Contemporary world population patterns are shaped by the “demographic transition” concept introduced to the field by the great demographer Frank Notestein several generations ago. That schema offers a ...

In 2003, Brandeis University co-hosted a conference for researchers and policymakers on NJPS 2000-1, and we wrestled with how best to interpret and use the data from the decennial survey of American ...

With predictions that at least $1-trillion will shift from the parents of baby boomers to their children, a “small army of lawyers, accountants, and financial planners -- as well as real estate ...

Economically beneficial entrepreneurship is declining in America. This decline is not caused by a change in individual-level desire to be an entrepreneur or by fewer people trying to make ...

Climate change is among the most urgent challenges of our time. While often considered a problem for the natural and physical sciences, the humanities and social sciences have made equally important ...

Crain Communications Inc., parent of Advertising Age, has purchased American Demographics magazine from Primedia, with the intention of shutting down the magazine as a stand-alone title. Instead, the ...

With predictions that at least $1-trillion will shift from the parents of baby boomers to their children, a “small army of lawyers, accountants, and financial planners — as well as real estate brokers ...