Institution: University of Chicago

Erik Hurst is the V. Duane Rath Professor of Economics, Deputy Director of the Becker Institute, and Friedman John E. Jeuck Faculty Fellow at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. Professor Hurst’s research focuses on understanding...

Linda J. Waite is Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, and Research Associate at the University’s National Opinion Research Center, where she directs the Center on Aging. Her research focuses primarily on the family, from the youngest to the...