1976, BSc in Industrial and Labour Relations, Cornell University; 1978, MA in Economics, Princeton University; 1981, PhD in Economics and Demography, Princeton University. Formerly: Assistant Professor of Economics, Carnegie-Mellon; Assistant and Associate Professor of Economics, Harvard; Professor and Chairman of Economics, Columbia. Chairman, Dept of Global Health & Population, HSPH. Currently: Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Faculty Research Associate, Labour Studies, Ageing, and Health Economics programmes, National Bureau of Economic Research. Research Fellow, IZA; Director, Harvard Program on Global Demography of Aging. Member, Board of Trustees: amFAR; PSI; JSI. Co-Editor, Journal of the Economics of Population Ageing.
The impact of COVID-19 has been substantial, tragic, and disruptive. It has also been revealing. The last year has been a visceral reminder that a healthy economy requires a healthy popul...
The population share of older adults in the US is expected to have increased roughly three-quarters over the same period. Some observers fear that this rapid demographic shift will cause ...
The COVID-19 pandemic that now dominates nearly every aspect of life across the globe is a harrowing reminder of the power of infectious disease. In addition to the devastating human toll...
As of 30 March, over 66,000 people had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, in New York State. But how many are really infected? We don’t know.
生育率下降、寿命延长以及大批人口进入老年阶段，这些因素导致了人口老龄化——21世纪主要的全球人口发展趋势。本专栏介绍了一部新的Vox电子书，该书研究了人口老龄化带来的众多挑战和经济不确定性。总的来说，该书表明，虽然挑战艰巨，但并非不可克服。我们有充足的理由反驳“人口情况决定社会命运”的观点。
Population ageing, driven by declining fertility, increasing longevity, and the progression of large-sized cohorts to older ages, is the dominant global demographic trend of the 21st cent...
Problems of demography and health put the US is in a precarious position. Growing health spending on the ageing baby-boom cohort have driven public resources to the edge of a demographic ...
Future global employment needs are of central importance for policymakers. This column estimates that, based on growth in the working-age population, labour force participation rates, and...
