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Search News Dec 11 2020 Polarization Increases with Economic Decline, Becoming Cripplingly Contagious The rise of populist movements is changing political systems around the world. As support for these “anti-elite” movements intensifies,… News Nov 30 2020 Covid-19 Shutdowns Disproportionately Affected Low-Income Black Households The alarming rate at which Covid-19 has killed Black Americans has highlighted the deeply embedded racial disparities in the U.S. health… News Oct 12 2020 Mellody Hobson ’91 Shortly after graduating from Princeton University, Mellody Hobson ’91 joined Ariel Investments as an intern. Today, she serves as the… News Apr 29 2020 Politics & Polls #183: Economic Inequality and Covid-19 Featuring Sir Angus Deaton Covid-19 has had a disproportionate impact on at-risk populations, shining the spotlight on economic inequality and instability. Issues… News Apr 22 2020 Politics & Polls #182: Economic Turmoil During Covid-19 Featuring Cecilia Rouse The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have devastating impacts on the global and U.S. economy. As a result of quarantines and social… News Apr 17 2020 Macrofinance Lab Receives National Science Foundation Funding Funding from the National Science Foundation will support the work of a Macrofinance Lab at the Julis-Rabinowitz Center for Public Policy… News Apr 16 2020 Mentoring Programs Help Female Economists Secure Tenure-Track Positions There remains a dearth of women in economics, with far fewer females securing tenure-track jobs and publishing academic research than men… News Apr 14 2020 Universal Childhood Allowance Could Reduce Childhood Poverty, Edin Testifies Today, about 15 million children in the United States live in families with incomes below the federal poverty threshold. This is why… News Jan 15 2020 Social Networks May Drive College Decisions Younger siblings may indeed look up to their older kin — to the point that it influences where they go to college.Using data from… News Dec 09 2019 Paul A. Volcker ’49, Former Federal Reserve Chairman, Dies at 92 Paul A. Volcker ’49, a formidable force in U.S. government who led the Federal Reserve to quell inflation in the late 1970s and early 80s… News Oct 16 2019 Politics & Polls #157: How Economists Attained Power in the Modern Era Featuring Binyamin Appelbaum Economists shape conversations on topics ranging from business to politics, and their influence is widely felt; the Federal Reserve,… News Sep 16 2019 Funding Available for Innovative Education Projects and Programs A fund offered through Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs will support creative,… News Aug 15 2019 New Industrial Revolution Sparked by Technology Gives Power to Service, Retail, Wholesale Industries The United States is experiencing a new type of industrial revolution, one in which businesses outside of manufacturing are harnessing… News Jul 17 2019 Politics & Polls #147: Reagan’s Tax Cut Revolution Featuring Monica Prasad In the 1980s, supply-side economics became a rallying cry of conservative politicians. This macroeconomic theory posits that lower taxes… News May 29 2019 Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development Princeton University and the Brookings Institution released “Universal Approaches to Promoting Healthy Development” on May 29. News May 24 2019 WWS Reacts: Restricting Abortions Across America Reproductive rights are now front and center in the 2020 campaign, as a number of states recently have tried to restrict or regulate… News Apr 24 2019 Inequality Gap Grew Before the Great Recession and After, Study Finds The Great Recession hit Americans across the socioeconomic spectrum, with some still working to recover economically. Yet, the drivers… News Mar 08 2019 Princeton Researchers Awarded Funding for Innovative Education Research Projects A group of researchers at Princeton University will receive funding to work on innovative, cross-disciplinary education research projects… News Feb 04 2019 Project to Collect Real Portraits of American Life Today, only half of children grow up to earn more than their parents, as opportunities for upward mobility continue to decline. Meanwhile… News Jan 31 2019 ‘Working Rich’ Prevail Among Today’s Top Earners Many blame idle millionaires for the rise in income inequality, but today’s top earners are actually the “working rich,” according to a… News Dec 07 2016 Book by Brunnermeier, James, Landau Named to Financial Times’ Best Books of 2016: Economics List A book co-authored by professors based at Princeton University and SciencesPo has been named to the Financial Times’ Best Books of 2016:… News Oct 26 2016 Integration Between Pre-K and K-3 Programs Needs to be Strengthened, Princeton-Brookings Journal Finds High-quality pre-K programs can indeed play an important role in improving later outcomes for children, particularly for children from… News Oct 10 2016 American Workers Prefer Set Work Schedules, But Would Take Wage Cuts to Work from Home Affordable child care and flexible work schedules have all been topics of debates in the 2016 U.S. presidential campaign.Yet, according… News Oct 06 2016 Dean Rouse Featured in “America’s Course on Poverty” A new online course focused on poverty and inequality in the United States will launch Oct. 11 and run until Dec. 15, 2016. News Sep 16 2016 International Panel on Social Progress Seeks Comments on Report The International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP), which brings together social scientists around the world to analyze social trends and… Pagination Current page 1 Page 2 Next page Next › Last page Last »