Search Topics Climate Change, Environment, Energy Demography, Immigration Education, Labor Families, Children (-) Finance, Fiscal and Monetary Policy Globalization, Foreign Policy, Trade (-) Health (-) Housing, Communities, Neighborhoods Law, Justice, Human Rights Migration, Refugees Politics (-) Poverty, Inequality, Opportunity Race, Gender, Identity Science, Technology, Innovation Social and Behavioral Psychology Content Event News (-) Research Briefs Publication Date (-) 2022 2021 (-) 2020 (-) 2019 (-) 2018 Displaying results 1 - 17 of 17 Search by Keyword Sort by Best MatchRecent FirstOld FirstA to ZZ to A Show/hide search bar School Directory Visit our school directory to search by name, title, or topics. Find People Not finding what you are looking for? Try searching across all of princeton.edu. Search News Jul 27 2022 Life Expectancy Drops for Native Americans Due to COVID-19 Native Americans experienced disproportionately high rates of deaths from COVID-19 due to poverty, crowded housing, high rates of chronic disease,… News Jul 25 2022 Religious Leaders Reduce Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda Intimate partner violence — or abuse and aggression in a romantic relationship — is a pervasive global issue. In Uganda, a primarily Christian… News Jul 07 2022 Life Expectancy Drops from 81 to 79 Years in California During COVID-19 The state of California enforced some of the most rigid COVID-19 restrictions, yet also experienced a significant drop in life expectancy during the… 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, many are… 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 care system… News Jul 02 2020 Global Threats: How Lessons from Covid-19 Can Prevent Environmental Meltdown Epidemiologists highlighted the dangers of Covid-19 in its early stages, but their warnings went largely ignored until rising infection rates forced… 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. Past… News Mar 18 2020 Racial Disparities in Pollution Exposure Fell Thanks to Clean Air Act Many case studies suggest that low income and racial minority groups face disproportionately high exposures to environmental pollution. But the… 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 centralized school… 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 the power of… News Jul 11 2019 E-cigarette Regulations Increase Prenatal Cigarette Use among Teen Smokers, New Study Shows Earlier studies have shown that the passage of minimal legal sale age (MLSA) laws regulating the purchase of e-cigarettes among teens succeeded in… 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 behind these… 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 new working… News Jul 25 2018 Assault During Pregnancy Can Lead to Low Birth Weight and Pre-Term Babies Physical assault during pregnancy, especially in the third trimester, can significantly increase the rates of babies born at very low birth weights … News Jun 18 2018 Mental Health Declining Among Disadvantaged American Adults American adults of low socioeconomic status report increasing mental distress and worsening well-being, according to a new study by Princeton… News Apr 17 2018 Boosting Employment Rate Is Unlikely to Curb Opioid Use Improving job prospects for people in economically depressed parts of the United States is unlikely to help curb the opioid epidemic, according to a… News Mar 12 2018 Great Recession Still Plagues Workers with Lower Lifetime Wages Losing a job often leads to lower earnings that stretch long beyond the time of unemployment. Yet it’s hard to know exactly what causes these lower…
