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Estimating the Economic Value of Zoning Reform (Forthcoming Article) - We estimate the economic value of zoning reform in São Paulo, which altered maximum permitted construction along transportation corridors. Developers increased filings for mult...

Forthcoming in AEJ: Economic Policy: "Estimating the Economic Value of Zoning Reform" by Santosh Anagol, Fernando Ferreira, and Jonah Rexer. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Stay tuned for more from the @um-psc.bsky.social spring Brown Bag lineup: Maria Sviatschi of @princeton.edu presents April 6.

Minseon Park joins the @um-psc.bsky.social Brown Bag series 3/23 to present "Two-Dimensional Report Cards: A Field Experiment on Socio-Emotional Growth Information." Join us!

Mark your calendar for 3/16: Aubree Gordon will join us for the @um-psc.bsky.social Brown Bag series.

🚀 I encourage those interested to apply! I received the 🎓 Clifford C. Clogg scholarship in 2017—eventually becoming a TA in 2020 & 2021—and had an incredible experience, shaping my career.

Huge thanks to my mentor & now friend, John Fox, for notifying me about this opportunity & guidance! 🙌 #ICPSR

The Uncontrolled Policy Experiment on Trans Youth

“The US is conducting a large-scale, uncontrolled policy experiment on trans youth. At the same time, federal actions are dismantling the systems needed to measure the consequences.”

w/ @kgamarel.bsky.social & doperario

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PSC Coffee Chats are Tuesdays at 10. Winter 2026: Feb. 17, Mar. 17 (Pi/e Day), and Apr. 21 at ISR Thompson 2116

Today! Join us for PSC's coffee chat monthly Tuesdays at 10 for baked goods and brief interviews. Our research administrator Sabrina Garber is today's guest. All are welcome!

❤️ It’s up there with the best kinds of love. #DemographerLove

Check it out @asanews.bsky.social #ASA2026 attendees!

At our recent @um-psc.bsky.social coffee chat, Ana Reynoso named PSID, alongside Scandinavian registry data, as her favorite data source. Follow @umpsid.bsky.social and use this rich, longitudinal data on income dynamics to improve lives. #LoveData26 Video: @abbymehraban.bsky.social

Three-column infographic comparing Business owners, Formal self-employed, and Informal self-employed, each with an icon at the top (buildings, briefcase, and a bicycle courier) and a list of outcomes; Business owners column lists Higher earnings, More stable, Best health, and Highest life satisfaction with corresponding icons, Formal self-employed lists Moderate earnings, Some stability, Better health, and Higher life satisfaction, and Informal self-employed lists Lower earnings, Less stable, Poorer health, and Lower life satisfaction; footer text reads Based on PSID data from 2003 to 2019.

Not all self-employment offers the same security.

New U-M research using PSID data on about 10,000 U.S. families finds informal gig and odd-job work is tied to lower earnings, poorer health, and more instability. ISR researcher Joelle Abramowitz explains why these distinctions matter.

We're looking forward to the 1st annual Schoeni TRENDS lecture featuring @marasheftel.bsky.social and Neil Mehta. Register here: micda.isr.umich.edu/programs/the...

In “Late-Life Family & Living Arrangements,” Wang, Zhang & @dremmazang.bsky.social employ a Bayesian multistate life table approach to examine racial/ethnic diffs in marital status & living arrangements in later life. @yalejackson.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Graphic on a dark blue background with the ISR logo at top left, a yellow silhouette map of Denmark on the left with a dark blue silhouette of an adult lifting a child, and large yellow text on the right that reads Denmark policies offset about 80% of the motherhood earnings penalty with the 80% circled in red; along the bottom are three labeled icons reading Child Allowances (stacked coins with a person symbol), Paid Leave (calendar with a check mark), and Subsidized Child Care (house with a baby stroller).

Denmark shows how policy can reduce the motherhood earnings penalty.

ISR researcher @sashakillewald.bsky.social finds paid leave, child allowances, and subsidized child care offset about 80% of mothers’ earnings losses.

