Joelle Abramowitz comments on how an abortion ban could impact Michiganders
May 6, 2022
The U.S. Supreme Court appears to be poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, which will restrict or eliminate access to abortion in 26 states, including Michigan. The restriction of access is likely to have steep economic costs. Joelle Abramowitz says, “For people who have unwanted pregnancies, they...
U-M Surveys of Consumers marks leadership change
April 29, 2022
Contact: Jon Meerdink, [email protected] Morgan Sherburne, [email protected] ARBOR—Joanne Hsu, a principal economist at the Federal Reserve Board, will succeed Richard Curtin as director of the University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumers, which provides closely watched indexes of...
Youth Policy Lab developed the High 5s program to help close the math achievement gap
April 18, 2022
Robin Jacob, research associate professor and founder of the Youth Policy Lab at the University of Michigan, and colleagues developed a math enrichment program called High 5s to help close the achievement gap. The hands-on, small-group program is being implemented for kindergartners and first...
Richard Curtin wrote about inflationary psychology in Barron’s
April 15, 2022
Richard Curtin wrote a commentary for Barron’s describing the upward spiral of prices and wages, a situation called “inflationary psychology.”Prices and wages will continue to spiral upward until the cumulative erosion in inflation-adjusted incomes causes the economy to collapse...
SRC Researchers at the 2022 Population Association of America Annual Meeting
April 4, 2022
Here is a schedule of SRC researchers at the 2022 Population Association of America Annual Meeting in Atlanta.ISR is hosting a casual reception April 7 at PAA in Atlanta! Join us 6:45-8pm at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis, Room L507. Please RSVP.Thursday, April 78:00-9:15, Emily Treleaven,...
Inflation worries drive US consumer confidence to 11-year low
March 29, 2022
While consumer concerns about inflation and the war in Ukraine grow, confidence in economic policies is falling. Richard Curtin says,Just when difficult decisions need to be made about monetary and fiscal policies, consumers have expressed loss in confidence in government economic policies....
Helen Levy discusses how inflation affects retirees on fixed incomes
March 25, 2022
In a Washington Post article, Helen Levy discusses the financial strain inflation has put on Americans aged 65 and up, many of whom live on fixed incomes and have limited savings. Programs the government put in place to mitigate the bad economic effects of the pandemic, such as enhanced...
Richard Miech discusses adolescents’ failed attempts at quitting nicotine
March 25, 2022
Richard Miech discussed his new Monitoring the Future research in the U.S. News & World Report. The researchers found a greater prevalence of failed attempts at quitting nicotine among teens and these failed attempts were largely driven by attempts to quit e-cigarettes. Miech says,...
Richard Curtin discusses how the war in Ukraine could affect the Federal Reserve
March 17, 2022
Richard Curtin joined WXYZ’s 7 UpFront segment to discuss how the war in Ukraine could affect the rise in interest rates and how consumers will respond:
I think that the issue here is how it will affect purchases. Well, you know, the main story that consumers will get from this...
Ken Langa comments on a study finding more evidence that education may protect against dementia
March 9, 2022
A new study in Neurology finds that education and language skills can help predict who will go on to develop dementia and who won’t. In U.S. News & World Report, Ken Langa called this study “interesting and well-done.” He continues, “The fact that a significant number of...
