RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, December 28, 2011, The Brookings Institution
The U.S. population grew more slowly last year than in any year since 1945, writes William H. Frey, reflecting a weak labor market and an aging population. The slowdown spread to more states, affecting previously stable growers like Georgia, North Carolina, Colorado, and Texas. Read More
VIDEO
William H. Frey, December 20, 2011
The 2010 Census reveals that America is a nation on the precipice of immense change, says William Frey. The data tell us that our aging population will give way to the most diverse generation of Americans to date.
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, Alan Berube, Audrey Singer and Jill Wilson, December 20, 2011, TIME.com
Data from the Census Bureau released in 2011 show the huge demographic changes taking shape across the United States. In this slideshow, experts from the Metropolitan Policy Program look back at analyses from the past year, highlighting decreases in domestic mobility and economic opportunity, along with significant growth in both the aging and ethnic minority populations. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Feng Wang, December 16, 2011, Caijing Magazine
China is facing daunting social challenges as its rapidly aging population threatens to impede its economic growth. Wang Feng examines world population trends and this unique development in China, advocating for fundamental change in the country's one-child policy before its demographic downward spiral reaches the point of no return. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Audrey Singer and Neil Ruiz, December 02, 2011, The Avenue, The New Republic
As lawmakers and advocates look for ways to align America’s economic interests with targeted immigration reforms, Audrey Singer and Neil Ruiz examine a bipartisan bill that recently passed in the House aimed at reducing backlogs for employment-based and family-based visas, and what impact this bill may have on the economy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, November 17, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Will the sharp slide in America’s migration rates ever end? William H. Frey analyzes recently released Census statistics which show that the country’s great migration slowdown is broadening — especially among college graduates and young adults. However, as Frey notes, modestly growing coastal and industrial states are losing fewer residents. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ruth H. Santini, November 10, 2011, The Brookings Institution
Ruth Hanau Santini writes on women's rights in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya in the wake of the Arab Awakening. After female activists played a prominent role in actions leading to the recent leadership changes, Santini argues that women have been marginalized in the political space and their voices sidelined. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Howard Wial, October 31, 2011, The Atlantic Cities
As the Occupy Wall Street movement spreads across the United States and continues to target the top one percent of income earners, Howard Wial uses IRS data to illustrate the geographic dispersion of the country’s highest-income households. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, October 28, 2011, The Brookings Institution
As the Occupy Wall Street movement focuses attention on the plight of unemployed young adults, William H. Frey analyzes new Census statistics on migration and shows that during the down economy many have gravitated to a select group of metro areas with modestly growing economies and a strong youth cachet. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Audrey Singer and Jill H. Wilson, October 24, 2011, CNN.com
Audrey Singer and Jill Wilson explore why the debate around immigration reform has been especially rancorous during the past few years. The authors examine the varied approaches to reform among different states, with states such as Alabama passing tough immigration laws as others pass laws to draw immigrants in. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Audrey Singer, October 24, 2011, National Immigrant Integration Conference
In a keynote presentation to the National Immigrant Integration Conference in Seattle, Audrey Singer examines national and metropolitan immigration trends in the first decade of the 21st century, a time when swift demographic change, congressional inaction, and economic turmoil have led to a patchwork of state and local approaches to immigration. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Jill H. Wilson and Audrey Singer, October 13, 2011, The Brookings Institution
America’s immigrant population grew more slowly in the 2000s than during the 1990s, and immigrants have dispersed to new metropolitan areas and suburbs. Jill Wilson and Audrey Singer examine metropolitan immigration trends in the first decade of the 21st century, a time when swift demographic change, congressional inaction, and economic turmoil have led to a patchwork of state and local approaches to immigration. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Olivier Deschênes and Michael Greenstone, October 2011, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
Using random year-to-year variation in temperature, Olivier Deschênes and Michael Greenstone document the relationship between daily temperatures and annual mortality rates and daily temperatures and annual residential energy consumption. Deschênes and Greenstone find that by the end of the century, climate change will lead to increases in both the age-adjusted mortality rate and annual residential energy consumption. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Alan Berube and Elizabeth Kneebone, September 22, 2011, The Avenue, The New Republic
Data from the 2010 American Community Survey, released today by the Census Bureau, show increases in poverty and declines in income across the United States. Alan Berube and Elizabeth Kneebone analyze the data and note significant trends affecting the country’s largest 100 metropolitan areas, and their cities and suburbs. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William H. Frey, August 31, 2011, The Brookings Institution
The 2010 Census shows that the first decade of the 21st century was pivotal for racial and ethnic change in the United States. William H. Frey finds that the rapid growth of Hispanic and Asian origin groups and internal shifts of African Americans are transforming the racial and ethnic demographic profiles of America’s largest metropolitan areas. Read More