For the past several weeks, families, college leaders and even lawmakers have been focused on the question of whether students will be returning to campuses this fall. But the coronavirus pandemic’s ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 118, No. 31 (August 3, 2021), pp. 1-10 (10 pages) Despite overall improvements in health and living standards in ...

The demographic dynamics in India and China have major impacts on global economic development. Seeking to reassess the demographic race between the two countries with a focus on human capital and ...

Intergenerational education and health outcomes refer to the processes by which educational achievements and associated skills are transmitted within families, ultimately influencing health and ...

Intergenerational relative mobility—the extent to which a person’s life chances are determined by that of her parents—is stagnant or even getting worse. In this talk on October 26, 2021, World Bank ...

In September 2022, Prof. Steven Neil Durlauf became the inaugural director of the new James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility. The Steans Professor in ...