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Shaefer in WaPo: Low federal spending on children in U.S. compared to other developed nations

May 18, 2018

H. Luke Shaefer is quoted in the Washington Post’s May 16 article, “The U.S. spends less on children than almost any other developed nation,” by Jeff Stein.The article presents the results of a new NBER working paper by Diane W. Schanzenbach and...

Behavioral Finance Symposium summary paper now available

May 17, 2018

On September 14-15, 2017, the University of Michigan’s Center on Finance, Law, and Policy and behavioral science research and design lab ideas42 brought together influential leaders from academia, government, nonprofits and the financial sector for...

Meghan Klaric’s (MPP ’18) “Villanova fans for Flint, MI” fundraiser featured in MLive

Apr 18, 2018

Passions were running high at the NCAA championship basketball game between the University of Michigan and Villanova University on April 2. But Meghan Klaric (MPP ’18) says some Villanova fans crossed the line when they hung a banner near campus...

Seefeldt talks about financial advice for low-income families in MarketWatch

Apr 9, 2018

Typical financial advice doesn’t always apply to families under constant financial pressure, writes Maria LaMagna in her April 3 article for MarketWatch: “Low-income families are getting terrible financial advice online.” Families who experience...

Deardorff in Consumer Reports: Tariffs won’t solve U.S. trade problems with China

Apr 2, 2018

Alan Deardorff talks trade relations in a March 22 Consumer Reports article by Octavio Blanco: “These products could get more expensive in a Trump trade war.” Blanco describes the Trump Administration’s proposal to impose tariffs on products from...

Melvyn Levitsky on what happens next after Russia’s presidential election

Apr 2, 2018

Melvyn Levitsky makes an appearance in Paul D. Shinkman's March 19 article on “The consequences of Putin’s victory” in U.S. News and World Report. Following Vladimir Putin’s win in the Russian presidential election, Shinkman writes, “[I]t’s yet...

Justin Wolfers’ social media engagement featured in University Record piece

Mar 19, 2018

A March 5 article by Safiya Merchant in The University Record, “#SocialScholars: Professors show power of public engagement,” highlights the growing use of social media among University of Michigan professors. Merchant writes that social media...

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Ford School grows strength in international development with two key faculty hires

Mar 14, 2018

Two outstanding scholars will join the Ford School this fall as assistant professors, both with expertise in international development. Yusuf Neggers is a postdoctoral fellow at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs. He...

Dean Michael S. Barr writes Congress in American Banker op-ed to discourage re-write of Dodd-Frank Act

Mar 13, 2018

In a recent op-ed published in American Banker, Ford School Dean Michael S. Barr says the U.S. Senate’s new relief bill is a giveaway for large banks and weakens consumer protections.The bill is the first re-write of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, of...

On “Here and Now,” Dynarski talks student loan debt and solutions

Mar 1, 2018

Susan Dynarski was interviewed by Jeremy Hobson of NPR’s Here and Now for the February 27 segment: “Has student loan debt reached a crisis point?”For a “substantial minority” of student loan borrowers, Dynarksi tells Hobson, “there is a crisis.” She...

Mills: When is wind energy technology sustainable within rural communities?

Feb 27, 2018

The 2018 book The Handbook of Sustainability and Social Science Research includes a piece by Sarah Mills entitled: "Wind energy and rural community sustainability." Abstract Because it is a carbon-free source of electricity, wind energy is...

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Farley on “Detroit: The emergence, decline and possible revitalization of a great city”

Feb 16, 2018

Reynolds Farley has contributed a chapter entitled “Detroit: The emergence, decline and possible revitalization of a great city” for the August 2017 book A Twenty-First Century Approach to Community Change: Partnering to Improve Life Outcomes for...

Whitman says big companies can "afford to do a little good" in Conversation op-ed

Feb 15, 2018

Earlier this week, Marina v.N. Whitman’s work was published by The Conversation, an independent not-for-profit media company.Her op-ed, “Corporate America needs to get back to thinking about more than just profits,” discussed the importance of big...

Join us in congratulating Paula Lantz, elected to National Academy of Social Insurance

Feb 15, 2018

Paula Lantz, associate dean for academic affairs at the Ford School and a professor of public policy and health management policy at the University of Michigan, is one of 52 distinguished social insurance experts elected to the National Academy of...

Pilkauskas, colleagues measure assets among low-income families in the Great Recession

Feb 13, 2018

Valentina Duque (University of Michigan), Natasha Pilkauskas, and Irwin Garfinkel (Columbia University) published a February 1 paper in PLoS ONE: "Assets among low-income families in the Great Recession." Abstract This paper examines the...

Stevenson, Owen in WSJ: “Yellen leaves the Fed--and a glass ceiling shattered”

Feb 8, 2018

A recent Wall Street Journal story by Nick Timiraos, “Janet Yellen leaves the Fed--and a glass ceiling shattered,” focuses on Yellen’s recent departure from the Fed as “an example of the challenges even the most successful women still face,”...

