Martha Bailey

A $50,000 Watch and Friendly Notes: One College Leader’s Ties to Epstein

1/Universities need to systematically address the findings in the Epstein files. In my opinion, every university in which current or past faculty, administrators, trustees appear in the files, should establish formal bodies to review and assess.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...

More job ops 👇

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I am excited to be hiring two post-doctoral positions at UCLA--please share with your networks. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.....

This week CCPR's seminar series will feature @philipncohen.com discussing his book, "Research is Not Enough: Public Engagement and the Citizen Scholar." Join us on January 14 @12pm in Public Affairs 337.

Ungated version here: drive.google.com/file/d/1smVT...

I need to take a cue from @philipncohen.com and do more to disseminate my academic research on the determinants of fertility. I am looking forward to his book talk on Wednesday at @ccpratucla.bsky.social .

The Economics of Childbearing: Trends, Progress, and Challenges The neoclassical economics of childbearing turns 65 this year, marking the anniversary of Gary Becker's foundational article on the subject in 1960. This review article begins with a study of how...

My review article talks about how to tweak Becker's model to include unintended pregnancy and the transition to lower fertility levels. Recent research in economics is about how modern contraception and legal abortion led to a reduction in unintended pregnancy: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Thank you, Philip, for doing double duty!! We are excited for your visit!

Research Is Not Enough: Public Engagement and the Citizen Scholar Philip N. Cohen (University of Maryland) January 14, 2026 12:00 - 1:15 p.m. PT CCPR Seminar 4240 Pub Aff Building UCLA Campus What is the role of professional scholars in civic life? How and why should academics seek to reach audiences beyond their disciplines and institutions? Must there be tension between advancing along an academic career path and taking part in public conversations, or can these goals reinforce each other? Drawing from personal experience and in-depth research, this talk features straightforward advice that acknowledges professional risks as well as rewards. Cohen embraces the reciprocal relationship between professional scholarship and active citizenship. arguing that aligning personal and vocational identities can enhance both public and academic contributions. He explores intellectual work on social media, science communication, political activism, and how to build trust while developing a public intellectual identity. College | Social Sciences UCLA California Center for Population Research

Click to RSVP Michael Geruso After the Spike Population, Progress, and the Case for People Dean Fancinating, thoughtful, and timely." Simon Jenson, NobelLaurae in Ecenemics College | Social Sciences UCLA California Center for Population Research invites you to a book talk on ... After the Spike Michael Geruso, University of Texas Commentary By Martha Bailey (UCLA) and Philip Cohen (University of Maryland) January 14, 2026 6:00 p.m. PT Reception to Follow Royce Hall, Room 314 UCLA Campus Michael Geruso is an economic demographer, public economist, and Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. His book, "After the Spike' with co-author Dean Spears, investigates what depopulation would mean for the climate, living standards, equity, progress, freedom, and humanity's general welfare. And what it would mean if, instead, people came together to share the work of caregiving. making parenting better and stabilizing our numbers. Martha Bailey is a UCLA Professor of Economics and Director of the California Center for Population Research. As an economic demographer, labor economist, and economic historian, Bailey's rescarch focuses on the short- and long-run determinants of childbearing in the U.S. Philip Cohen is a University of Maryland Professor of Sociology. His research focuses on demographic trends, family structure, the division of labor, health disparities, as well as open science and related topics.

Hey, I'm going to UCLA next week! Two events Wednesday, 14 Jan. at the California Center for Population Research:

1. A talk on my book, Citizen Scholar (ccpr.ucla.edu/event/philip...)

2. A discussion on a book talk by Michael Geruso on “After the Spike." ccpr.ucla.edu/event/michae...

#demography

CCPR is excited to host
@mikegeruso.bsky.social to discuss his book, After the Spike, Wednesday, Jan 11 @6pm, in UCLA's 314 Royce Hall. Comments by CCPR Director @marthajbailey.bsky.social
& @philipncohen.com. Reception to follow. RSVP here: eventsrsvp.ucla.edu/CCPRLecture2...

