289 McNeil
U.S. fertility rates are at an all-time low, partially due to delayed parenthood, increased childlessness, fewer unplanned teenage pregnancies, and declines in immigration. As explained by Hans-Peter Kohler, Pilar Gonalons-Pons, and Emilio Alberto Parrado in Penn Today, the drop isn’t cause for alarm but does bring to light questions about work, family, and immigration policies that can affect population growth.
John MacDonald, Emilio Parrado, Chenoa Flippen, and Kristen Harknett are among several researchers featured in a new Penn Today article about the city of Philadelphia as a lab, classroom, and collaborator
PSC research associate Emilio Parrado was interviewed on WBUR 90.9 on the shifting attitudes in motherhood and its effects on U.S. birth rate.
Director, Population Studies Center
Director, Latin America and Latino Studies Program
Dorothy Swaine Thomas Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Chicago, 1997
