AAPSS Fellow Esther Duflo Awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

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Esther Duflo, the AAPSS 2016 Sir Arthur Lewis Fellow whose work has helped transform antipoverty research and... Read More AAPSS Fellow Esther Duflo Awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

The Academy Remembers Fellow Joan Petersilia

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Joan Petersilia, the 2018 AAPSS Thorsten Sellin Fellow, died of ovarian cancer on September 23 at the age of... Read More The Academy Remembers Fellow Joan Petersilia

AAPSS Fellow Timothy Smeeding Co-Authors Annual Wisconsin Poverty Study

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For the past eleven years, the Wisconsin Poverty Project has addressed the question of whether families in... Read More AAPSS Fellow Timothy Smeeding Co-Authors Annual Wisconsin Poverty Study

Fellow Alejandro Portes Receives the 2019 Princess of Asturias Award in the Social Sciences

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Alejandro Portes, the Howard Harrison and Gabrielle Snyder Beck Professor of Sociology Emeritus at... Read More Fellow Alejandro Portes Receives the 2019 Princess of Asturias Award in the Social Sciences

Study Finds E-Cigarette Regulations May Have Unintended Consequences for Pregnant Teenagers

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New research published in the Journal of Health Economics investigates the effect of minimum legal sale... Read More Study Finds E-Cigarette Regulations May Have Unintended Consequences for Pregnant Teenagers

Executive Director Tom Kecskemethy Answers, Why Social Science?

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AAPSS Executive Director Tom Kecskemethy recently provided an answer to the question “Why social... Read More Executive Director Tom Kecskemethy Answers, Why Social Science?

President’s Corner: The Science Policy Landscape

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Robert Merton, in 1949, noted that social scientists “have largely neglected the study of their own... Read More President’s Corner: The Science Policy Landscape

Alan Krueger’s Rockonomics Book Provides an All-Access Pass to the Music Industry

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In the years before Academy Fellow Alan Krueger’s death this March, the Princeton economist immersed... Read More Alan Krueger’s Rockonomics Book Provides an All-Access Pass to the Music Industry

New Study by Fellow James Heckman Revisits the Perry Preschool Project

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From 1962 to 1967, the Perry Preschool Project provided an experimental high-quality preschool program for... Read More New Study by Fellow James Heckman Revisits the Perry Preschool Project

The Academy Remembers Fellow Alice Rivlin, First Recipient of the Moynihan Prize

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Alice Rivlin, an Academy Fellow since 2001 and first recipient of the AAPSS Daniel Patrick Moynihan Prize in... Read More The Academy Remembers Fellow Alice Rivlin, First Recipient of the Moynihan Prize

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