UCLA GSR Needed for College Access Program Evaluation

UCLA Graduate Student Researchers (GSR) Needed for College Access Program Evaluation The V-SOURCE Research Project seeks two GSRs to assist with data management, coding, cleaning, and analysis. These GSRs will report to researchers at the…

NY Times quotes Prof. Matthew Kahn regarding Climate Change

Prof. Matthew Kahn is quoted by the NY Times in "Portland Will Still Be Cool, but Anchorage May Be the Place to Be".

Professor Jennie Brand discussed her research on single mother employment outcomes. 

Being a single parent is tough; being an unemployed single parent is even tougher. In today's Academic Minute, the University of California at Los Angeles's Jennie Brand takes a look at the effects of job loss on single mothers. Brand is an…

Antonio Pedro Ramos is featured on NPR News

Antonio Pedro Ramos is featured on NPR News for  his work "The Poor Don't Always Benefit From Democracy, Mortality Rates Show". Listen Live at: http://www.wbur.org/npr/349756566/the-poor-don-t-always-benefit-from-democracy-mortality-rates-show Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/byron-williams/democracy-is-not-always-a_b_5881956.html?utm_hp_ref=impact&ir=Impact

The Academic Minute interviews Jennie Brand on effects of maternal job loss

Job loss among single mothers has significant negative effects on the educational attainment and social-psychological well-being of their children. Jennie Brand, CCPR associate director and UCLA associate professor of sociology, described these…

Nominee by Prof. Ruben Hernandez-Leon receives grant from Mexican Government

UCLA student Francisco J. López-Flores, as a representative from the Dream Generation, received from the Mexican President, California Governor, and Los Angeles Mayor after Professor Rubén Hernández-León nominated him. Full article, please…

Edward Walker is interviewed about his book, “Grassroots for Hire”

CCPR affiliate and UCLA associate professor of sociology Edward Walker talked about his book on CSPAN Book TV. In the book, he discusses the use of political consulting firms by corporations and special interest groups and the role these firms…

CCPR Director Judith Seltzer is Honored

Judith A. Seltzer, Director of CCPR, has been elected President of the Population Association of America. She will serve as President-Elect in 2015 and President in 2016. Seltzer is a UCLA Professor of Sociology and a founding member of…

Several CCPR faculty members receive the UCLA Hellman Fellowship Awards

Congratulations to Professors Randall Akee, William Hanlon, Ka-Yuet Liu, Paavo Monkkonen and A. Janet Tomiyama! 2014 – 2015 UCLA Hellman Fellows Randall Akee (Public Policy): How do Changes in Unearned Income Affect American Indian Infants…

Esther Friedman and Robert Mare featured in Washington Post

Professor Rob Mare and alumna Esther Friedman’s work on the effect of having a child in college on life expectancy of parents was featured in the Washington Post. The research was published in the journal Demography. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/31/want-to-live-longer-send-your-kids-to-college/ http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13524-014-0303-z?wt_mc=alerts.TOCjournals Congratulations…