Justin Rodgers – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

Better than average... study applies complex variance modelling to more accurately assess treatment effects of the Head Start program

April 25, 2022

When assessing the effectiveness of a large-scale, federally funded program such as Head Start—a program designed to better prepare children ages 3-5 from low-income families for school—it is limited to only look at the Average Treatment Effect given the…

Taking a closer look at the psychosocial stressors that are thought to affect health and mortality

February 03, 2021

A study focused on middle-aged and older Americans by Harvard Pop Center postdoctoral fellow Justin Rodgers, faculty members David R. Williams, Ichiro Kawachi, and S V Subramanian, along with their colleague Adolfo G. Cuevas, sheds light on the eight…