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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I’m delighted to share that link to my PBS interview about INHERITED INEQUALITY is now available! Follow the link below:
youtu.be/w1P79Ryy50w?...
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Is the Benefit of a Two-Parent Family a Myth? Harvard Sociologist Explains | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
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September 20, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I’m delighted to share that link to my PBS interview about INHERITED INEQUALITY is now available! Follow the link below:
youtu.be/w1P79Ryy50w?...
youtu.be/w1P79Ryy50w?...
Harvard Pop Center welcomes John Wilmoth, director of the population division at the United Nations, as the speaker of our first Social Demography Seminar this fall.
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popcenter.harvard.edu/seminars-and...
September 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Harvard Pop Center welcomes John Wilmoth, director of the population division at the United Nations, as the speaker of our first Social Demography Seminar this fall.
popcenter.harvard.edu/seminars-and...
popcenter.harvard.edu/seminars-and...
Are you wondering what our research affiliates have been working on? Here's our latest newsletter to loop you in...
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September 16, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Are you wondering what our research affiliates have been working on? Here's our latest newsletter to loop you in...
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hsph.me/Harvard_Pop_...
This Thursday (9/18) we are excited to welcome John Wilmoth, director of the population division at the United Nations, as our Social Demography Seminar speaker. Please join us in person or online via Zoom from 12:00–1:15 p.m. (ET).
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September 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
This Thursday (9/18) we are excited to welcome John Wilmoth, director of the population division at the United Nations, as our Social Demography Seminar speaker. Please join us in person or online via Zoom from 12:00–1:15 p.m. (ET).
hsph.me/John_Wilmoth
hsph.me/John_Wilmoth
We're looking forward to hosting you on October 23 as you launch #inheritedinequality @christinajcross.bsky.social
Friends! Inherited Inequality makes its debut Sept 16 🎉
Join me for an open & honest conversation about the power & limits of the two-parent family for improving child outcomes & addressing one of America’s most intractable problems: racial inequality
Hope to see you there!
Join me for an open & honest conversation about the power & limits of the two-parent family for improving child outcomes & addressing one of America’s most intractable problems: racial inequality
Hope to see you there!
September 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
We're looking forward to hosting you on October 23 as you launch #inheritedinequality @christinajcross.bsky.social
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Early reviews of INHERITED INEQUALITY are in I couldn’t be happier with its reception. I’ll be posting one each day this week.
First up, award-winning author & sociologist, Anthony Jack. THANK YOU!
First up, award-winning author & sociologist, Anthony Jack. THANK YOU!
September 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Early reviews of INHERITED INEQUALITY are in I couldn’t be happier with its reception. I’ll be posting one each day this week.
First up, award-winning author & sociologist, Anthony Jack. THANK YOU!
First up, award-winning author & sociologist, Anthony Jack. THANK YOU!
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The August issue posted last week--5 notes, 9 articles & a note from the new Editors in Chief. This issue includes research on mobility-based segregation, child migration in Africa, educational inequality in biological aging, and inequalities in dementia risk. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...
Volume 62 Issue 4 | Demography | Duke University Press
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September 2, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The August issue posted last week--5 notes, 9 articles & a note from the new Editors in Chief. This issue includes research on mobility-based segregation, child migration in Africa, educational inequality in biological aging, and inequalities in dementia risk. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/i...
Risk of CVD found to be significantly higher among those women who experienced stalking and among those who filed a restraining order...Pop Center faculty member Laura Kubzansky, former GSA Audrey Murchland and former fellow Rebecca Thurston are among the authors.
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Stalking, obtaining restraining order linked with increased cardiovascular disease risk in women | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Risk of cardiovascular disease was 41% higher in women who experienced stalking and 70% higher in women with experience obtaining a restraining order, compared to women without these experiences, acco...
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August 12, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Risk of CVD found to be significantly higher among those women who experienced stalking and among those who filed a restraining order...Pop Center faculty member Laura Kubzansky, former GSA Audrey Murchland and former fellow Rebecca Thurston are among the authors.
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We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
Lisa Berkman says "This is science that rests on a public investment," in this NYT piece on the "80-year-old model of American science."
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Here Is All the Science at Risk in Trump’s Clash With Harvard (Gift Article)
More than 900 research grants worth $2.6 billion are in jeopardy. So is the 80-year-old model of American science.
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June 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Lisa Berkman says "This is science that rests on a public investment," in this NYT piece on the "80-year-old model of American science."
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Congrats on the paper to our former Sloan Fellow on Aging and Work @sungspark.bsky.social !
From @sungspark.bsky.social @marasheftel.bsky.social et al: “Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Functional Limitations Among Older Adults” uses HRS data to assess effect of physically demanding work over the life course. @rutgerssph.bsky.social @ccpratucla.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
June 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Congrats on the paper to our former Sloan Fellow on Aging and Work @sungspark.bsky.social !
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2834949?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=061025
June 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe url:https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama-health-forum/fullarticle/2834949?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=content-shareicons&utm_content=article_engagement&utm_medium=social&utm_term=061025
Have you heard of "vicarious" trauma? Recent GSA Elisabeth Stelson (and colleagues) have published a study finding healthcare workers who interact with trauma victims and had symptoms of vicarious trauma were significantly more likely to develop disorders of gut-brain interaction.
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June 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Have you heard of "vicarious" trauma? Recent GSA Elisabeth Stelson (and colleagues) have published a study finding healthcare workers who interact with trauma victims and had symptoms of vicarious trauma were significantly more likely to develop disorders of gut-brain interaction.
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Our paper was conducted using CDC PRAMS data, the only national survey data set capturing perinatal health, which was recently terminated. Studies like this can no longer be done because of attacks on #science. I spoke about this @statesnewsroom.com: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rese... 3/3
Researchers say moms and babies are ‘going to get hurt’ by federal pregnancy data team cuts
In the remote villages of Alaska where social worker Laura Norton-Cruz works to improve maternal and infant health, there are no hospitals.Pregnant patients, almost all of whom are Alaska Native, ofte...
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June 2, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Our paper was conducted using CDC PRAMS data, the only national survey data set capturing perinatal health, which was recently terminated. Studies like this can no longer be done because of attacks on #science. I spoke about this @statesnewsroom.com: www.newsfromthestates.com/article/rese... 3/3
Strength of Long-Distance Ties for Aging Healthy with HIV: The Case of Rural South Africa url:https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/geronb/gbaf103/8152712
June 4, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Strength of Long-Distance Ties for Aging Healthy with HIV: The Case of Rural South Africa url:https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article-abstract/doi/10.1093/geronb/gbaf103/8152712