The Arab Barometer was established in 2005 by the Institute for Social Research of the University of Michigan in close collaboration with institutions and scholars in the Arab world. The project is a multi-country survey project that provides data for theory-driven scholarly inquiry and for dissemination and outreach activities that are useful for political development.… Continue reading Arab Barometer
Research Theme: Economics
Labriola,Joseph Mark
I am a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan’s Survey Research Center. My research uses survey and administrative data to examine the roots of racial and socioeconomic inequalities in the contemporary United States. My current work primarily focuses on racial inequalities in housing and wealth. I have also published on the causes of… Continue reading Labriola,Joseph Mark
Joanne Hsu
Joanne Hsu (pronounced “shoo” ) is the Director of the monthly Surveys of Consumers, tracking leading economic indicators including consumer sentiment and expectations, and a Research Associate Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. Dr. Hsu’s research is primarily in the fields of household finance, labor economics, public economics, and… Continue reading Joanne Hsu
Mitnik,Pablo A
Pablo Mitnik is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics. His research focuses on intergenerational mobility, economic inequality, labor markets, and statistical methods. His recent work has advanced new methodological approaches to measure mobility and inequality of opportunity and has studied these phenomena in the United States from a cross-national comparative… Continue reading Mitnik,Pablo A
Re-Inventing Measurement of Key Economic Indicators
The aims of this project is to provide improved measurement of retail trade. This project will pilot new approaches that have the potential to improve measurement of key economic indicators by increasing their accuracy, timeliness, and detail while potentially reducing the burden that statistical agencies place on businesses through surveys.
Levy,Helen G
Dr. Levy’s research interests include the causes and consequences of lacking health insurance, evaluation of public health insurance programs, and material hardship among older Americans. She is a Co-Investigator on the Health and Retirement Study, a long-running longitudinal study of health and economic dynamics at older ages.
Kimball,Miles S
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
The James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics (CID) was founded at the University of Michigan Institute of Social Research in 2019. The mission of CID is to: produce cutting-edge research on social inequality, especially wealth inequality, train the next generation of inequality scholars, and build data infrastructure and increase data accessibility. We… Continue reading Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics
Laitner,John P
Dr. Laitner is Director of the University of Michigan Retirement and Disability Research Center. His research falls primarily in the area of economic theory, in particular, factors influencing long-run growth and the distribution of wealth. He also studies Social Security solvency issues and reform options.
Min,Brian K
Brian Min studies the political economy of development, with a focus on the politics of energy, ethnic politics, and civil conflict. His current research asks: How do governments distribute basic public services when budget constraints necessitate their rationing? Using satellite imagery of nighttime lights and other high-resolution geo-coded data available across the entire globe and… Continue reading Min,Brian K