The HRS has just released the Master ID file which will simplify the process of merging HRS files. For more information about this file, see the HRS webiste.

This file is now available on SodaPop and PopNet.

Timing and Duration of Student Participation in Special Education in the Primary Grades uses data from the ECLS-K.

“An influx of retirees and ethnic populations brings both challenges and benefits to small-town America” according to a feature article in the April issue of Amber Waves, from the USDA Economic Research Service.

Working parents with moderate incomes are experiencing an erosion of their employer-provided health benefits, according to a study funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The full report, prepared by the State Health Access Data Assistance Center (SHADAC) at the University of Minnesota, is available for download.

A new analysis from the Commonwealth Fund says that Congressional health care proposals would cover all uninsured Americans and reduce overall health spending.

The latest Research Highlights in the Demography and Economics of Aging (PDF, Population Reference Bureau) gives an overview of the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Demography Centers program. One of the 13 centers, Penn State’s Center on Population Health and Aging, is located within PRI.

The Population Reference Bureau has released the 5th edition of Population: A Lively Introduction (Population Bulletin, March 2007). The updated demography primer can be downloaded from the Population Reference Bureau Web site and is also available in the PRI Library (on the journals shelf).

The PRI Library has received an announcement from Carleton College for a Visiting Broom Chair in Social Demography.

The PRI Library has received an announcement from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) and Center for Human Resource Research at The Ohio State University (CHRR) for a summer workshop on the National Longitudinal Surveys.

The PRI Library has received an announcement from ICPSR for their Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.