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Mellody Hobson ’91

Mellody Hobson ’91

Shortly after graduating from Princeton University, Mellody Hobson ’91 joined Ariel Investments as an intern. Today, she serves as the…

Sir Angus Deaton

Covid-19 is Exposing Inequalities in Health and Wealth, Deaton Testifies

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is exposing and exacerbating health disparities in America, with Black and brown communities hit especially…

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…

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…

Kathryn Edin

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…

WWS Reacts: Looking Back and Forward from the Fed's Rate Increase

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates from record lows on Dec. 16, beginning what many expect to be a period of further increases. …

WWS Reacts: Looking Back and Forward from the Fed's Rate Increase

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates from record lows on Dec. 16, beginning what many expect to be a period of further increases. …

“Impassioned Debate” Results in Noteworthy Journal

While producing the annual Journal of Public and International Affairs (JPIA) is no small task, a review of this year’s 26th edition…

Currie Wins Carolyn Shaw Bell Award

More Aggressive Climate Policies Are Needed to Save the Future Poor

People often believe that future generations will be better off than their predecessors, but that may be a dangerous assumption when it…

WooCast: Paul Volcker and the Importance of Public Service

Paul Volcker has spent most of his professional life in public service. In this WooCast, he discusses the importance of public service,…

Princeton-Fung Global Forum Identifies Approaches for Dealing with 'Modern Plagues'

On the verdant campus of University College Dublin, nearly 300 public health experts and practitioners, government officials, scholars…

Rogerson Wins R.K. Cho Economics Prize

Richard Rogerson, the Charles and Marie Robertson Professor of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson…

WooCast: Behind the Scenes of the Princeton-Fung Global Forum

Resolving epidemics like the Ebola crisis requires a multidisciplinary approach –involving not only public health and medical knowledge…

Economist Currie Investigates the Building Blocks of Children's Success

Trained as a labor economist at Princeton, Janet Currie wrote her dissertation on strikes and arbitration.

Currie Named Top Female Economist by World Economic Forum

In a list of the "Top 10 Female Economists," the World Economic Forum named Professor Janet Currie number four in the world.

Moll Receives EIB Prize for Economic, Social Research

Benjamin Moll, an assistant professor of economics and international affairs, has been awarded the 2015 European Investment Bank Prize…

WWS Reacts: What's Next for Greece?

Suffocating from colossal debt, Greece has until the end of July 9 to secure a third bailout from creditors. Otherwise, the country may…

Hypersegregated Cities Face Tough Road to Change

Baltimore, Maryland, and Ferguson, Missouri, share more than being the sites of racial strife over the past year. Both are part of…

A Deadly Shadow: Measles May Weaken Immune System Up to Three Years

The measles virus can cause serious disease in children by temporarily suppressing their immune systems. This vulnerability was…

Preventing and Treating Causes of Child Abuse and Neglect – Not Foster Care Placement – May Improve Safety and Wellbeing, New Brookings-Princeton Paper Finds

Each year, an estimated 680,000 children are reported as victims of parental abuse and neglect in the U.S.

Maternal Health in India Much Worse than Previously Thought

More than 40 percent of women in India are underweight when they begin pregnancy, according to a new study published by Princeton…

Oleg Itskhoki

Itskhoki Named a 2015 Sloan Research Fellow

Oleg Itskhoki, assistant professor of economics at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, was one of five…

How Income Fraud Made the Housing Bubble Worse

Historically, Englewood and Garfield Park are two of the poorest neighborhoods in Chicago. Yet, between 2002 and 2005, these…

WWS Task Force: Debt Problem or Funding Safety Net Programs

To address long-term debt issues facing the United States, Congress needs to implement significant changes to entitlement programs and…