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Farley describes impact of falling birth rate in Michigan

Jan 26, 2022 The Detroit News

For the first time since 1900, Michigan's death rate is higher than its birth rate. This could impact everything from the economy to political power to school districts. "Having a smaller population is not inherently bad, but adjusting to that...

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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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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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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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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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Partnerships in focus: Learning and research collaborations that create better public policy

Dec 13, 2021

By Rebecca Cohen (MPP ‘09) Two-directional learning helps small businesses and students thrive Lily Hamburger (MBA ’16) supports economic mobility for entrepreneurs as the senior director of the pandemic-born Detroit Means Business, a...

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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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Lawmakers seek out U-M faculty for expertise on various topics

Dec 1, 2021

Federal lawmakers continue to seek out University of Michigan faculty members to lend their expertise and knowledge to help inform federal policy. In the last year, 13 U-M faculty members and researchers testified at 14 congressional hearings...

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El-Sayed explains Michigan’s rising COVID-19 numbers

Nov 28, 2021

As Michigan becomes a COVID-19 hotbed, Towsley Foundation Policymaker in Residence Abdul El-Sayed unpacks what that means knowing what we know in 2021. El-Sayed appeared on Detroit Today on WDET-FM to unpack what the recent surge in COVID-19...

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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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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...

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David Bohnett Foundation Leadership & Public Service Fellows reflect on summer experiences

Oct 28, 2021

Since 2010-11, the David Bohnett Foundation Leadership and Public Service Fellowship has provided three talented master’s students each year with a funded internship with the City of Detroit. The 2021 fellows—Adam Flood (MPP/MPH ‘22), Kristina...

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Stevenson optimistic in the face of inflation worries

Oct 27, 2021 Colloquy

In the face of rising inflation and sub-par job growth, Ford School professor Betsey Stevenson is optimistic that the U.S. economy can recover the from the recession and chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. She told the podcast Colloquy,...

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Michigan local government leaders report lingering impacts from COVID-19 pandemic, improvements overall from the start of the crisis

Oct 27, 2021

Local leaders from across the state have reported lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report, and worsening outlooks for how much longer some of those impacts will last. While the numbers of local communities reporting on...

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Stevenson on why the economy is waiting for workers

Oct 20, 2021

As the economy recovers, workers are holding out for better compensation and benefits. “It’s like the whole country is in some kind of union renegotiation,” Betsey Stevenson told the New York Times. “I don’t know who’s going to win in this...

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Latino Michiganders: Key findings from U-M Poverty Solutions

Oct 15, 2021

ANN ARBOR—As National Hispanic Heritage Month, which celebrates the culture and contributions of Latinos in the U.S., comes to a close, Poverty Solutions at the University of Michigan highlights key data from its research that relates to Latinos...

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Stevenson breaks down September jobs report

Oct 14, 2021

The September jobs report did not reveal things that economists, including Betsey Stevenson, were hoping to see. "If you look at this report, it’s very clear that it’s delta that’s holding it back. We saw the highest number of people working...

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Musaddiq details driving factors of school enrollment drops

Oct 7, 2021

Ford School postdoctoral fellow Tareena Musaddiq explains findings from a recent Education Policy Initiative working paper about the pandemic's effects on school enrollment and its consequences in The Conversation. Musaddiq writes that the large...

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