What a government shutdown costs
September 27, 2019
According the Senate Subcommittee on Investigations, the last three government shutdowns cost tax payers $4 billion dollars. Matthew Shapiro says this “understates the cost of a shutdown because of all the indirect effects” such as lost revenue to restaurants.Hear more on the September...
Monitoring the Future finds teen vaping has doubled in the last two years
September 19, 2019
Monitoring the Future researchers, Richard Miech, Lloyd Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald G. Bachman, and Megan Patrick (now at University of Minnesota) assessed whether teen vaping of nicotine had continued to rise in 2018-2019 after the previous year’s record increase. According to an...
Richard Miech on banning flavored e-cigarettes
September 13, 2019
The Food and Drug Administration is working on a plan to ban flavored e-cigarettes and nicotine pods. In an article in Popular Science, Richard Miech says flavoring is one of the main reasons teens vape and, “It seems likely to me that if you banned flavoring, kids might still experiment...
Matthew Shapiro to become director beginning September 1, 2019
July 29, 2019
We are pleased to announce that Matthew Shapiro will become the new director of the Survey Research Center beginning September 1, 2019.
Dr. Shapiro is the Lawrence R. Klein Collegiate Professor of Economics and Research Professor in the Survey Research Center. He has been at UM since 1989 and has...
SRC Researchers at 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings
July 26, 2019
SRC faculty, staff and student papers and posters at the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings:Sunday, July 272:00-3:50, Kristen Cibelli Hibben (Organizer) and Julie de Jong (Chair), Multinational, Multiregional, and Multicultural Surveys (3MC): a Burgeoning Sub-Discipline in Survey Research...
Charles Brown says it is difficult to know how raising minimum wage alone affects earnings and employment
July 17, 2019
In an article explaining Michigan’s minimum wage law for The Bridge, Charles Brown says that because wages and employment are influenced by multiple economic conditions, it is difficult to assess what impact raising the minimum wage alone would have. While in the short term, it appears that...
Colter Mitchell is a recipient of an Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
July 8, 2019
The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, established by President Clinton in 1996, is the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of their independent research careers. Recipients are selected for...
Kira Birditt and Lindsay Ryan Received the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award
June 19, 2019
Kira Birditt and Lindsay Ryan co-authored Stress and Negative Relationship Quality Among Older Couples: Implications for Blood Pressure, along with Nicky Newton and James Cranford, which was awarded the Richard Kalish Innovative Publication Award by the Gerontological Society of America.This award...
Jacqui Smith Awarded Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award
June 12, 2019
Jacqui Smith was awarded the 2019 Distinguished Mentorship in Gerontology Award by the Gerontological Society of America.This award is given to an individual who has fostered excellence in, and had a major impact on, the field by virtue of their mentoring, and whose inspiration is sought by...
U.S. consumer confidence critical to economic outlook
June 5, 2019
In a column for Reuters, John Kemp examines the impact of U.S. consumer confidence on the economic outlook. According to Richard Curtin, 'Rather than macro data, people typically base their decisions on … the strength of the local economy, the change in prices they actually face, and job...
