Self-employment income widely underreported, Health and Retirement Study shows
February 28, 2025
Among older workers, the majority of self-employment income missing from tax records is due to unreported earnings to the Internal Revenue Service rather than differences in how income is classified, a new University of Michigan study finds.The analysis shows that the amounts of...
Stateside Podcast: Consumer confidence suffered in February, U-M says
February 27, 2025
Surveys of Consumers director, Joanne Hsu, joined Michigan Public’s Stateside to discuss February’s sharp drop in consumer sentiment. Consumers are aware about the news around tariffs, even amid all the other news that’s happening in the country and in the world...
Spotlight on Institute for Research on Innovation & Science
February 26, 2025
The Institute for Research on Innovation & Science (IRIS) is a consortium of research universities using administrative data to understand and explain the public value of research universities.IRIS reports pull back the curtain on the resources and expertise universities need to fuel...
Why consumers are not feeling optimistic about the economy, and what the data says
February 25, 2025
The latest numbers from the Surveys of Consumers show a decrease in consumer sentiment. On National Public Radio’s Weekend Edition, Joanne Hsu said people worrying about where prices are headed: “We’ve seen two consecutive months of sizable increases in...
Monitoring the Future looks back on 50 years of research
February 24, 2025
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected])Monitoring the Future has been studying the behaviors, attitudes, and values of American students for 50 years. In that half century of research, the study has compiled data on more than 1.7 million students in the United States, tracking a subset of more...
Consumer sentiment drops as inflation worries escalate
February 21, 2025
ANN ARBOR—Consumer sentiment slid nearly 10% from January and fell for the second straight month. The decrease was unanimous across groups by age, income and wealth. All five components of the sentiment index deteriorated this month, led by a 19% plunge in buying conditions for durables,...
Self-employment income widely underreported, U-M survey shows
February 20, 2025
ANN ARBOR—Among older workers, the majority of self-employment income missing from tax records is due to unreported earnings to the Internal Revenue Service rather than differences in how income is classified, a new University of Michigan study finds.The analysis shows that the...
The National Neighborhood Data Archive is a data resource supporting research on neighborhoods and health
February 18, 2025
The National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA) is a publicly available, federally funded, data resource to support research on neighborhoods and health. Housed in SRC and ICPSR at the Institute for Social Research, NaNDA datasets have been downloaded over 40,000 times since...
Which Interest Rate Should You Care About?
February 14, 2025
January’s Surveys of Consumers found expectations for future inflation increased, reflecting growing concerns about tariffs Trump has promised. The New York Times quotes SCA’s director, Joanne Hsu: “These consumers generally report that tariff hikes will pass...
Michigan schoolkids struggle with pandemic learning loss, but there’s a bright spot
February 11, 2025
While Michigan placed 44th nationwide in post-pandemic reading recovery, recovery in math has been much better according to the Education Recovery Scorecard. Deborah Loewenberg Ball says this improvement is likely due to spending on teachers’ professional development and progress...