New work from MiCDA @umisr.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social affiliates @colterm.bsky.social Jessica Faul in Social Science & Medicine

Remarkable concordance in associations between epigenetic clocks and health behaviors across three countries

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PSC Coffee Chats are Tuesdays at 10. Winter 2026: Feb. 17, Mar. 17 (Pi/e Day), and Apr. 21 at ISR Thompson 2116

💖 Join us for next week's coffee chat for community care, crafts & demography. Special guest: research administrator Sabrina Garber of the ISR Administrative Core.

Tomorrow!

Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.

ICYMI: our own Stone Center Director @sashakillewald.bsky.social explores the costly ‘motherhood penalty’ and how one country is erasing it. Learn more in her article from the@us.theconversation.com:

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Fellow #demographers - coming to #PAA2026 ? 🤓

💫 Please save the date for the Feminist Demography Pre-Conference Workshop!

Wednesday 5/6/2026
9-5pm CST in-person at PAA!

Flash talks! A moderated panel discussion! And a social hour to connect with fellow feminist demography colleagues!

International Migration International migration is one of the most powerful tools available for poverty reduction and economic development. This review synthesises rigorous quantitative evidence on the impact of migration on...

ICYMI: International migration is one of the most powerful tools for poverty reduction and economic development. This @voxdev.bsky.social review by @profdeaner.bsky.social synthesizes rigorous quantitative evidence on the impact of migration on origin countries. myumi.ch/VVmGx

Heather Gatny, William Axinn, Dirgha Ghimire, @bradytwest.bsky.social coauthor with data from the Chitwasn Valley Family Study. @um-src.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social

Bias in hair cortisol measures for psychological stress: Self vs. professional collection Population-representative samples of hair-based cortisol have the potential to revolutionize studies of psychological stress. However, to integrate ha…

Population-representative samples of hair-based cortisol could revolutionize studies of psychological stress, but should adjust for bias: A new CVFS analysis finds gender can influence self-collection and cortisol concentration. 🧪https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030645302600034X

So excited for our own #UmichSociology @robertmanduca.bsky.social's talk next week. 🥳 Get the deets: events.umich.edu/event/136463

Friendship and End-of-Life Discussions Among Older Adults: Moderating Effects of Marital Status and Gender Sharing healthcare preferences with others reduces the likelihood of unwanted treatments at the end-of-life (EOL), a key indicator of a “good death.” Spouses and other romantic partners are key facilitators of EOL planning decision-making, but ...

On the impact of friendships on end-of-life planning: Zheng (Noah) Lian and PSC alum @luciekalousova.bsky.social have a new HRS study, "Friendship and End-of-Life Discussions Among Older Adults: Moderating Effects of Marital Status and Gender" in Innovation in Aging: myumi.ch/3Rw6g

PSC's Sarah Miller @smiller.bsky.social on Medicaid, cash transfers, and health policy. Q&A from Michigan Ross.

Check out our new paper evaluating the performance of five brain age algorithms in two population-based cohorts of youth 🧠

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MDEV Conference (Development Economics at Michigan) May 8-9, 2026 in Ann Arbor

Open to anyone with a past or current connection to U-M, the Development Economics at Michigan (MDEV) Conference (May 8-9, 2026) has a paper submission deadline of Feb. 13. Submit here! #DevEcon #EconSky docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Sarah Hayford at the ISR podium, with title slide: The Nature, Distribution, and Diretion of Intergenerational Exchange in Rural Mozambique

Our latest demography brownbag featured @srhayford.bsky.social, presenting on patterns of exchange b/n women at midlife and children in Mozambique. 👀The longitudinal panel survey data (Men's Migration and Women's Project) is available and coming to @icpsr.bsky.social! #LoveData26

The Nature, Distribution, and Direction of Intergenerational Exchange in Rural Mozambique Sarah Hayford The Ohio State University Feb. 2, 2026 Join us live or on Zoom ISR (Thompson St.) Room 1430 | Mondays at noon

Today! Join us at noon for PSC’s Brown Bag Seminar with presenter Sarah Hayford! You can find us in the ISR Thompson Room 1430, or on Zoom. @srhayford.bsky.social
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