Four new studies examine health, climate, and policy changes facing unhoused populations

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Four recent studies by CCPR Faculty Fellow Professor Randall Kuhn and CCPR Affiliate Professor Kathryn Leifheit, examining the impact of the January 2025 fires on people experiencing homelessness, medical concerns facing unsheltered homeless…

Professor Alison Gemmill is reappointed to the World Health Organization’s Technical Advisory Group

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Congratulations to CCPR Faculty Fellow Professor Alison Gemmill on her reappointment to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on Maternal Mortality and Maternal Cause of Death Estimation. The TAG groups advise…

Self-employed Hispanic women may be at lower risk for cardiovascular disease compared with their salaried counterparts

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Recent findings from CCPR Faculty Affiliate Dr. Kimberly Narain and colleagues show that self-employed Hispanic women report less high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes, poor health, and binge drinking compared to Hispanic women working for…

The complex link between poverty and health

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Poverty is one of the most examined phenomena in economics; nevertheless, its causal relationship with health outcomes remains empirically challenging to disentangle. In a recent podcast episode featured on VoxDev, UCLA Professor of Economics…

New findings from 20 years of research on Latino Health

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Latinos are the second largest racial/ethnic group in the US, comprising about one-fifth of the population in 2024. Their widely recognized survival advantage over most other racial/ethnic groups; however, often obscures the many health-related…

Professor Jennie Brand and collaborator receive Russell Sage Foundation Grant

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CCPR Faculty Fellow, Professor Jennie Brand, and  UCLA alumna XI Song (Columbia University) received a grant from the Russell Sage Foundation for their project "Occupational Restructuring, Job Displacement, and Worker Mobility."  Their project…

CCPR Director Bailey on declining fertility rates in the New York Times and NPR

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U.S. fertility rates have been declining since 2007, raising questions about long-term demographic, economic, and social consequences. Professor and CCPR Director Martha Bailey is quoted in recent New York Times and NPR Illinois articles on declining…

New Evidence on the Cohabitation Revolution

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The late twentieth-century rise of nonmarital cohabitation has long been understood as a transformation driven primarily by young, never-married adults delaying or opting-out of marriage. This interpretation aligns with foundational ideas in…

New CCPR Affiliate Carlo Medici on Immigration and Early Unionization

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New CCPR Faculty Affiliate Carlo Medici, Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Policy, examines the economics of immigration, labor market institutions, and public sector organizations. In his recent paper, “Closing Ranks: Organized…