Li and Stafford find women’s move into higher paid fields drives higher wages across current generation of workers
June 13, 2017
Using employment data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, Ping Li of the South China Normal University and Frank Stafford find that pay among the current generation of 30 to 55 year olds has risen by about 22% over their parents, thanks in large part to women entering higher...
Survey researcher Eleanor Singer dies at 87
June 4, 2017
ANN ARBOR – Eleanor Singer, academic survey researcher and research professor emerita of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (ISR), died on June 3, 2017. She was 87.“Eleanor was a major figure in the field of survey methodology and she...
Joy Bohyun Jang on Teen Binge Drinking
May 24, 2017
New research from the Youth and Social Issues program finds that binge drinking among American teenagers is down compared to 25 years ago. But according to postdoctoral fellow Joy Bohyn Jang, this downward trend does not apply to all teens equally: “First, black youth have experienced slower...
Retirees spending less, saving more
May 22, 2017
The Health and Retirement Study was cited in a CNBC story on retirees lower rate of consumption, which may be due a higher rate of pessimism about their future economic prospects.
Megan Patrick quoted in a Christian Science Monitor commentary on changing college drinking culture
May 12, 2017
Patrick & Terry-McElrath’s study, High-intensity drinking by underage young adults in the United States, was cited in a Christian Science Monitor commentary on ways in which colleges should reframe the issue of alcohol use among students. Patrick says, “College attendance is...
Keating on Anxiety and Why Some of Us Are Wired to Worry
May 2, 2017
A portion of Daniel Keating's book, Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity and How to Break the Cycle, was adapted for a column on the NBC News website:
We’re all feeling much more stressed out these days, showing up as increases over the last few decades in...
First-time Marijuana Use in College at Highest Level in 30 Years
April 21, 2017
Results from a new Monitoring the Future study show a sharp increase in first-time use of marijuana during college: the probability of past-year marijuana use for college students averages 17% to 22% from 1977 to 2012 and increased to 51% in 2015. The lead author, Richard Miech, said,...
Colter Mitchell awarded a 2017-2019 Jacobs Foundation Fellowship
April 18, 2017
The Jacobs Foundation Research Fellowship Program is a globally competitive fellowship program for early and mid-career researchers aiming at improving the development and living conditions of children and youth or contributing to one of the Jacobs Foundation's thematic priorities. This includes,...
UM Office of Research to Recognize Nicholas Prieur with the Research Administrator Recognition Award
April 4, 2017
Nick Prieur is a research process manager for Youth & Social Issues and serves as YSI’s overall research administrator. Between 2011 and 2016, Prieur served as the administrator of record for 116 awards, worth more than $54 million in funding.
Innovations in Federal Statistics
March 22, 2017
A new book from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Innovations in Federal Statistics: Combining Data Sources While Protecting Privacy, “examines the opportunities and risks of using government administrative and private sector data sources to foster a paradigm...
