The Baltic countries lost a quarter of their population between 1990 and 2020. While net migration was the main driver, below-replacement fertility reduced their populations by about one tenth. Details: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #demography #Population #Estonia #Lithuania #Latvia

Among regional universities in the northern U.S., two CUNY colleges — @baruch.cuny.edu and @huntercollege.bsky.social — tied for the top spot on U.S. News & World Report's 2026 Best Colleges ranking, with a total of six CUNY senior colleges in the top 10.

Last but not least! Installment #7 in Paul Krugman's recent series on #inequality. @pkrugman.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

In their piece for the #EGEssaySeries, @davidautor.bsky.social, @profdaviddorn.bsky.social, and Gordon Hanson break down the China trade shock of the early 2000s, its impacts on manufacturing and the labor market, and how it has shaped U.S. politics. Learn more ⬇️ equitablegrowth.org/how-the-chin...

New Working Paper Alert! Joint work with my amazing co-authors Lisa Klein and @pmlersch.bsky.social! We show how demographic changes contributed to #wealth #inequality in #Germany from 1988 to 2017. #econsky

Solving Baumol’ Cost Disease Problems: A Modern Approach

CUNY mourns the loss of Andrew A. Beveridge, a professor emeritus of sociology at @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social and @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. He also directed the University's Applied Social Research program and helped establish its Institute for Demographic Research.

What share of women reach the end of their childbearing years without having children?

Read more in our article “Twice as long – life expectancy around the world”: https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy-globally

Hello world! #data #LISdata Data below refers to risk of poverty rate at 60 % of median equivalised disposable income (including 95% confidence interval)

First post on Bsky! Hello world! 👇Since December 2024 the LIS & LWS databases contain more than 1000 datasets. This enables research on more than 30 Mio. households and 90 Mio individuals. Explore our databases here: www.lisdatacenter.org/our-data/ #LISdata #inequality #poverty #research

Read @henrygrabar.bsky.social on the political leadership needed to make congestion pricing both effective and sustainable #EconSky www.nytimes.com/2025/01/05/o...

Swift economic change may lead to both generational and gendered conflicts that result in a rapid decrease in the total fertility rate, from Claudia Goldin https://www.nber.org/papers/w33311

IPUMS IHGIS is now more geographic! 🌏 You can view tabulation geography metadata, filter tables by geographies for which they are available, and select geographies to include in your extract. 🗺️ Check it out at ihgis.ipums.org

There is a new post on the IPUMS DHS Climate Change and Health Research Hub! Learn when and how to us IPUMS spatially harmonized boundary files in your longitudinal research. @ipumsGH #GlobalHealth #spatial #cartography tech.popdata.org/dhs-research...

Calling all urban gardeners! Alumna Anna Paltseva’s new book offers other help for testing urban soil for contaminants and other down-to-Earth suggestions for improving soil quality www.gc.cuny.edu/news/urban-s...

Family influence on children's futures is crucial, but broader societal factors like labor markets, education systems, and healthcare also play significant roles. Addressing inequalities in these areas is essential for effective family support and children's opportunities. 👇🏻

Higher poverty rates in the US than in other rich countries are not due to a higher prevalence of single-parent families but due to the especially high penalty of being a single parent in the US. The explanation for variation in poverty across countries is not demography. 👇

How can academics with good ideas have more of an impact on policy makers? The challenges lie in understanding the different perspectives of researchers and politicians. Here’s a short thread on what I think are three of the main challenges, and the ways around them. 1/18