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Stevenson discusses the Great Resignation and inflation

Feb 1, 2022

Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, recently talked to Al Jazeera about the Great Resignation – the phenomenon of millions of Americans voluntarily leaving their jobs. She explained what's going on behind the...

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EPI paper cited on COVID crisis in education

Jan 31, 2022 Washington Post

The Washington Post reported on the "crisis of epic proportions" being faced by public education across areas of absenteeism, enrollment, teacher shortages, and other issues, many brought on by the adjustments needed for remote learning caused by...

Photo of young students, each reading a book, seated around a small classroom table

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Stevenson predicts change in household division of labor

Jan 27, 2022

How do assumed roles in parenting affect the gender pay gap? Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, told The Boston Globe that childcare often falls on the mother, impacting wages and compensation. “Women seem to be a little...

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Hausman discusses COVID-19 economy

Jan 24, 2022 CBS News

Two years after COVID-19 was discovered in the U.S., the country is still grappling with the virus and its effects. Joshua Hausman, associate professor of public policy and economics, discussed the impact of the virus on different...

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Stevenson provides insight on COVID-19 economy

Jan 21, 2022

The recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic hit employment in the service sector hardest, and the workforce is still feeling the effects, Betsey Stevenson, professor of economics and public policy, told Mother Jones , "The pandemic created a...

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Social and emotional learning especially important for students during pandemic - YPL

Jan 12, 2022 The 74

Social and emotional learning has become very important for schools as students adjust to the many changes they have had to endure during the pandemic. According to Robin Jacob, co-director of the Youth Policy Lab, Detroit students were experiencing...

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El-Sayed hosts Parthasarathy on 'America Dissected'

Jan 12, 2022 America Dissected

How are issues of equity addressed in health care innovation and in particular the patent process? Shobita Parthasarathy, professor of public policy and director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy program, addressed the question on...

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Stevenson discusses job report calculations

Jan 10, 2022 CNBC

Recent government job reports have consistently undercounted the number of jobs created. Revisions are made regularly pushing those numbers up. Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, explained how she estimates total jobs...

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Ivacko debates 2022 hot topics

Jan 5, 2022

Selected as a panelist for Hour Detroit's 2022 political predictions, Tom Ivacko, Executive Director of CLOSUP, weighed in on some of the most burning questions about Michigan's 2022 elections. The first question: How would Roe v. Wade, and...

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Axinn and colleagues examine COVID-19 behaviors in Nepal

Jan 5, 2022

Examining the worries and behaviors of families in Nepal, Ford School courtesy professor William Axinn and colleagues from the Institute of Social Research and its Program in Society, Population, and Environment were able to tap in to an ongoing...

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Stevenson's end-of year commentary on the economy

Jan 3, 2022

Ford School economics professor Betsey Stevenson saw resilience in the U.S. economy at the end of 2021, despite lingering problems for some segments of the population like caregivers. Speaking with Yahoo! Finance, she said the economy had...

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Ali warns of COVID-related military susceptibility to extremism

Dec 23, 2021 The Hill

As the Pentagon begins to separate out non-vaccinated personnel across different services for refusing to comply with the Defense Department’s COVID vaccine mandate, a risk exists that those people could become targets of domestic extremist...

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Why slowing labor market exits and expanding child care may be key to economic recovery—Stevenson

Dec 16, 2021

This week, Betsey Stevenson spoke with Yahoo! Finance on the state of the labor market and Marketplace about rising inflation. In a lengthy interview with Yahoo! Finance, Stevenson noted that “If we filled every single job opening that's out...

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2021: A year of public policy

Dec 16, 2021

The Ford School of Public Policy is a top-ranked public policy school dedicated to preparing diverse leaders to take on society’s most pressing challenges and make transformational discoveries through cutting-edge research. Experts from the Ford...

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Stevenson discusses Federal Reserve policy

Dec 15, 2021 Bloomberg

Following the Federal Reserve's announcement, Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, appeared on Bloomberg's "Sound On" podcast to discuss monetary policy changes. "The Fed did exactly what everyone expected them to do today,...

