What does an older population mean for the economy and society at large?
HCPDS faculty member Nicole Maestas was interviewed on NPR on why it matters that the median age is rising in the United States.
Archive: Jun 2023
Study evaluating telomeres finds aging- and health-related biomarkers in low-income country to be similar to those found in high-income countries
Scientists affiliated with Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study in South Africa (HAALSI) have found that telomere length is associated with health and aging biomarkers (e.g., age, mortality, blood pressure) in much the same way that they are…
TIAA Institute Insights Report: "Policy solutions that implicitly expect almost everyone to delay retirement will leave many Americans behind"
Lisa F. Berkman, PhD, and Beth C. Truesdale, PhD, have published a TIAA Institute Insights Report that pulls from book that they co-edited, “Overtime: America’s Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer,” to help answer the…
Caregiving responsibilities at home may impact working mothers' intentions to expand family
A study published in the European Sociological Review by former HCPDS Graduate Student Affiliate Sinn Won Han, current HCPDS Graduate Student Affiliate Ohjae Gowen, and HCPDS faculty member Mary Brinton expands recent research that shows an increase in…
Decade-long research project that explores aging in South Africa receives NIH/NIA funding for new waves & national expansion, with special focus on cognitive health
Researchers from The Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies (HCPDS), the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the University of the Witwatersrand, and the University of Cape Town have been awarded 27 million dollars from the National…