Nancy Strumwasser, a high school teacher from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey, always thought she'd have two children. But the layoffs that swept over the U.S. economy around the time her son was born six years ago helped change ...
Economics & Business
May 7, 2014
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A new study finds that people in nations where the population is aging less swiftly, such as the U.S, are less likely to be worried about their old-age futures than those in parts of Europe and East Asia that are grappling ...
Social Sciences
Jan 30, 2014
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A global retirement crisis is bearing down on workers of all ages. It will play out for decades, and its consequences will be far-reaching.
Social Sciences
Dec 30, 2013
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A new study published in the journal Demography shows that improvements in education levels around the world have been key drivers of economic growth in developing countries that has previously been attributed to declines ...
Social Sciences
Dec 4, 2013
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The ruins of this ancient complex sit on dunes by the sea, a world away from Gaza City's noise and bustle. Up in the sky, birds compete for space with children's kites flying from a nearby farm.
Archaeology
Aug 20, 2013
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When the economy falters and communities lose jobs, teen birth rates fall, at least among black youths, a new Duke University study has found.
Social Sciences
Jul 31, 2013
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A new statistical analysis shows the world population could reach nearly 11 billion by the end of the century, according to a United Nations report issued June 13. That's about 800 million, or about 8 percent, more than the ...
Social Sciences
Jun 13, 2013
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Whites would lose their majority in the U.S. three years later than expected if immigration growth slows, according to census estimates released Wednesday.
Social Sciences
May 15, 2013
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(Phys.org) —An Iowa State University sociologist is not surprised by a recent U.S. Census Bureau report showing a spike in the number of unmarried women giving birth. According to the report, nearly 36 percent of babies ...
Social Sciences
May 10, 2013
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Global population data spanning the years from 1900 to 2010 have enabled a research team from the Autonomous University of Madrid to predict that the number of people on Earth will stabilise around the middle of the century. ...
Social Sciences
Apr 4, 2013
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