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Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the Fall 2017 edition of State & Hill magazine

Dec 29, 2017

Tamar Mitts and Robert Axelrod participated in a trilateral workshop on the roots and trajectories of violent extremism. Mitts spoke about the radicalization of Islamic State supporters on social media; Axelrod about the strengths and weaknesses of...

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"Discourse: Ford School faculty in the news," from the fall 2017 issue of State & Hill

Dec 25, 2017

With a series of regulatory changes, the Trump administration is taking us in the wrong direction, making student loans riskier, more expensive, and more burdensome for borrowers. Susan Dynarski on "The wrong way to fix student debt." The New...

Dean Yang awarded Innovations for Poverty Action grant for remittance-labeling study

Oct 20, 2017

Migrant remittances--or the money migrants send to friends and family in their countries of origin--make up one of the largest international financial flows to developing countries, says Dean Yang. Yet, we are still learning how different policies...

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Yang and Mahajan in The Conversation, "Hurricanes drive immigration to the U.S. "

Sep 19, 2017

In "Hurricanes drive immigration to the U.S.," published in The Conversation, Dean Yang and Parag Mahajan describe findings from their recent National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper, "Taken by storm: Hurricanes, migrant networks,...

Michigan News release: Hurricanes drive immigration to the US, helped by green cards

Sep 12, 2017

When hurricanes hit other countries, the United States often sees a bump in migration into the country—and the biggest hike in migration rates happen from countries that already have a strong population established in the U.S., according to...

Yang examines hurricanes impact on migrant networks

Aug 31, 2017

A working paper by Parag Mahajan (University of Michigan) and Dean Yang in the National Bureau of Economic Research explores “Taken by Storm: Hurricanes, Migrant Networks, and U.S. Immigration” issued in August 2017.Abstract: How readily do...

Yang & Mahajan pen NBER paper on “Hurricanes, migrant networks, and U.S. immigration”

Aug 12, 2017

Parag Mahajan, a doctoral student in public policy and economics, and Dean Yang published an August 2017 working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) entitled: "Taken by storm: Hurricanes, migrant networks, and U.S....

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Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the spring 2017 edition of State & Hill magazine

May 23, 2017

Recent publications by ROBERT AXELROD include "Challenges in researching terrorism from the field" with SCOTT ATRAN (Science); "How historical analogies in newspapers of five countries make sense of major events: 9/11, Mumbai, and Tahrir Square"...

Yang featured in Experimental Conversations, book examining development economics

Jan 20, 2017

For those interested in global development and development economics, Experimental Conversations, a volume by Timothy Ogden, features an interview with Dean Yang (Chapter 12). The book is a collection of interviews conducted by Ogden with...

Yang: “Revising commitments: Field evidence on the adjustment of prior choices”

Jan 16, 2017

An article by Dean Yang, Xavier Giné, Jessica Goldberg and Dan Silverman, "Revising Commitments: Field Evidence on the Adjustment of Prior Choices," was published in The Economic Journal on April 25, 2016. Abstract: We implement an artefactual...

Yang on BBC about enhancing impact of remittances for economic development

Jan 10, 2017

BBC’s “World Hacks,” a new weekly show dedicated to solving world problems, featured Dean Yang on its December 23 program: “Respect My Remittances.” Reporter Sahar Zand describes a tricky problem affecting 230 million migrant workers who send...

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Microfinance breakthrough: Dean Yang uses fingerprints to boost microlending in Malawi

Dec 16, 2016

Eight years ago, development economist Dean Yang spent a week in Malawi visiting microfinance institutions, the banks and credit unions that provide financial services to some of the world's most vulnerable citizens. Yang, who works to combat...

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Fall 2016 State & Hill magazine focuses on “Innovation for the Public Good”

Dec 15, 2016

The fall 2016 issue of State & Hill magazine was mailed to alumni and friends of the Ford School on December 15, 2016. This edition of the magazine, titled “Innovation for the public good,” highlights faculty, students, and alumni who are...

Dean Yang discusses new Mozambique intervention for orphans and vulnerable children

Dec 2, 2016

Dean Yang is the feature of a November 30 interview with Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Assets and Market Access (AMA) at the University of California, Davis. The “Q&A with Professor Dean Yang” centers on an evaluation Yang is conducting of a...

Yang on Trump immigration policies and implications for migration to the U.S.