The Quiet Collapse of America’s Reproductive Health Safety Net kffhealthnews.org/MjEwNjQwMQ by @celinegounder.com via @kffhealthnews.org CC: @marthajbailey.bsky.social @whitneysrice.bsky.social @rachelfey.bsky.social @bthomas520.bsky.social @megankavanaugh.bsky.social

Subsidizing contraception has large and persistent effects on the choice of contraceptive method, resulting in significantly fewer pregnancies and abortions in the US, from @marthajbailey.bsky.social, Rebolledo, Gorgulu, Figone, Lang, Prettyman, and Dalton www.nber.org/papers/w34400

Can Women Really 'Have It All?' A Working Mom and Economist Reveals Why Not (Exclusive) In an exclusive excerpt from her new book 'Having It All,' (out Sept. 23), Wharton professor and economist Corinne Low, Ph.D., explains why so many working moms feel like they're failing on all fronts...

People magazine has an exclusive excerpt of my book today, one week and one day until pub!!
people.com/why-women-ca...

Open letter Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...

I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Governor Lisa Cook

Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Signature page for Open Letter of Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence By filling out the form below, you are asking your signature to be added to this open letter.

I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Gov. Lisa Cook. Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... |

Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This letter is not particularly controversial in its assertions and the topic of central bank independence is extremely important. Takes about 4.5 minutes to read and sign (if you agree.) Looks like the number of signatories is up since Tatyana's post, but Economics needs YOU!

📢Call for paper for #AlpPop 2026 is out with awesome #skinotes confirmed @marthajbailey.bsky.social and Arnout Van De Rijt.
Please send your paper bocconi.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6t… by September 21.

A growing body of research suggests reproductive health care has intergenerational effects on the well-being of children, from @marthajbailey.bsky.social https://www.nber.org/papers/w33970

Interesting review paper by @marthajbailey.bsky.social on fertility
drive.google.com/file/d/1smVT...

Please join CCPR for our 2025 Reception at PAA at 6:00 PM EST at the Marriott Marquis, BeerLab (901 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC). This event is hosted by Michigan, UCLA, Washington, Wisconsin-Madison and Brown. #PAA2025 @popassocamerica.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social

Congratulations @marthajbailey.bsky.social on winning the 2024 IPUMS CPS Research Award for her paper on how 1963 Equal Pay Act decreased the #GenderGap: tinyurl.com/4uadhx78

@bryanstuart.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social @ccpratucla.bsky.social @ipums.bsky.social @qjeharvard.bsky.social #PayEquity

Delighted that this double podcast where I speak with
@marthajbailey.bsky.social and @gtwodtke.bsky.social speaks with Natasha Quadlin is now live, where we cover both the progress made in gender inequality in the last 60 years as well as reasons for persisting differences.

Sixty years after equal pay laws and the women’s movement transformed opportunities for women, gender inequality persists in new forms.

Today’s episode features @UCLA Professors @marthajbailey.bsky.social and Natasha Quadlin.

Listen every other Monday:
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Opinion | Trump’s Tariff War Is Being Fought to Lower Taxes for the Wealthy President Trump is remaking the tax code to favor the well-off even more, and cloaking these changes in a veneer of nationalism.

Great piece by @kclausing.bsky.social on how tariffs help shift tax burden to the poor. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o...

I am opening a postdoc position connected to the FamilyMacro research project at the LSE. This is a one-year position that could be extended for two more years. If interested, please contact me!

#EconSky @cfmuk.bsky.social

jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

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#PacDev2025 will be jointly hosted by UCLA and USC in Los Angeles ☀️😎 Please register to attend ASAP using this link (the deadline to pay the *reduced* rate is coming up soon ⏰): dtspayment.usc.edu/OnlinePaymen...

Fantastic conference organized by my colleagues. 👇Deadline coming up soon!

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"Denial of a wanted abortion has both immediate and lasting effects. It increases a woman’s risk of death by 2.5 p.p within nine months, mainly due to unsafe abortion procedures, and raises the likelihood of carrying the pregnancy to term by 31 p.p. "