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  1. Experts: ‘Dilexi Te’ reinforces Catholic teaching that care for the poor is essential to holiness

    October 13, 2025

    James Sullivan, a professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame and co-founder and director of its Lab for Economic Opportunities, a center researching effective solutions to reduce poverty in America, agreed the exhortation emphasizes the indispensable role of care for the poor in the life of the faithful.

  2. RFK Jr’s shakeup of vaccine advisory committee raises worries about scientific integrity of health recommendations

    June 13, 2025

    By Santosh Kumar Gautam, Associate Professor of Development and Global Health Economics, University of Notre Dame.

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    Headshot of Santosh Gautam with dark hair and glasses wearing a gray vest over a light pink, collared shirt and patterned tie. He stands slightly angled toward the camera against a blurred indoor background.

    Santosh Gautam

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  3. More trial runs expected for new COVID-19 vaccines amidst FDA changes

    May 29, 2025

    One health expert at Notre Dame says this new regulation may leave some Americans especially vulnerable to infection if it remains in place. Associate Professor of Global Health at Notre Dame, Santosh Gautam views the new FDA regulations as a reduction in overall supply of the vaccine for under-insured communities. But, he says there is data to support the logic.

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    Headshot of Santosh Gautam with dark hair and glasses wearing a gray vest over a light pink, collared shirt and patterned tie. He stands slightly angled toward the camera against a blurred indoor background.

    Santosh Gautam

    Keough School of Global Affairs

  4. Researchers Find Link Between Papal Visits, Fertility Rates

    May 26, 2025

    A University of Notre Dame researcher recently discovered a remarkable legacy Pope St. John Paul II bestowed on Latin America during the pontiff’s 16 visits to the region between 1979 and 1996. Economics Professor Lakshmi Iyer and her colleagues set out to determine how the pope’s visits might have impacted life in 13 traditionally Catholic countries there, and they found that birth rates increased dramatically after the pope visited a region.

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    Headshot of Lakshmi Iyer, with medium length black hair, wearing a red blouse with a floral design. She is smiling at the camera against a plain light gray background.

    Lakshmi Iyer

    Department of Economics

  5. Pope John Paul II's Visits to Latin America Boosted Fertility Rates

    May 19, 2025

    The research was conducted by Professors Lakshmi Iyer (Notre Dame), Vivek Moorthy (College of the Holy Cross), and Paloma Lopez de mesa Moyano (Emory University).

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    Headshot of Lakshmi Iyer, with medium length black hair, wearing a red blouse with a floral design. She is smiling at the camera against a plain light gray background.

    Lakshmi Iyer

    Department of Economics

  6. The Challenge of Generational Wealth

    April 18, 2025

    Steven Alvarado, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in Latino studies, cited segregation and underfunded schools as key factors that “inhibit, or at least delay, the accumulation of economic stability and or wealth” among Latinos.

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    Headshot of Steven Alvarado with short, graying hair, wearing a dark gray blazer and a white collared shirt with small dark dots. He is smiling at the camera against a plain light gray background.

    Steven Alvarado

    Sociology

  7. 'Who the messenger is matters': Cultural leaders can positively influence population growth

    April 15, 2025

    Lakshmi Iyer, a professor in the Department of Economics, found that there was more to fertility rates than a simple economic or circumstantial explanation. According to her research, people are having fewer children due to cultural factors, with social norms playing a larger role than previously thought.

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    Headshot of Lakshmi Iyer, with medium length black hair, wearing a red blouse with a floral design. She is smiling at the camera against a plain light gray background.

    Lakshmi Iyer

    Department of Economics

  8. New research finds ‘John Paul II effect’ on boosting fertility in Latin America

    April 15, 2025

    “These results indicate that people are really listening to what the pope has to say,” said Lakshmi Iyer, a professor of economics at Notre Dame. “And the topics he addresses really matter.”

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    Headshot of Lakshmi Iyer, with medium length black hair, wearing a red blouse with a floral design. She is smiling at the camera against a plain light gray background.

    Lakshmi Iyer

    Department of Economics

  9. America's Birth Rate Sparks Fears for the Economy

    March 28, 2025

    "One of the main reasons people worry about a decline in fertility is because it makes it more difficult to sustain social programs like Social Security, when you have many fewer workers for each beneficiary," Kasey Buckles, an economics professor at the University of Notre Dame, told Newsweek.

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    Headshot of Kasey Buckles with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a red blazer and white shirt, smiling at the camera against a light gray background.

    Kasey Buckles

    Department of Economics