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Mini monstera plant in pot that says Grown by the Population Studies Center

What makes the Population Studies Center special: Its drive to nourish our community. Come pick up a mini-monstera from @burgards.bsky.social at PSC today. 💙

you won't want to miss this one @um-psc.bsky.social tomorrow - please join if you are able! 🍎🍂

PSC Coffee Chats are monthly, Tuesdays at 10 in the PSC Director’s Bay (ISR Thompson 2116): Oct. 7, Nov. 4, Dec. 2

Rod Little has promised to SING at our PSC Coffee Chat **tomorrow.** Hear about his career in biostats, his recent book, "Seminal Ideas and Controversies in Statistics," plus PSC's famous treats. Join us at 10! @um-src.bsky.social
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At the Oct. 7 PSC Coffee chat, would you rather hear biostatician Rod Little sing...

1️⃣ a Tom Lehrer cover song about imputation
2️⃣ a sea shanty

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The Backlash to Cardi B's Pregnancy Is Rooted in Old, Racist Ideas Online critics who lashed out at Cardi B's pregnancy announcement were echoing old, racist stereotypes about broken families and single mothers

Pop culture portrayals of Black families have shaped how Americans view racial inequality for decades. It’s an honor to see my book make its way into the cultural mainstream in this @rollingstone.com feature essay:

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Main figure from the paper. Violin plots showing the length of acknowledgments sections in books by sociologists, broken out by gender, race, sexuality, parents’ education, millennium of author’s PhD, and publisher type.

I'm excited to share my new paper with a former student, Tommy Smith. "'This Work Would Not Have Been Possible without...': The Length of Acknowledgments in Sociology Books"

Open Access in @sociusjournal.bsky.social : doi.org/10.1177/2378...

YouTube video by Survey Research Center, University of Michigan Coffee with SPE

Meet Bill Axinn & @emilytreleaven.bsky.social of SRC and @um-psc.bsky.social Society, Population, and Environment - they hosted our September Coffee & Donuts and chatted with SRC Director @umpamdk.bsky.social about SPE, their research, and what they enjoy doing outside of work youtu.be/xwU4HrUI3sk

An excellent piece, especially for those of you who may not work with survey weights every day.

PSC Coffee Chats are monthly, Tuesdays at 10 in the PSC Director’s Bay (ISR Thompson 2116): Oct. 7, Nov. 4, Dec. 2

Rod Little will be our special guest at next week's PSC Coffee Chat-- mark your calendar to hear about "Seminal Ideas and Controversies in Statistics," and join us October 7! @um-src.bsky.social
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How Social Security Helps Married People More Than Singles Social Security is a vital system, but it also perpetuates inequality between married and never-married people and men and women.

Married people get around $1,000 more per month in Social Security income than never-married people! TY for your important research, Deborah Carr @carrds723.bsky.social Leping Wang @lepingwang.bsky.social & Pamela J Smock
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Hey, so I'm doing this thing next week, and it's a pilot for what I'm hoping will be a regular thing, and I'm really excited about it, and I do hope you'll join us.

Signup here: myumi.ch/G2dZ7

#LooktoMichigan for innovation in survey research! A great talk on the future of survey research.

Imperfect Competition and Sanitation: Evidence from Randomized Auctions in Senegal Laura Schechter University of Wisconsin Sept. 29, 2025 PSC Brown Bag Series 2025 Join us live or on Zoom ISR (Thompson St.) Room 1430 | Mondays at noon

We are thrilled to have Laura Schechter join us Monday to present her Dakar study investigating the extent to which collusion can explain the under-provision of clean sanitation technologies in developing countries. psc.isr.umich.edu/events/zivin... @uwcsde.bsky.social

This will be the first time that I’m talking about this brand new work with @randridge.bsky.social; please join!

Resources | Population Dynamics and Health Program

For all population scientists: Join us for open office hours on Zoom Wednesday! PDHP offers stellar mentorship: pdhp.isr.umich.edu/resources/

Nafeesa Andrabi, Alexander Adames, Joe Labriola and Hannah Tessler at the gingham picnic table

Community is great! 💙
Thanks for coming to the PSC picnic...
@socinequality.bsky.social @joelabriola.bsky.social #PSCPicnic

Here's the dirt cake I'm bringing, along with some other secret treats for the @um-psc.bsky.social family!

