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Popp weighs in on Biden's climate directives in New York Times
See related: Climate Change, Federal, Infrastructure, Labor, Trade, United States
Schwartz study on special education, academic performance published
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Popp discusses Biden's green jobs agenda in Forbes article
See related: Energy, Federal, Labor, Natural Resources, Sustainability, United States
New study explores effect of preemption laws on infant mortality rate
Michelmore quoted in Los Angeles Times article on Biden's COVID-19 relief proposal
See related: Child & Elder Care, COVID-19, Health Policy, United States
Monnat weighs in on Central New York COVID-19 deaths in Syracuse.com article
See related: COVID-19, Health Policy, New York State, State & Local
Heflin article on food & nutrition policy featured in Life Course Implications of US Public Policies
The author first provides an overview of the prevalence of food insecurity by age. Then, the author provides a brief summary of the food programs that are currently available in the United States and discusses how the life-course perspective can inform future policy and research.
See related: Food Security
Heflin paper on child well-being and Rental Assistance Demonstration published in Cityscape
Poverty and Proficiency: the Cost of and Demand for Local Public Education
Sociologists publish book on grandparenting children with disabilities
See related: Health Policy, Parenting & Family
Ma’s book analyzes Chinese student experiences in U.S. higher ed
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Monnat discusses COVID’s role in rising drug overdose deaths with the Associated Press
See related: Addiction, COVID-19, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Schwartz discusses challenges of post-COVID school mobility in The 74
"The literature says, 'These [mobile] kids do worse,'" says Amy Ellen Schwartz, Daniel Patrick Moynihan Chair in Public Affairs. "But really, on the whole, we’re unable to fully disentangle the effects of moving from the underlying factors that led to it. And from a policy point of view, I’m not sure it matters: You show me a kid who’s moved three times in the last eight months, I’ll show you a kid who needs special attention."
See related: Children, Adolescents, COVID-19, State & Local, U.S. Education, United States
Heflin discusses impact of COVID-19 on food security in Daily Gazette
In a choice between basic necessities, often, food is the first expense to be slashed, a decision that can result in adverse health effects for high-risk people. "This could put a further strain on the non-COVID health care system," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
See related: COVID-19, Food Security, United States
Lee paper on trimmed mean group estimation published in Advances in Econometrics
Monnat discusses COVID-19 impact on rural communities with KCUR
"It’s not just the rural health care infrastructure that becomes overwhelmed when there aren’t enough hospital beds, it’s also the surrounding neighborhoods, the suburbs, the urban hospital infrastructure starts to become overwhelmed as well," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: COVID-19, Rural Issues, State & Local, United States
Ajello Fellows create open data repository of electric grid in Vietnam
See related: Academic Scholarships, East Asia, Energy, Student Experience
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