Professor Hicken studies political institutions and political economy in developing countries. His primary focus has been on political parties and party systems in developing democracies and their role in policymaking. His regional specialty is Southeast Asia where he has worked in Thailand, the Philippines and Cambodia.
Research Theme: Economics
Owen-Smith,Jason D
Jason Owen-Smith is a sociologist who examines how science, commerce, and the law cohere and conflict in contemporary societies and economies. Together with collaborators, Jason works on projects that examine the dynamics of high-technology industries, the public value of the research university, and the network organization of surgical care. He seeks to understand how organizations, institutions, and networks… Continue reading Owen-Smith,Jason D
Pamela Davis-Kean
Dr. Davis-Kean’s research continues to evolve as she seeks the various pathways that socio-economic status (SES) of parents relates to the outcomes of their children. Davis-Kean’s primary focus is on parental educational attainment and how it can influence the development of the home environment throughout childhood, adolescence, and the transition to adulthood. Achievement is the… Continue reading Pamela Davis-Kean
Weir,David R
Dr. Weir is a Research Professor in the Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research and Director of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). He has led the transformation of the HRS into a world-leading biosocial survey combining its traditional excellence as a longitudinal survey with direct biological measures of health, genetics, linked… Continue reading Weir,David R
Willis,Robert J
Abramowitz,Joelle Hillary
Dr. Joelle Abramowitz joined the Survey Research Center in 2016. Her research interests include self-employment and alternative work arrangements, income, health insurance, medical expenditures, time use, marriage, fertility, and general health topics.
Pfeffer,Fabian T
Fabian Pfeffer is Research Associate Professor in the Survey Research Center and Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology. He is the founding director of the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics (CID) as well as Co-Investigator of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). His research investigates social inequality and its maintenance across time and… Continue reading Pfeffer,Fabian T
Tuba Suzer Gurtekin
Z. Tuba Suzer Gurtekin is an Associate Research Scientist at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Her research includes managing monthly surveys of consumer attitudes, expectations and behavior. Her published research focuses on methods to quantify nonresponse and measurement survey errors in probability and nonprobability sample surveys, and mixed-mode survey design and inference.… Continue reading Tuba Suzer Gurtekin
Noura Insolera
Noura Insolera is an Assistant Research Scientist at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan and Assistant Director of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Dr. Insolera’s research focuses on health, educational, and socioeconomic outcomes of income inequality and the social and economic factors that can ameliorate its effects. Her interdisciplinary approach to this… Continue reading Noura Insolera
Price,Richard H
Richard H. Price is Stanley E. Seashore Collegiate Professor of Psychology and Organizational Studies Emeritus, and a Research Professor at the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan. His research program is focused on improving worker health and productivity. At the Institute for Social Research, he and his colleagues conduct surveys and field… Continue reading Price,Richard H