The U-M Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program (SCIP) 2018 Report Has Been Released
February 11, 2019
The U-M Sustainability Cultural Indicators Program (SCIP) Year 5 report and other materials are now available. Below are several key items from the Year 5 (2018) report: There is considerable room for improvements in the pro-environment behaviors, levels of awareness, and degrees of engagement,...
Health spending growth has slowed, thanks in part to healthier hearts
February 8, 2019
A new study co-authored by Trivellore Raghunathan, was featured in the Washington Post. Per-capita spending growth has slowed from 3.8% each year from 1992-2004 to 1.1% beginning in 2005. The largest slowdown in spending was related to heart health. Lead author, David Culter, said, “We think...
Matthew Shapiro Testifies Before the House Subcommittee on Small Business
February 6, 2019
The Committee on Small Business will meet for a hearing titled, 'The Shutdown: Economic Impact on Small Businesses” at 11:00 today. Matthew Shapiro will testify on the economic impacts of the government shutdown. Full text of the testimony and a live stream are available.
Responsive Survey Design (RSD) Research Education Program announces its 2019 short course schedule
February 5, 2019
The Responsive Survey Design (RSD) Research Education Program, part of the University of Michigan Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, is excited to announce its 2019 short course schedule!New this year, the program has restructured the short courses and defined five tracks that will...
Freedman finds older caregivers report worse well-being when providing less than an hour of assistance than those reporting 2 hours or more
January 29, 2019
Vicki Freedman and colleagues say while this finding runs counter to established thinking that caring for more hours poses a greater psychological burden on family and other unpaid caregivers, “It may be that these marginally involved caregivers find it harder to incorporate care into their...
Matthew Shapiro discusses the potential ongoing effects of the government shutdown
January 22, 2019
In a Time Magazine article, ‘We’ll Have No Other Option Than Declaring Bankruptcy.’ How the Shutdown Could Impact Government Workers for Months, Matthew Shapiro says that if the government shutdown ends in the next week or so the financial impact on workers is likely to be...
Why this federal shutdown will hit workers harder
January 17, 2019
https://vimeo.com/310667998ANN ARBOR—The current government shutdown is different from past shutdowns and could put federal workers with limited savings in dire straits, says a University of Michigan economist.New research by Matthew Shapiro, U-M professor of economics, and colleagues...
Matthew Shapiro co-authored a piece in New York Times on the financial damage the government shutdown is doing to federal workers
January 16, 2019
In a New York Times opinion piece, Matthew Shapiro, along with Michael Gelman, Shachar Kariv, Steven Tadelis, and Dan Silverman, discuss their research on the financial effects of the 2013 government shutdown on federal workers, and how that research translates to the current shutdown:About 20...
Margaret Hicken et al. examine the effects of neighborhood living conditions on black people with chronic kidney disease
January 15, 2019
Margaret Hicken and collaborators examined 10 years of data on thousands of people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in order to study the connections between kidney health and neighborhoods. Hicken says, “It is well-documented that black adults have greater CKD compared to white adults and...
Richard Miech on Michigan Radio’s Stateside
January 11, 2019
Richard Miech discusses his research on teen substance use, the effects of nicotine on adolescent brain development, and offers his thoughts on how to prevent teens from vaping in the first place.Listen to the interview, The stark rise in teen vaping and what it means, on Michigan Radio’s...
