Wars have obvious victims. The dead, the injured. Those left behind. But there is another class of victims that often goes unnoticed: children.
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Many U.S. families are underwater with debts: U-M study
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—As the country emerges from the Great Recession, a substantial number of U.S. families are underwater – and not just with their mortgages. Read the full story »
How much money parents give to college-age kids: U-M study
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—More than 60 percent of young adults between the ages of 19 and 22 received some financial help from mom and dad, according to a new University of Michigan study.
Retirement plans after the Great Recession: U-M study tracks the changes
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—New research shows that 40 percent of older Americans postponed retirement in the wake of the Great Recession.
Global warming: New research emphasizes the role of global economic growth
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—It’s a message no one wants to hear. To slow down global warming, we’ll either have to put the brakes on economic growth or transform the way the world’s economies work.
Job slowdown in April halts growth in overall confidence
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Consumer confidence remained largely unchanged at improved levels in April as consumers were still hopeful about future job gains despite disappointing recent developments, according to economist Richard Curtin, director of the Thomson Reuters/University …
The Generation X Report: Food in the lives of GenXers
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Generation X adults prepare an average of 10 meals a week, and eat out or buy fast food an average of three times a week, according to a University of Michigan report that …
Small ‘neural focus groups’ predict anti-smoking ad campaign success
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Brain scans of a small group of people can predict the actions of entire populations, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Michigan, the University of Oregon and the …
Productivity? For Brady West it’s a slam dunk
Brady West is the winner of the 2011-2012 Charles Cannell Fund in Survey Methodology.
Lisa Marchiondo: Researching rudeness in the workplace
Lisa Marchiondo is the winner of the 2011-2012 Robert Kahn Fellowship for the Scientific Study of Social Issues.
Project readies video data on effective teaching
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded U-M two grants totaling more than $4.7 million over four years. Two ISR Centers – the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Survey …
Testing successful aging program with low-income seniors
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—With an $886,000 grant from the MacArthur Foundation, researchers from the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research are conducting an innovative field experiment designed to improve the lives of older, lower-income people.
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- Many U.S. families are underwater with debts: U-M study
- How much money parents give to college-age kids: U-M study
- Retirement plans after the Great Recession: U-M study tracks the changes
- Global warming: New research emphasizes the role of global economic growth
- Job slowdown in April halts growth in overall confidence
- The Generation X Report: Food in the lives of GenXers
- Small ‘neural focus groups’ predict anti-smoking ad campaign success