High-skilled professionals from small or lower-income countries often emigrate in search of greater opportunities. For countries of origin, this population outflow can prompt concern over the loss of human capital– an effect that is colloquially known as “brain drain.” But a new review published in Science reveals evidence that high-skilled migration opportunities can also lead… Continue reading Brain Drain or Brain Gain? New Evidence Points to Benefits of Skilled Migration
Project: Population Studies Center
Grace Noppert recognized with research award
Congratulations to Grace Noppert – she has been awarded with a Research Faculty Recognition Award from the University of Michigan Office of the Vice President for Research. Arthur Lupia, interim VP for research and innovation, says, “The outstanding achievements of these faculty demonstrate the impact and importance of the work that takes place throughout the University… Continue reading Grace Noppert recognized with research award
ISR to Launch International Research Hub
The Survey Research Center and Population Studies Center Program will be Housed at PSCANN ARBOR — The Institute for Social Research’s (ISR) Survey Research Center (SRC) and Population Studies Center (PSC) are teaming up to launch the International Research Hub, a new resource that will support and expand social research worldwide. Sited at PSC, the… Continue reading ISR to Launch International Research Hub
International Research Hub to be created at the Institute for Social Research
Contact: Jon Meerdink ([email protected]) ANN ARBOR — The Institute for Social Research’s (ISR) Survey Research Center (SRC) and Population Studies Center (PSC) are teaming up to launch the International Research Hub, a new resource that will support and expand social research worldwide. Sited at PSC, the Hub will support University of Michigan faculty and staff… Continue reading International Research Hub to be created at the Institute for Social Research
Brain drain or brain gain? New evidence points to benefits of skilled migration
ANN ARBOR—The emigration of high-skilled professionals from small or lower-income countries can prompt concerns of “brain drain” in their countries of origin, but it can also lead to “brain gain,” says a University of Michigan researcher. A new review published in Science reveals evidence that high-skilled migration opportunities can increase, rather than decrease, a country’s overall stock… Continue reading Brain drain or brain gain? New evidence points to benefits of skilled migration
Multi-generational data to reveal effects of persistent disadvantage on young children’s health
ANN ARBOR – Emily Treleaven, Research Assistant Professor with the Survey Research Center and an affiliate of the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, has received R01 funding from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to assess how persistent, intergenerational social and economic disadvantages shape… Continue reading Multi-generational data to reveal effects of persistent disadvantage on young children’s health
ISR Study Links Vision Problems in Older Adults to Higher Mortality Risk, Highlights Role of Falls
A recent national University of Michigan study confirms that aging adults who have trouble with their vision are at a higher risk of mortality, and suggests a key factor is their high risk of falling. The study, published in Innovation in Aging, uses longitudinal data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) to… Continue reading ISR Study Links Vision Problems in Older Adults to Higher Mortality Risk, Highlights Role of Falls
Honoring Her Heritage: JPR Scholar Ritsa Giannakas Conducts Research for the Public Good
It’s Mother’s Day this week in the US and other parts of the globe, and Ritsa Giannakas is wearing a necklace that honors her matrilineage on both sides. In gold Arabic script, it bears the name she took from her Greek grandmother, Ritsa ريتسا, in the language of her maternal grandmother, Kowkab, in Lebanon. Ritsa’s… Continue reading Honoring Her Heritage: JPR Scholar Ritsa Giannakas Conducts Research for the Public Good
Transportation Insecurity: America’s Overlooked Hardship
Millions of households in the United States lack safe and reliable transportation to get where they need to go. But while transportation insecurity is a very common form of material hardship experienced by US adults, only recently have researchers had a validated instrument to measure it. A new study out in Social Indicators Research uses… Continue reading Transportation Insecurity: America’s Overlooked Hardship
Transportation insecurity: A common and consequential American hardship
ANN ARBOR—Nearly 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. lack access to reliable transportation, making it one of the country’s most common forms of material hardship, say University of Michigan researchers. In a new study published in Social Indicators Research, the researchers found that 19% of adults reported experiencing transportation insecurity in the past month—compared with 16%… Continue reading Transportation insecurity: A common and consequential American hardship