Pfeffer & Schoeni Edit Special Issue of RSF Journal
November 18, 2016
Fabian Pfeffer and Robert Schoeni are the editors of a special issue of the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences. The issue, Wealth Inequality: Economic and Social Dimensions, brings together 10 articles exploring facets of inequality such as the Great Recession, retirement,...
Eleanor Singer Receives Monroe G. Sirken Award in Interdisciplinary Survey Methods Research
November 1, 2016
The Monroe G. Sirken awards recognizes, “a distinguished researcher for contributions to interdisciplinary survey research that improve the theory and methods of collecting, verifying, processing, presenting, or analyzing survey data.” Eleanor Singer is the 2016 recipient:For...
Shaefer and collaborators proposal on alleviating child poverty cited in New York Times
October 21, 2016
In a forthcoming article in the Russel Sage Foundation journal Luke Shaefer and other experts on poverty and child well-being propose replacing the child tax credit, which has less benefit for very low income families, with a $250 monthly check for every child in the country.For more detail, read...
New study from Birditt et al. finds associations between chronic stress, negative marital quality and waist circumference
October 13, 2016
A new study from Kira Birditt, et al., Chronic Stress and Negative Marital Quality Among Older Couples: Associations With Waist Circumference, finds that, “partner stress has direct associations with waist circumference among couples and this link is moderated by negative marital...
Corning & Schuman work on generations & collective memory cited in WaPo column
October 11, 2016
John Sides of the Washington Post cited work Amy Corning and Howard Schuman did in 1998 and 2014 about the public’s perception of Christopher Columbus. Although they found a clear increase in in critical portrayals of Columbus in their analysis of textbooks beginning in 1998, they found a...
Shaefer Inaugural Director for New UM Poverty Solutions Initiative
October 6, 2016
UM President Mark Schlissel announced the new Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan initiative on Wednesday. The initiative will explore and test models to ease the effects of poverty and share the knowledge broadly. “The initiative will be solution-oriented, building on work that...
Burden from dementia may be less than feared, say Albin & Langa
September 30, 2016
In a column for The Conversation, Why Dementia Burden May Be Less than Feared, Roger Albin and Ken Langa discuss results of recent studies showing a decline in age-specific prevalence and incidences of dementia. This piece was picked up by several news sources, including: 12News in Arizona SFGate...
UM is part of a new research initiative to investigate environmental influences on child health
September 29, 2016
Michael Elliott is the UM co-investigator and is joining researchers from Michigan State University and Wayne State University to make up the University Research Corridor. The other collaborators are Henry Ford Health System and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.The $4.8 million...
Levy says Medicaid expansion is not a silver bullet
September 16, 2016
According to new Census data, the percentage of uninsured Americans fell below 10% in 2015. The 23 states which did not expand their Medicaid coverage saw smaller declines in the uninsured rates. According to Helen Levy, while Medicaid does provide more insurance coverage, demographics – age,...
Curtin says U.S. consumers are split on whether Clinton or Trump would improve economic outcomes
September 15, 2016
According to an August poll by the Surveys of Consumers, respondents were almost evenly split on whether a Clinton or Trump victory would be better for the economy (30% and 31%), but the most popular answer was that the results would make no difference at all (39%). Richard Curtin said,...