Prof. Leah Platt Boustan is quoted in the Voice of America.

Prof. Leah Platt Boustan's research on immigrant patterns found that native born to hold a bachelor's degree and they’re much more likely than the native born to hold a higher degree like a master’s degree. http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/05/08/this-us-ethnic-group-makes-the-most-money/  

Call for Articles: Biosocial Pathways of Well-Being Across the Life Course

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CALL FOR ARTICLES RSF: THE RUSSELL SAGE FOUNDATION JOURNAL OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES BIOSOCIAL PATHWAYS OF WELL-BEING ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE Edited by Thomas W. McDade Northwestern University and Kathleen Mullan Harris University of North…

Congratulations to Xi Song for receiving an honorable mention for this year’s ASA Family Section Graduate Paper award

Xi Song’s paper entitled "Heterogeneous Grandparent Effects: The Effect of Grandparents' Education on Grandchildren's Education in One-Parent and Two-Parent Families" has been selected to receive an honorable mention for this year's American…

Population Section Mentor/Mentee Lunch at ASA Annual Meeting

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On August 22 at noon the section will host a mentor/mentee lunch at the Terzo Piano restaurant located on the third floor of the Modern Wing at the Art Institute of Chicago.  Terzo Piano is about a 10 minute walk from the conference hotels.  As…

Call for Proposals: SPATIAL Unconference

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→What: Spatial Information for Human Health →When: December 9–11, 2015 → Where: University of Santa Barbara, California http://spatial.ucsb.edu/spatial2015 The Center for Spatial Studies (University of California, Santa Barbara),…

Request for Pilot Proposals: Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities

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Request for Pilot Proposals from the Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities in 21st Century America Due Date: June 12, 2015 REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS The Network on Life Course Health Dynamics and Disparities invites interested…

Call for Papers: 6th Annual IGSS Conference

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With support from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development, the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, and the Population Association of America, the Institute of Behavioral Science and…

Senior Researcher/Demographer, Boston, MA

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SUMMARY: Under the direction of the Research Director, create, manage, execute and analyze demographic research projects. Provide technical direction and expertise related to current demographic conditions and develop demographic projections…

Administrator Position – US Census Bureau Research Data Center, Penn State University

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A position for an Administrator at the Pennsylvania State University Census Bureau Research Data Center (RDC), University Park, PA, will be filled in spring 2015. The RDC is a secure computing lab in Paterno Library on the University Park campus.…

Program Coordinator, Masters of Professional Studies in Applied Demography, Penn State University

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Job # 57145 The Pennsylvania State University The Department of Sociology and Criminology Program Coordinator, Masters of Professional Studies in Applied Demography The Department of Sociology at The Pennsylvania State University, University…