PSC In The News
Davis-Kean et al. link children's self-perceptions to their math and reading achievement
Yang and Mahajan examine how hurricanes impact migration to the US
Patrick and colleagues analyze high-intensity drinking among adolescents
Highlights
Pamela Smock elected to PAA Committee on Publications
Viewing the eclipse from ISR-Thompson
Paula Fomby to succeed Jennifer Barber as Associate Director of PSC
PSC community celebrates Violet Elder's retirement from PSC
Mon, Sept 11, 2017, noon:
Welcoming of Postdoctoral Fellows: Angela Bruns, Karra Greenberg, Sarah Seelye and Emily Treleaven
Weitzman says China's one-child policy has had devastating effects on first-born daughters
a PSC In The News reference, 2015
"End of one-child policy won't end bias against girls in China, experts say" - Al Jazeera. 10/29/2015.
China's decades-long one-child policy has been abolished. This piece explores how this might impact attitudes and fertility decisions around having girls in China. PSC postdoc scholar Abigail Weitzman says a "daughter tax" against unwanted first-born daughters in China exacts physical and emotional penalties on girls.