Aug 19, 2020
This workshop, held June 13, 2013 at the Carolina Population Center (CPC), will highlight the collaborative research, innovative ideas, and new technologies shared between CPC and the Duke Population Research Institute (DuPRI).
Aug 19, 2020
Qualified applicants are sought for one year post-doctoral fellowships in the Economics and Demography of Aging to begin September 2013. The successful post-doctoral fellows will continue his/her training through a one-year fellowship (with the possibility of a second...
Aug 19, 2020
Despite spending more per capita on health care than citizens of any other country, Americans are less healthy and dying younger than their international peers. Ana Diez Roux, a member of the panel convened to study the issue by the National Research Council and the...
Aug 19, 2020
The Fisher Black Prize is awarded by the from the American Finance Association to a finance scholar under 40 whose work best exemplifies the goal of developing original research. Ulrike Malmendier won in 2013 for the originality of her work exploring the intersection...
Aug 19, 2020
In this story, Michael Hurd, lead author on the study under discussion, talks about the large and growing costs of dementia in the U.S. In addition to growing health care costs, Hurd says the costs for informal dementia care are probably much higher than for most...