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Josh Hausman explains how COVID has broken the economy

Dec 10, 2021 The Atlantic

With his opinion article in The Atlantic, Josh Hausman, associate professor of public policy and economics, suggests high inflation rates may last for years. He describes the reasons behind inflation—including a consumer shift from services to...

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Green explains relationship between pandemic and government surveillance

Dec 9, 2021 Los Angeles Times

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic allowed governments to roll out higher surveillance systems without pushback from citizens. Such emergencies “can be moments where governments roll out new invasive forms of data collection and it just becomes...

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El-Sayed on Pfizer's announcement on the efficacy of its booster to fight omicron variant

Dec 8, 2021 NPR Here and Now

In an announcement this week, Pfizer announced its booster provides increased protection against the omicron COVID-19 variant. Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence and epidemiologist Abdul El-Sayed weighed in on NPR's Here and Now about the...

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Stevenson and Wolfers on 'The Great Reallocation'

Dec 8, 2021 The New York Times

Writing in The New York Times, Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers shared their views on what the future of work looks like in 2022—an economic upheaval they call "The Great Reallocation"—which just may lead to a more humane labor market. They...

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Stevenson fields questions regarding supply chain, labor market

Dec 5, 2021

With holiday shopping upon us, the supply chain has been experiencing even more difficulties. But, Betsey Stevenson, professor of public policy and economics, say that the issues should be worked out soon. "It's definitely getting a lot better....

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Wolfers provides analysis on jobs, inflation

Dec 5, 2021

As the omicron variant spreads, the impact it will have on the fragile economic recovery remains uncertain. Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics, talked to numerous media outlets about economic recovery, the jobs report, and...

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Wolfers breaks down jobs report in NYT op-ed

Dec 3, 2021

Following the release of the November jobs report, Justin Wolfers, professor of public policy and economics, broke down what it means in an op-ed in The New York Times. "This chill in employment might lead one to conclude the economy’s too cold,...

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Watkins-Hayes on the transformative power of HIV/AIDS activism

Dec 2, 2021

On World Aids Day, Celeste Watkins-Hayes participated in a discussion at The City Club of Cleveland, on the importance of activism and community leadership to confront the inequalities perpetuated by HIV/AIDS and useful lessons that can apply to...

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Stevenson discusses labor market recovery

Nov 17, 2021

Betsy Stevenson offered insights on the labor market and the road to post-pandemic recovery. Talking about cash assistance programs during the pandemic with Slate, Stevenson said, “We made people better off by giving them money, and I know...

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Wolfers connects vaccination rates to supply chains and inflation issues

Nov 12, 2021 The Daily Beast

Justin Wolfers says that increasing vaccination rates could help solve inflation and supply chain issues. “One of the most important things we can do in fact is vaccinating the globe. When people talk about inflation, we’ll talk about supply...

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Stevenson talks American jobs, federal bills, and the tampon tax

Nov 11, 2021

Betsy Stevenson weighed in on labor market recovery, the job market, the tampon tax, and more. On labor market recovery While most of the United States seems to be recovering from the worst parts of the pandemic, the job crisis it caused is...

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More emphasis needed on vaccine accessibility, overcoming institutional mistrust—Parthasarathy

Nov 5, 2021 MLive

Speaking with MLive, Shobita Parthasarathy observed the complexities behind vaccine hesitancy. “We’re letting social institutions, government institutions off the hook the more that we focus on the individual as the source of the hesitancy,” she...

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Child tax credit helps families make ends meet, says Pilkauskas

Nov 5, 2021 Detroit Free Press

Natasha Pilkauskas, co-author of the policy brief “Receipt and Usage of Child Tax Credit Payments among Low-Income Families: What We Know,” finds the Child Tax Credit helps low-income families with the basics. "Really, they're telling us they're...

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Stevenson reflects on the repercussions of COVID-19

Nov 4, 2021

Betsy Stevenson observed key economic indicators and the continuing effects of COVID-19 this week. At Wednesday’s CNBC Workforce Executive Council Summit, she said, “People seem to be fed up and leaving work...There are a lot of different things...

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Community in crisis: Black churches expand services

Nov 2, 2021

Jean Sherman got a call from a friend during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic telling her about a church nearby where she could get the vaccine. The Detroit resident also found out that the Historic King Solomon Baptist Church helped people...