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CPC Fellow Ashu Handa receives 2025 Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement

Carolina Population Center Fellow Dr. Sudhanshu (Ashu) Handa was awarded the 2025 Mentor Award for Lifetime Achievement by the UNC Center for Faculty Excellence. A professor since 2003, Dr. Handa is the Kenan Eminent Professor of Public Policy at UNC … Read more

Study: Women’s earnings dropped by 4% after their partner’s yearly income crossed payroll tax exemption threshold

New research from the Carolina Population Center shows that when a man’s yearly income reaches a certain tax threshold, it can negatively influence what his female partner earns due to conventional divisions of household labor. A recent study by Carolina … Read more

Study: Hiring pressures to diversify influencing patterns of discrimination in unexpected ways

In 2004, a pair of economists published a landmark study to measure discrimination in the labor market. In the study, the researchers applied to real job openings with fictitious applicants but change the applicant names to reflect a different gender or … Read more

Barbara Entwisle has been named incoming Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC) for the US Census Bureau

Barbara Entwisle, the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology and a Fellow of the Carolina Population Center (CPC), has been named the incoming Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee (CSAC) for the US Census Bureau. Dr. Entwisle was originally appointed to … Read more

Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie testifies before U.S. Senate

On December 14th, Faculty Fellow Lindsey Smith Taillie (Nutrition) testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on the topic of “What is fueling the diabetes epidemic?” You can see her testimony here.  

Faculty Fellow Batsis participates in National Council on Aging Roundtable on Obesity and Equitable Aging

Faculty Fellow Dr. John Batsis participated in a National Council on Aging Roundtable on Obesity and Equitable Aging on November 15, 2023. The goals of the roundtable were to: — to shift the mindset on obesity so it is addressed … Read more

Faculty Fellow Perreira co-authors report on improving safety net benefit access for immigrant families in North Carolina

Many immigrant families face an array of barriers to enrolling in safety net programs like Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Some are universal structural barriers that many program applicants confront navigating complex enrollment systems. Others are unique … Read more

“Natural” claims on fruity drinks mislead parents

Meet the Carolina Population Center Faculty Fellows elected in 2023

The Carolina Population Center’s Faculty Fellows elected eight UNC faculty members to join the CPC Fellows program in 2023. Regina Baker, Sociology As a sociologist with training in both sociology and social work, Dr. Baker’s research is fundamentally concerned with … Read more

Have you heard of toddler milk? The way it’s marketed may mislead parents