Full-Time Work Among Elderly Increases
Increasing numbers of older workers in the United States are now employed full-time—which could improve the ability of American workers to save enough for retirement and moderate the labor shortage analysts now anticipate in the wake of the retirement of baby boomers. (April 2006)

The Battle Over Unauthorized Immigration to the United States
Will the United States continue to absorb between 500,000 and 1 million Latin American workers a year? And will new immigrant workers be unauthorized, legal guest workers, or foreigners on the path to American citizenship? Philip Martin reviews the latest U.S. House and Senate proposals to address these issues. (April 2006)

What the American Community Survey Tells Us About Marriage and the Family
The American Community Survey (ACS)—a relatively new Census Bureau monthly survey that provides communities reliable and timely demographic, housing, social, and economic data—can provide information about the wide variation in family structure in different parts of the United States. (April 2006)

The Future of Human Life Expectancy: Have We Reached the Ceiling or Is the Sky the Limit? (PDF: 99KB)
After remaining fairly constant for most of human history, life expectancy has nearly doubled in the past century. The maximum life span has increased spectacularly as well. There is little disagreement over these facts. Scholary opinion diverges, however, as to whether these increases will continue or whether human longevity is approaching its limit. (March 2006)

The Concentration of Negative Child Outcomes in Low-Income U.S. Neighborhoods
This analysis of 2000 Census data finds that negative child outcomes in the United States are highly concentrated in poor neighborhoods as well as significant racial, ethnic, and geographic differences in both the proportions of children residing in poor neighborhoods and in the concentrations of negative child outcomes. (March 2006)

Hispanics Account for Almost One-Half of U.S. Population Growth
While the population pyramid for white non-Hispanics in the United States resembles those of European countries, the relative youth of the U.S. Hispanic population means that it will supply much of the U.S. population growth for decades to come. (February 2006)

Latino Births Increase in Nontraditional Destination States
Shifting birth patterns, especially in these states, will increase the numbers of Latinos in both the education system and the labor force of the United States—requiring new policymaking and investment strategies in order to take full advantage of these trends.(February 2006)

The World's Youth 2006 Data Sheet

 While girls and boys are enrolling in secondary school in record numbers and early marriage is on the decline, many young people across the world still face daunting threats to their well-being—from sexually transmitted infections to complications from smoking. (February 2006)

Army Recruitment Goals Endangered as Percent of African American Enlistees Declines
The past five years have seen a drop in overall African American enlistment levels that has reduced black participation in the armed forces to percentages not seen since 1973. (December 2005)

Back to the Future: Guy Irving Burch and the (Surprisingly Modern) Demographic World of the 1930s
After a 50-year post-World War II interlude, we have gone back in many respects to the trends and dynamics that marked the world of PRB's founder. (December 2005)