Susan Dynarski on Michigan Radio's "Stateside": Ways to fix America’s student loan mess

Feb 8, 2018

Susan Dynarski was interviewed by Cynthia Canty of Michigan Radio’s “Stateside” program for the recent on-air segment: “Australia, England offer clues on how to fix America’s student loan mess.” “We don’t have much of a safety net in our...

Wolfers in New York Times: “Why women’s voices are scarce in economics”

Feb 3, 2018

“For decades, the number of women studying economics seemed to be increasing, easing the persistent scarcity of professional female economists in the United States,” writes Justin Wolfers in his February 2 column, "Why women's voices are scarce in...

Hall & Reynolds pen chapter on “Financing the 2016 Congressional” in forthcoming book

Feb 1, 2018

Richard Hall and Molly E. Reynolds (PhD '15) will co-author a chapter, "Financing the 2016 Congressional," in the forthcoming Brookings Institution Press book, Financing the 2016 Elections (David Magleby, ed.). The book is expected to be published...

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DC circuit appeals court rules in favor of CFPB legitimacy, as argued by Barr et al

Feb 1, 2018

This summer, Ford School Dean Michael Barr served as co-counsel on an amicus brief by leading financial regulation scholars in support of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The suit, brought by a NJ-based mortgage lender that had been fined...

Alan Deardorff's "Comparative advantage in digital trade" published in Cloth for Wine?

Jan 31, 2018

Professor Alan Deardorff's "Comparative advantage in digital trade" was published as a chapter in Cloth for Wine? The Relevance of Ricardo's Comparative Advantage in the 21st Century, edited by Simon J. Evenett and released by the Centre for...

Paula Lantz and Samantha Iovan in SSIR: "When does pay-for-success make sense?"

Jan 31, 2018

An article by Paula Lantz and Samantha Iovan, "When Does Pay-for-Success Make Sense?" was published in the Stanford Social Innovation Review in December.IntroductionThere is growing excitement about the potential of pay-for-success (PFS) financing,...

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Poverty Solutions announces 2018 grantees, including two Ford School projects

Jan 31, 2018

Poverty Solutions has announced its grant awards for 2018 and two Ford School professors, Shobita Parthasarathy and Kristin S. Seefeldt, have been chosen as Faculty Grant Award recipients. Parthasarathy’s project, “The Politics of Technology...

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Econ textbook study by Stevenson, Zlotnick highlights gender bias against women

Jan 19, 2018

New research conducted by Associate Professor of Public Policy Betsey Stevenson and Hanna Zlotnick (MPP ‘19) is highlighted in The Economist’s “How gender is (mis)represented in economics textbooks” and Inside Higher Ed’s “Gender Bias, by the...

Susan Dynarski testifies on student loans before U.S. Senate HELP committee

Jan 18, 2018

Susan Dynarski will testify in front of the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor & Pensions Committee (HELP) hearing “Reauthorizing the Higher Education Act: Financial Aid Simplification and Transparency.” The hearing will be livestreamed...

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Measuring higher ed performance: Kevin Stange on the numerator and denominator

Dec 15, 2017

As Kevin Stange sees it, there's a conspicuously missing link in much of the higher education decision-making process. "The higher ed sector, as a productive entity, is a huge fraction of the U.S. economy," says Stange, who was promoted to...

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Detroit’s Entrepreneurs of Color Fund triples investments, celebrates 2nd anniversary

Dec 14, 2017

Michael S. Barr, Joan and Sanford Weill Dean of Public Policy at the Ford School, participated in a roundtable discussion at Detroit’s Gem Theater this morning, during which JP Morgan Chase, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Ralph C. Wilson Jr....

Paula Lantz offers seven recommendations for 'pay-for-success' interventions

Dec 11, 2017

Harnessing the private sector for effective social programs ANN ARBOR—A set of seven recommendations for “pay-for-success” interventions identified by researchers at the University of Michigan can help governments and private investors work...

Dean Barr: “It’s not too late to turn this car around” on undermining financial regs, CFPB

Dec 7, 2017

In a Fortune op-ed, “How the CFPB fight is a sign of the next financial crisis,” Michael Barr and Joe Valenti (director of consumer finance at the Center for American Progress) describe how the current legal battle over who is the rightful director...

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Farley writes “Detroit in bankruptcy: What are the lessons to be learned?” for Detroit book

Dec 4, 2017

Reynolds Farley penned a chapter entitled, "Detroit in bankruptcy: What are the lessons to be learned?" for the 2017 volume Why Detroit Matters: Decline, Renewal, and Hope in a Divided City, edited by Brian Doucet. Introduction Detroit’s city...