HRS at American Geriatric Society Annual Meeting
May 1, 2019
The Health and Retirement Study will have a booth, #217, at the American Geriatric Society’s Annual Scientific Meeting in Portland, Oregon May 2-4, 2019. A list of presentations and posters using HRS data is available to download (PDF).
It can be smart to get a tax refund, and to spend it
April 19, 2019
ANN ARBOR&Every winter, many Americans file their federal income taxes, calculate their tax refund, and imagine the many things they can spend it on. Will they go out for a nice dinner? Make some home repairs they've been putting off? Spruce up their spring wardrobe?For a long time,...
Toni Antonucci Recipient of the 2020 APS Mentor Award
April 15, 2019
The APS Mentor Award recognizes psychology researchers and educators who have shaped the future directions of science by fostering the careers of students and colleagues.A mentor can be many things: That professor or advisor who made a special effort, transforming our career paths; that...
SRC-SRO Researchers at the Federal Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection Workshops
April 15, 2019
The Federal Computer Assisted Survey Information Collection (FedCASIC) workshops will be in Washington DC April 16-17 at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Gina Cheng, Cheng Zhou, and Raphael Nishimura of Survey Research Operations will be presenting.Tuesday, April 161:00-2:15, Gina Cheung will be a...
SRC Researchers at the 2019 Population Association of America Annual Meeting
April 9, 2019
While at the 2019 Population Association of America Annual Meeting, be sure to stop by the Health and Retirement Study and Panel Study of Income Dynamics exhibits in booths 21 and 22. Schedules by date of the presentations and posters using HRS and PSID data are available to download: the...
New book by Richard Curtin: Consumer Expectations: Micro Foundations and Macro Impact
March 28, 2019
In his new book, Consumer Expectations: Micro Foundations and Macro Impact, Richard Curtin presents a new theory of expectations. Whereas conventional theories presume that consumers play a passive role in the macro economy, simply reacting to current trends in incomes, prices, and interest rates,...
Pfeffer’s research on wealth gaps in education is cited in Quartz
March 13, 2019
Fabian Pfeffer‘s research on growing wealth gaps in education was cited in an article on Quartz, “Research by University of Michigan sociologist Fabian Pfeffer shows that low-income kids born in the 1980s have not been able to catch up.”The original journal article, Growing Wealth...
Women who Made HERstory at ISR
March 8, 2019
ANN ARBOR—March is Women’s History month, and March 8 is International Women’s Day. To celebrate, we are highlighting some of the women who have shaped ISR and the field of social research.Please join us as we remember these incredible researchers.Irene HessIrene Hess1910-2009...
Jason Owen-Smith on Amazon and the perils of partnerships between higher education and business
February 27, 2019
Jason Owen-Smith wrote a column for The Conversation on Amazon’s decision to drop out of plans to locate a new headquarters in New York, “I study the nexus of business, science and academic research. From that vantage point, I think a different implication of Amazon's decision needs...
Antonucci, Ajrouch, and Webster write about the trait which could be a key to a lasting romance
February 14, 2019
Toni Antonucci, Kristine Ajrouch, and Noah Webster wrote a piece in The Conversation about their research on what traits make a relationship more likely to endure:In a recent study, we found that one trait in particular – humility – is an important indicator of successful...