Nov 11, 2016

Dean Yang is quoted in Max Ehrenfreund’s November 10 article for the Washington Post’s Wonkblog, “One of Trump’s policies could spark a boom in immigration from Mexico.”Ehrenfreund speculates on the effect President-elect Donald Trump’s economic...

U-M provost appoints advisory committee to lead the Ford School's dean search

Oct 3, 2016

Provost Martha E. Pollack has appointed an advisory committee to search for a new dean of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. The search process will begin in early October. Elisabeth Gerber, associate dean for research and policy...

Dean Yang in WaPo, Brexit’s most severe impacts may extend to the developing world

Jun 28, 2016

The Washington Post’s “Wonkblog” cites Dean Yang’s work in “The people who will suffer the most severe impact of Brexit don’t live in the U.K.” The article, by Max Ehrenfreund, was published on Saturday, June 25.“Immigrants working in Britain send...

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Sometimes finding nothing means more: Recognizing the value of failure, understanding null results

Apr 27, 2016

In 2014, a promising early-literacy program was implemented in seven Michigan charter schools. Over the next year, Brian Jacob, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of Education Policy, compared the progress of students who learned reading skills...

Catch up on faculty news with the Ford School's fall 2015 roundup

Dec 4, 2015

This spring, Robert Axelrod was one of ten distinguished honorary degree recipients at Harvard’s 364th commencement ceremony. The Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded John Ciorciari its prestigious Andrew Carnegie Fellowship to examine...

The Economist cites Dean Yang’s research findings in “Like manna from heaven”

Sep 4, 2015

The September 5th print edition of The Economist cites Dean Yang’s work in “Like manna from heaven: How a torrent of money from abroad reshapes an economy.” The article describes how economic migration and the resulting remittances (contributions...

Welcome to the new academic year

Aug 31, 2015

Dear members of the Ford School community,As the streets of Ann Arbor start to fill with students, as the marching band takes the field down the hill, and as we open our doors for Welcome Week, I write with my warmest greetings to new and returning...

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Vote-selling intervention paper by Ravanilla, Yang published in American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings

Jun 1, 2015

Doctoral candidate Nico Ravanilla and Professor Dean Yang have a paper on vote-selling in the May 2015 edition of the American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings. The paper, “Measuring Vote-Selling: Field Evidence from the Philippines,” shares...

Dean Yang

Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the Fall 2017 edition of State & Hill magazine

"Discourse: Ford School faculty in the news," from the fall 2017 issue of State & Hill

Dean Yang awarded Innovations for Poverty Action grant for remittance-labeling study

Yang and Mahajan in The Conversation, "Hurricanes drive immigration to the U.S. "

Michigan News release: Hurricanes drive immigration to the US, helped by green cards

Yang examines hurricanes impact on migrant networks

Yang & Mahajan pen NBER paper on “Hurricanes, migrant networks, and U.S. immigration”

Catch up on Ford School faculty news in the spring 2017 edition of State & Hill magazine

Yang featured in Experimental Conversations, book examining development economics

Yang: “Revising commitments: Field evidence on the adjustment of prior choices”

Yang on BBC about enhancing impact of remittances for economic development

Microfinance breakthrough: Dean Yang uses fingerprints to boost microlending in Malawi

Fall 2016 State & Hill magazine focuses on “Innovation for the Public Good”

Dean Yang discusses new Mozambique intervention for orphans and vulnerable children

Yang on Trump immigration policies and implications for migration to the U.S.

U-M provost appoints advisory committee to lead the Ford School's dean search

Dean Yang in WaPo, Brexit’s most severe impacts may extend to the developing world

Sometimes finding nothing means more: Recognizing the value of failure, understanding null results

Catch up on faculty news with the Ford School's fall 2015 roundup

The Economist cites Dean Yang’s research findings in “Like manna from heaven”

Welcome to the new academic year

Vote-selling intervention paper by Ravanilla, Yang published in American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings

Dean Yang promoted to full professor of public policy and economics, September 2015

Microfinance study: Yang finds people may give more generously when they can choose what their dollars purchase

Dean Yang publishes findings from randomized study of microsavings’ impact on agriculture, poverty

Welcome, and welcome back, to the Ford School

Times of India highlights Yang study, motivating migrants boosts savings

Times of India reports on Dean Yang's new study: short financial literacy seminar improves migrant saving decisions

Short seminar on financial decision-making yields impressive results for migrants who don't save

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