Fertility in a Pandemic: Evidence from California by Jenna Nobles, Alison Gemmill, Sungsik Hwang, and Florencia Torche (2023)

Population and Development Review Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic was accompanied by social and economic changes previously associated with fertility delay and reduction, sparking widespread discussion of a “baby bust” in the United States. We examine fertility trends using restricted vital statistics data from California, a diverse population of 40 million, contributing 12 percent of U.S. …

University Housing Names Honored Instructors

Six sociology instructors have been named Honored Instructors for Fall 2023 by University Housing. Congratulations to Allison Daminger, Cabell Gathman, Danielle Schmidt, Michael Massoglia, Nicholas Pedriana, and Patrick Nolan, and thank you all for your dedication to our students!

Yue Qin Receives New Investigator Award at the Institute on Aging’s Annual Colloquium

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.” You can read more about her research here. Congratulations, Yue!

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 author writes, “Last month, President Biden’s trade representative, Katherine Tai, notified the World Trade Organization that the American government no longer …

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 research questions on this topic: first, we ask whether red and yellow undertones are consistently perceived by observers; second, we …

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 pandemic as new variants emerge, immunity from prior infection increases, vaccines become available, and vaccine hesitancy persists, such that when infection is …

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 random sample of 10,317 people who graduated from Wisconsin high schools in 1957, providing an opportunity to study the life …

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 area with long-standing high levels of Black–White residential segregation. Using a large digital corpus of advertisements for rental housing, we …

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 attention to migration and other forms of geographic mobility among other age groups, including youth. In this study, we focus …