Center News
MPRC faculty contribute to theoretical and applied developments in their various fields as well as to discussions that impact public policy. Some recent news stories are abstracted below.
Philip Cohen comments on declining divorce rate in Michigan in Lansing State Journal
Dropping divorce rate among women age under 45 in Michigan may indicate later but stabler marriage
Melissa Kearney and Katharine Abraham's paper featured in The Hill on Yang's debate over job loss
Heated Democratic debate between Yang and Sen. Warren (D-Mass) on whether automation caused job loss
Melissa Kearney featured in The Hill on Yang's "Freedom Dividend"
Yang's Freedom Dividend is not likely to reduce social inequality seriously
Alok Bhargava featured in Financial Times on Climate Change
Climate change is not a simplistic comparison of apartheid but entails global cooperation to deal with it
Sacoby Wilson featured in Bloomberg on environmental injustice
Congressional Black Caucus members called on to fight environmental injustice affecting poor black neighborhoods
Dylan Roby comments on California’s new contract worker law
Companies challenge the new contract worker law by cutting down their working hours
Philip Cohen comments on the rising co-living arrangements
Sharing households seems to be the solution facing rising housing costs in Miami
Katharine Abraham comments on gig workers in The New York Times
Rapid rise of gig workers not necessarily change the traditional labor market and economy
The Women's Empowerment: Data for Gender Equality (WEDGE) project underway
The WEDGE advisory board meeting discussed generating cross-culturally comparable data
Philip Cohen comments on U.S. women's selectivity in marriage
Well educated women tend to choose long lasting marriages
Katharine Abraham comments on economic data independence for CNBC
BLS and BEA's long held tradition of extreme independence prevents data manipulation from the Trump administration
Melissa Kearney featured in SPIN on teen pregnancy
Teen parenthood TV series could be partially credited for teen birth rate drop
Sacoby Wilson featured in ABC News and The Washington Post on environmental injustice
Environmental justice "linked with climate change"
John Haltiwanger's study cited by Makridis in The Hill Op Ed
Housing market regulations have been the primary contributor to the cost of living for American urban homeless and unemployment since 1990
Maureen Cropper comments on new climate plan
The new Clean Power plan will leave Americans worse off
Liana Sayer's findings featured in New York Times on universal child care
American society and government disagree on mothers' work
Amir Sapkota's research on future climate change risks
Climate change will raise mortality rate among kidney patients