Yue Qin attended the Institute on Aging’s Annual Colloquium, and she received a New Investigator Award for her poster, “Labor union membership and the educational gradient in later-life health: Results from the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study.” …
Year: 2023
Research from Wendy Li Featured in New York Times Op-Ed
Research from Wendy Li’s article, “Regulatory capture’s third face of power,” was featured in a recent New York Times op-ed: “How the Biden Administration Took the Pen Away from Meta, Google, and Amazon.” The op-ed …
Variation in Skin Red and Yellow Undertone: Reliability of Ratings and Predicted Relevance for Social Experiences by Amelia R. Branigan, Johanna G. Nunez, Mariya Adnan Khan, and Rachel A. Gordon (2023)
Social Psychology Quarterly Abstract: It is well established that skin lightness-darkness is associated with social outcomes, but little is known regarding the social salience of skin undertones (redness and yellowness). Our study addresses two related …
Vaccination, immunity, and the changing impact of COVID-19 on infant health by Florencia Torche and Jenna Nobles (2023)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) Abstract: In utero exposure to COVID-19 infection may lead to large intergenerational health effects. The impact of infection exposure has likely evolved since the onset of the …
Chad Goldberg Interviewed for Channel 3000 WISC-TV
Chad Goldberg gave an interview with local news station Channel 3000 WISC-TV about rising antisemitism. The interview aired on November 20, 2023, two days after a neo-Nazi march on the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Wisconsin Longitudinal Study featured on Madison.com
The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) helps researchers understand aging in Wisconsin. Local news source Madison.com recently published an article about the WLS. Read the full article here. The WLS is a long-term study of a …
What’s in a name? Place misrepresentation and neighbourhood stigma in the online rental market by Ariela Schachter, John Kuk, Max Besbris, & Lydia Ho (2023)
Urban Studies: Special Issue- Digitalization, Neighborhood Change and Urban Social Processes Abstract: In this article we examine how the online rental housing market reflects the desirability of different neighbourhoods in St. Louis, MO, a metropolitan …
Child fostering in a changing climate: evidence from sub-Saharan Africa by Sara R. Ronnkvist, Brian C. Thiede & Emma Barber (2023)
Population and Environment Abstract An extensive social science literature has examined the effects of climate change on human migration. Prior studies have focused largely on the out-migration of working age adults or entire households, with less …
Feasible Peer Effects: Experimental Evidence for Deskmate Effects on Educational Achievement and Inequality by Tamás Keller & Felix Elwert (2023)
Sociological Science Abstract Schools routinely employ seating charts to influence educational outcomes. Dependable evidence for the causal effects of seating charts on students’ achievement levels and inequality, however, is scarce. We executed a large pre-registered …
Making BIPOC Lives Matter: A Qualitative Analysis of Managerial Resistance to Racial Exclusions in US Homeless Systems by Garrett L. Grainger & Erin Gaede (2023)
Housing, Theory, & Society Abstract: The way racial disparities get re/produced or challenged by homeless systems is an underexplored subject in housing studies. This paper advances scholarship on that topic by examining how homeless system …