It would be very useful to know if the authors’ conclusions about declining marital interaction would be supported by trend data using time diaries or random beeper calls eliciting more accurate reports of activities and interpersonal associations. In conclusion, this book has provided scholars, policy makers and the general public an important service in documenting… Continue reading Alone Together: How Marriage in America Is Changing
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Social Psychology, Social Science, and Economics: Twentieth Century Progress and Problems, Twenty-first Century Prospects*
Stimulated by social scientists' and especially social psychologists' contributions during World War II, as well as by America's post-war economic and population growth, the period from 1945 to 1970 was widely viewed as a “Golden Age” for American social science. Interdisciplinary social psychology arguably was in the vanguard of these developments. Progress since then have… Continue reading Social Psychology, Social Science, and Economics: Twentieth Century Progress and Problems, Twenty-first Century Prospects*
Social Security Research at the Michigan Retirement Research Center
The Office of Retirement and Disability Policy at the Social Security Administration (SSA) created the Retirement Research Consortium (RRC) in 1998 to encourage research on topics related to Social Security and the well-being of older Americans, and to foster communication between the academic and policy communities — in particular, through an annual research conference in… Continue reading Social Security Research at the Michigan Retirement Research Center