Videos & Podcasts 2022

In this 20-minute "bite," faculty member Claudia Goldin explains that the gender pay gap is not static… it widens and narrows depending on such factors as age, having children, and by workforce sector.

According to faculty member David Cutler, "we’re only as healthy as the least healthy parts of our cities," and he emphasizes the importance of public health to keep economies healthy as well.

Faculty member Nicole Maestas discusses how the pandemic was different for people with disabilities when it comes to their employment patterns and trajectories.

On October 6, HCPDS held a special Social Demography Seminar that celebrated the launch of the book with a discussion between the co-editors Lisa Berkman and Beth Truesdale.

Tune in to this Harvard Kennedy School PolicyCast with faculty member Daniel Schneider in which he shares insights from The Shift Project on how the pandemic has exposed the plight of hourly service workers.

Beth Truesdale, co-editor of the volume "Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer," shares some background and take-aways from the project, and co-editor Lisa Berkman moderates a panel discussion inspired by the findings of the nearly 30 contributors to this volume.

Recent Bell Fellow Anna Grummon is interviewed in this piece for Fox25 News.

In this Longevity Dividend interview at the Health, Ageing and Longevity Conference in London, Lisa Berkman, PhD, co-editor of the new book "Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer," discusses themes and findings shared in the book.

Our Bell Fellow Nicole Kreisberg discusses refugee resettlement efforts in this No Jargon podcast presented by Scholars Strategy Network.

Faculty Member Ellis Monk has refined a skin tone scale to better reflect a wider range of people's skin tones, and it's informing AI.

Former Sloan Fellow on Aging & Work Beth Truesdale speaks with NPR about the truth to the "great unretirement" trend.

The Center on Children and Families at Brookings held a webinar that explores this question, and our Visiting Scientist Delia Furtado spoke on the panel.

Former postdoctoral fellow Kate McLaughlin talks with WBUR about the 40% difference in brain size she and her colleagues found between low-income children living in states with generous benefits vs. states with a weaker social safety net.

Visiting Scientist Delia Furtado shares her ideas with NPR about what could help shore up the elder care industry that is suffering from a lack of health care providers.