Richard Curtin says Brexit vote had an effect on lower than expected Index of Consumer Sentiment preliminary reading
July 15, 2016
“Prior to the Brexit vote, virtually no consumer thought the issue would have the slightest impact on the U.S. economy,” said Richard Curtin, the survey’s chief economist. “Following the Brexit vote, it was mentioned by record numbers of consumers, especially high-income...
Lauren Schmitz & Dalton Conley find that losing your job after the age of 50, but before retirement, may result in weight gain and worsen overall health
June 22, 2016
Money cited research in a new NBER working paper by Lauren Schmitz and Dalton Conley, of Princeton University, which finds that people over the age of 50 who are not yet eligible for Social Security are more likely to gain weight and experience worse health than comparable workers who were...
Kimball interviewed on CNBC
June 21, 2016
Miles Kimball was interviewed by Dominic Chu on CNBC. He says the Fed should be more flexible in its interest rate policy and readjust as necessary.
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Miles Kimball cited in BloombergView
June 14, 2016
Miles Kimball’s presentation at a Brookings Institution conference on negative interest rates was cited in a BloombergView column. Kimball says that central banks are able to reduce rates to as far below zero as they believe necessary .
Brady West & collaborators find youth who take medication for ADHD for an extended period of time early in life are no more at risk for substance abuse than teens without ADHD
June 9, 2016
Sean Esteban McCabe, Kara Dickinson, Brady West, & Timoth E. Wilens also find that teens who start using Ritalin, Adderall, or other ADHD medications for a short time later in adolescence are at high risk of substance abuse. This study used data from the Monitoring the Future survey.Full story...
According to Brilliant Q3 Hiring Forecast & Richard Curtin, Hiring for Accounting, Finance & Information Technology Stays Strong
June 2, 2016
Unfilled positions in accounting and finance remain widespread, but plans for hiring have shifted more to information professionals. Richard Curtin says, “businesses have kept up with growing needs for more accounting and finance professionals, while the demand for additional IT staff has...
Luke Shaefer Quoted in Slate Article
June 2, 2016
Luke Shaefer was quoted in the Slate article, “‘Oh My God – We’re on Welfare?!’ The strange story of what ‘welfare’ has become since the 1996 reforms”: “…you can choose to use this money for cash assistance&a program that's not...
Shannon Mejia finds longtime couples sync up in health and sickness
May 23, 2016
Shannon Mejia’s work on how longtime couples tend to become physically linked was presented at the Gerentological Society of America and picked up by the NPR health section this weekend: “”Aging is something that couples do together. You’re in an environment together, and...
Fomby finds mothers with children by different partners more likely to be depressed and stressed
May 16, 2016
Paula Fomby’s article in Journal of Family Issues was reported on in Deseret News. She finds that mothers with children by multiple partners are more likely to be depressed and stressed, and have less social support, than mothers of children by a single partner.Read the Deseret News article...
Sandra Tang on mother/child relationships
May 16, 2016
Sandra Tang wrote a piece for Motto which examines recent research on how a child’s relationship with his or her mother can predict success. The piece was reprinted in Fortune.