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.
Haltiwanger-Abraham paper puts jobless rate measure in question
Job-to-job transfers have significant impact on labor market tightness measure
Kearney comments on income inequality for CNBC
People believing the system is rigged against them is not only damaging to Democracy but also to the functioning of the economy
Leonard organizes 37th BREAD Conference
Major networking and discussion event a cross-section of development economics leadership
Kearney comments on education effect at Fed conference
Student debt is a problem, yet benefits of a college degree are clear
Sayer’s findings important element of new report
Moms with husbands, live-in male partners are sleeping less and doing more housework than single mothers.
Kearney on incentives for saving money
Saving money while winning prizes is an incentive that customers are not biting on
Fenelon comments on Baltimore population drop
Baltimore’s population declines for the fourth consecutive year
NIH Paylines Improve
New standards encourage R01, R03, R21 submissions
Sandra Hofferth interviews Daniel Hamermesh
Comments on work-non-work balance, trends for rich-country time use, and labor market participation changes since 2000
Fenelon on life expectancy decline
The rise in drug overdoses and suicides is not the only factor that contributed to an "extraordinary" small three-year decline in American life expectancy rates
Christina Getrich releases "Border Brokers"
U.S.-born children of Mexican immigrant families develop resiliency and agency while bearing the scars of laws and policies
Cabrera on parent-child interactions
Overall, children tend to show more positive emotions during intrusive play with their fathers than with their mothers
Pope on how majors get chosen
Natural experiment at the U.S. Military Academy provides look at student decision making
Marsh comments on the National Law Enforcement Museum failing
Former U.S. Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush were not enough to make the National Law Enforcement Museum a success
Cohen on snowplowing parenting
21st century parents are capable of trespassing ethical and legal boundaries to keep their children's future obstacle-free
MacDorman on missing mortality rates
Hazards of childbirth persist in rich and poor nations
Cohen research aids examination of infidelity and marriage
What if infidelity is a hidden factor helping to stabilize marriages which would otherwise end in divorce?
Bhargava on population growth and environmental impact
"Unwanted fertility," especially in rural regions, should be top priority