Sarah Burgard Appointed James S. House Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Population Studies (UM Sociology and Population Studies Center)

🎊 Oh, praise and congratulations to @burgards.bsky.social!! the inaugural James S. House Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Population Studies. Read all about it: myumi.ch/n1qNy

😍 @olsonkm.bsky.social: If you use complex survey data, read and use the PRICSSA checklist (Preferred Reporting Items for Complex Sample Survey Analysis) in this Editor's Choice paper by Seidenberg, Moser and our @bradytwest.bsky.social et al. 👏👏

US women narrowed the pay gap with men by having fewer kids Two sociologists found that when the pace at which family sizes was shrinking slowed down, starting in the 1990s, progress toward closing the gender pay gap grew sluggish too.

@sashakillewald.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com:
"The number of children Americans have affects the gender pay gap only because parenthood decreases women’s wages while increasing men’s wages." @umichstonecid.bsky.social
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Screenshot of the cover page of the article "Countering Brain Drain through Circulation and Linkage: Illustrations and Lessons from China and India"

🌍📚 NEW PAPER | In International Migration Review, APARC's Gi-Wook Shin & @um-psc.bsky.social's Kelsi Caywood show how countries can mitigate brain drain via strategic brain circulation and linkage. Lessons from China and India offer roadmaps for other countries. Read 👉 buff.ly/fuh4F0P

Commitment, social enforcement and limits to formalizing informal risk-sharing Prabhat Barnwal, Michigan State Sept. 22, 2025 PSC Brown Bag Series 2025 Join us live or on Zoom ISR (Thompson St.) Room 1430 | Mondays at noon

With a field experiment in the context of arsenic poisoning in Bangladesh, Prabhat Barnwal has studied the role of norms, commitment, and social enforcement that may limit the formalization of risk-sharing. More as we open our brown bag series next Monday! psc.isr.umich.edu/events/zivin...

Study: cash aid to Flint moms lowers evictions, postpartum depression New research by the organizers of Rx Kids, a universal cash aid program for new moms and babies in Flint, found families in the program were less likely to be evicted or report postpartum depression.

Cash in hand has helped moms in Flint, and led to health improvements for babies. PSC's Luke Shaefer and Sumit Agarwal discuss on @npr.org ⬇️

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PSC Coffee Chats are monthly, Tuesdays at 10 in the PSC Director’s Bay (ISR Thompson 2116): Oct. 7, Nov. 4, Dec. 2

Mark your calendar for this fall's series of coffee chats at @um-psc.bsky.social: Oct. 7, Nov. 4, and Dec. 2, featuring baked goods and brief interviews with friends in population science.
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A new HRS study finds older adults anticipating transitioning to a nursing home are more likely to report poorer mental health. Efforts to assist older adults and their families need to begin long before the actual relocation into residential care takes place. myumi.ch/61QDX

🇨🇳 Experts on gender politics in China, ethnographers Jundai Liu and PSC's @yunjulietzhou present at #APSA2025 on the gendered root of the Chinese Communist Party's Wartime Regime Building. #PoliSky

Single, divorced, widowed? Research from Pamela Smock and Deborah Carr @buffalonyrose.bsky.social shows Social Security policies can disadvantage some women whose benefits lag behind their married peers. More from @umichnews.bsky.social ➡️
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At APSA 2025: Author Meets Critics: Anna Kirkland's “Health Care Civil Rights” Fri, September 12 8:00 to 9:30am PDT (11:00am to 12:30pm EDT) Anna Kirkland, University of Michigan

🔥 Don't miss this author-meets-critics session tomorrow at #APSA2025 on "Health Care Civil Rights" by PSC's @annakirkland.bsky.social-- new and open access from @ucpress.bsky.social!

Longevity, Education, and Income: How large is the triangle? - PubMed While health affects economic development and wellbeing through a variety of pathways, one commonly suggested channel is a "horizon" mechanism in which increased longevity induces additional education...

New in the Journal of Health Economics: PSC's Hoyt Bleakley investigates whether education gains that result from longer lifespans make a difference in economic well-being: Living longer itself matters much more than that extra schooling. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40885078/

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