Poverty, Gender Inequities, and Sexual Reproductive Health in Rural Tanzania

PopPov researcher Will Dow describes his work related to health economics, international health, and economic demography.

PopPov researcher Duncan Thomas looks at the behavior of households in low-income settings and on the dynamics of decisionmaking.

PopPov researcher Nistha Sinha discusses her research on health, education, employment, and gender issues in low-income countries.

Americans are more likely to graduate from high school, enroll in college, and obtain degrees today than they were in 1970. A deeper look at these statistics, however, reveals that young women are now more likely to enroll in, and graduate from, college than young men.

(April 2011) The relationship between education and adult mortality risk is well documented: Individuals with more education generally live longer. On the other hand, there is less consensus on the extent to which educational differences in mortality have been changing over time. Robert Hummer, prof…

Robert Hummer outlines trends and differences in mortality as part of PRB's Policy Seminar series.

Marta Tienda, professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, discusses research into college planning and enrollment behavior under a policy guaranteeing high school graduates in the top 10% of their class admission to any Texas public college or university.

Global food prices have been on the rise, threatening to reach record levels. Growing world demand due to an increasing world population and shifting consumption patterns, and lower supplies partly due to bad weather.

The demographic strength of Egypt is undeniable, not just in absolute numbers but in its age distribution. Egypt is experiencing a "youth bulge": One in five Egyptians is between ages 15 and 24, and one-half of the population is below age 25, a powerful engine of renewal for the country.

With Kakenya Ntaiya, who grew up in a rural Kenyan village and was the first youth adviser to the United Nations Population Fund.

American families have changed dramatically with profound implications for the role of work-family policies in promoting child well-being. As part of PRB's Policy Seminar series Jane Waldfogel described major types of work-family policies and assessed the adequacy of current U.S. policies.