The Russell Sage Foundation has awarded a grant entitled “The ACA and the Demography of the U.S. Criminal Justice Population” to CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Carmen Gutierrez. Over the course of its two years of funding, the grant will support Gutierrez … Read more

UNC release issued on February 28, 2019 (Chapel Hill, N.C. – Feb. 28, 2019) – The fastest-growing jobs in North Carolina now require more education. A new report from Carolina Demography and the John M. Belk Endowment examines North Carolina … Read more

Feb 28, 2019 New demographic report will help guide the state’s path forward in improving education attainment in order to fill need for highly trained workforce UNC release issued on February 28, 2019 (Chapel Hill, N.C. – Feb. 28, 2019) … Read more

Feb 27, 2019 Sociologists Yong Cai and Wang Feng ask whether China can keep up with its aging population given the state’s steadily and rapidly declining birthrate since the late 1960s. “The authorities had predicted that easing and then abolishing … Read more

Feb 26, 2019 Wednesday, Feb 27th, News & Observer will host a community a forum – “Hello, neighbor!” – from 7-8:30pm. The forum’s panel of demographers and planners, including Rebecca Tippett, PhD, Director of Carolina Demography, will discuss who is … Read more

Feb 15, 2019 On Friday, February 8th, the Carolina Population Center hosted a Hackathon for pre- and postdoctoral scholars to compete in designing a research project proposal. The four teams, each comprised of four trainees from different disciplines and at … Read more

Feb 11, 2019 The Russell Sage Foundation has awarded a grant entitled “The ACA and the Demography of the U.S. Criminal Justice Population” to CPC Postdoctoral Scholar Carmen Gutierrez. Over the course of its two years of funding, the grant … Read more

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has awarded a grant entitled “Assessment of Impact of the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) of Malawi on Beneficiaries’ Vulnerabilities throughout the Lifecycle” to CPC Fellows Clare Barrington, PhD, MPH, and Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa, … Read more

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation has awarded a grant entitled “Reducing Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake: The Impact of Nutrition Claims on Fruit Drink Purchases among Parents of Young Children” to CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie, PhD, and colleague … Read more

Jan 15, 2019 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has awarded a grant entitled “Assessment of Impact of the Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) of Malawi on Beneficiaries’ Vulnerabilities throughout the Lifecycle” to CPC Fellows Clare Barrington, PhD, MPH, and … Read more