Work shapes not only economic security but long-term health, including the trajectory of cognitive aging. For Latino adults-who face elevated risk for Alzheimer's disease and related dementias and… read more about Not All Shift Work Is Equal: Disentangling Schedule Type and Night-Work Exposure in Cognitive Aging in Older Latinos »
How do human populations impact the environment and how do they respond to environmental change? This talk presents recent research examining how aspects of human population and dynamics impact the… read more about Population-Environment: From Challenges to Win-Win Solutions? »
This paper studies migration and earnings dynamics in poor neighborhoods using new administrative data linking residential location and earnings. Out-migration rates are higher in poor neighborhoods… read more about Dynamic Individuals, Static Neighborhoods: Migration and Earnings Changes in Poor Neighborhoods »
"Washington, DC, the capital of the United States, has the nation's largest racial life expectancy gap, and it has experienced many of the nation's worst epidemics, including maternal and infant… read more about Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol »
Studies of health impacts of Hurricane Katrina have been limited in their populations covered, length of observation, and whether they included individuals no longer living in the hurricane-affected… read more about Are hurricanes bad for your health? Incidence of new diagnoses of physical and mental health problems in the four years after Hurricane Katrina »
This talk is based on my recently published book, Wanting Children: Family-Planning Policies and the Engineering of America's Population (University of Chicago Press). Unlike most of the world, U.S.… read more about Wanting Children: Family-Planning Policies and the Engineering of America's Population »
You are invited to a book talk with Duke alum Dr. Felicia Arriaga, AB'12, AM '15, PhD'18. Currently a professor at Baruch College, CUNY, Dr. Arriaga will discuss her 2023 book, "Behind Crimmigration… read more about Book Talk with Dr. Felicia Arriaga, '12, '15, '18 »