@pennpsc.bsky.social
The Population Studies Center of the University of Pennsylvania has fostered research and training in population since its founding in 1962 and is led by Director Emilio Alberto Parrado.
Join us online or in person for the PARC Aging Chat ( @PennPARC ), when
@hthirumurthy.bsky.social & @draaron.bsky.social of @pennmehp.bsky.social
share insights on Opportunities with the CFAR Cohort.
Monday at NOON! See the graphic below for Zoom details.
More info:
https://bit.ly/4p011HA
Join us online or in person for the PARC Aging Chat ( @PennPARC ), when
@hthirumurthy.bsky.social & @draaron.bsky.social of @pennmehp.bsky.social
share insights on Opportunities with the CFAR Cohort.
Monday at NOON! See the graphic below for Zoom details.
More info:
https://bit.ly/4p011HA
Check out this new paper by LDI Fellow @draaron.bsky.social.⤵️
18.11.2025 20:42 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
We enjoyed a lively conversation between @katymilkman.bsky.social, @corinnelow.com, and Judd Kessler about how behavioral economics can help people get more out of life. We’re glad so many people joined us for this event!
20.11.2025 16:08 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
New in @thelancet.com: a follow-up to our @nature.com paper on cash transfers and mortality in low- and middle-income countries.
This studies explores *why* cash transfers reduce death, tracing effects on determinants of survival.
free access 🔗: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
Postdoctoral Researcher Positions!
12.11.2025 13:23 — 👍 23 🔁 22 💬 1 📌 0
Congratulations to @PennPSC researcher Dolores Albarracín (@dalbarra.bsky.social), who has been honored with the 2025 Career Contribution Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (@spspnews.bsky.social).
https://bit.ly/3JhYg57
Recent installation of brighter, better streetlights around Philly led to a 21% drop in outdoor gun violence and a 15% drop in street crime overall, according to a new study by John MacDonald and Aaron Chalfin
LEARN MORE:
https://bit.ly/4orQjZL
We are thrilled to share that Professor Melissa Wilde has been nominated for President of the American Sociological Association (ASA)! If elected, Professor Wilde will serve as ASA President in 2028. Congrats!
sociology.sas.upenn.edu/news/2025/11...
@sas.upenn.edu @upenn.edu @asanews.bsky.social
Can stricter cell phone policies at school improve student learning and teacher satisfaction? In this Knowledge at Wharton podcast, @angeladuckworth.bsky.social discusses findings from her national “Phones in Focus” survey.
WATCH:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fKU4AyB1BM
Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!
MON | 11/17 | 12 - 1PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)
Margherita Odasso, @cedemografia.bsky.social
Migrating Alone or with Family? Differences in Mental Health among Return Migrants in Mexico
https://bit.ly/3LzIYcA
Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!
MON | 11/17 | 12 - 1PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)
Margherita Odasso, @cedemografia.bsky.social
Migrating Alone or with Family? Differences in Mental Health among Return Migrants in Mexico
https://bit.ly/3LzIYcA
Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!
MON | 11/10 | 12 - 1PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)
@anacanedog.bsky.social at University of Montreal
Connected to Last? The Temporary Effect of Sponsorship on Refugee's Friendship Networks
https://bit.ly/4nz96BL
Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM!
MON | 11/10 | 12 - 1PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403)
@anacanedog.bsky.social at University of Montreal
Connected to Last? The Temporary Effect of Sponsorship on Refugee's Friendship Networks
https://bit.ly/4nz96BL
TODAY 11/6 NOON-1:30pm
American Indian and Alaska Native Populations Today: Migration Patterns and Why They Matter
Williams Hall 623 – 255 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA
Featuring: Gwynne Evans-Lomayesva (Hopi Tribal Nation), PhD Candidate in Demography
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Check out the first publication in our new Undergraduate Research Series!
Gendered Pathways of Afghan Refugee Integration in Canada: Insights from the Afghan Canadian Community Survey
by Jillina Weng
Advisor: Emilio A. Parrado
READ IT HERE:
https://bit.ly/3Lpw5By
Dispossessions and Disparities Across Latin America (Video)
During a recent SAS Knowledge by the Slice conversation, Professors Letícia Marteleto and Tulia G. Falleti shed light on how structural inequities in Latin America are produced, reproduced, and resisted.
We're looking for panelists for our "Beyond Academia: Careers for PhDs in Behavioral & Brain Sicences" event on Jan 16.
We bring PhDs working in industry/gov/non-profit sector to @upenn.edu to share their experience & jobs.
Early career welcome! DM or email pennmindcoreATsas.upenn.edu
Thanks!
Congratulations to Amy Gutmann Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Dolores Albarracín, who has been honored with the 2025 Career Contribution Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP):
30.10.2025 14:05 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Next PAIR Center Series on Tuesday, November 18th, 8:00 – 9:00 am in-person, Austrian Auditorium, Clinical Research Bldg - zoom details in flyer
With PARC Co-Director, Dr. Norma Coe @pennmehp.bsky.social Professor
“Beyond the Crisis: How Policies Influence Nursing Homes, Staff, and Residents”
A New Mark Pauly Book About What Health Care Managers Don’t Know
The Wharton Professor Produces a Compendium of Economics Wisdom for Health Care Pros
Read more about his new book:
https://ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/research-updates/a-new-mark-pauly-book-about-what-health-care-managers-dont-know/
I wrote in the New York Times about how I think companies saying women are leaving because of "return to office" is a cop out. Nursing, a fundamentally in person job, is almost 90% female. So what do women really want? Boundaries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
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.
1/ New paper w/ @rourkeobrien.bsky.social, @clowenstein.bsky.social, and Elizabeth Bair showing how the Voting Rights Act had starkly different effects on #mortality by race and age -- and the potential importance of #status #threat in explaining these findings.
www.nber.org/papers/w34421
Penn Grad Students!
Last chance to submit your work for the 2025 Etienne van de Walle Prize for Best Graduate Student Paper in Demography
Deadline 11/1
READ MORE:
www.aging.upenn.edu/research/eti...
Check out this special RESEARCH edition of the
PENN POPULATION STUDIES NEWSLETTER
featuring new pubs by 30+ @pennaging.bsky.social & @pennpsc.bsky.social researchers, including
@oppforhealthlab.bsky.social, @pfomby.bsky.social, & @drdmgriffith.bsky.social
READ IT HERE:
bit.ly/3Wg0QeL
New PSC/PARC Population Studies Working Paper!
Higher Neighborhood Deprivation is Associated with Accelerated Disease Progression in Behavioral-Variant Frontotemporal Degeneration.
with @sdstites.bsky.social, Corey T. McMillan, Rory Boyle, et al.
READ IT HERE:
https://bit.ly/47mme7e
A new study by LDI Fellow Irma Elo shows a deep geographic divide in Black life expectancy before COVID-19:
⬆️ Gains in cities & the Northeast
⬇️ Losses in the Midwest & rural areas
Read the full Q&A here: https://bit.ly/4ocoeWl
CHIBE Director Kevin Volpp was this year's University of Delaware Foltyn Seminar keynote speaker. His talk highlighted tactics for improving health in the U.S. using nudges, incentives, and Food Is Medicine as a potential paradigm shift in improving health.
www.udel.edu/academics/co...
See the referenced Penn LDI research brief here: ldi.upenn.edu/our-work/res...
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