California Launches First-in-the-Nation Tracker on AI and Job Loss

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California has rolled out a new tool that tracks how AI may be reshaping the job market in real time. The California AI-Unemployment Tracker (CAIT) is a joint venture by the Governor's Office, the California Employment Development Department…

Congratulations to our 2025–2026 Graduating Affiliates!

The California Center for Population Research is proud to celebrate the achievements of our graduating affiliates from the 2025–6 academic year. These scholars represent the depth and breadth of population research at UCLA, spanning epidemiology,…

CCPR Director Martha Bailey offers nuanced reading of U.S. fertility data in WSJ

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Martha Bailey, CCPR Director and Professor of Economics, contributed expert commentary to a June 6 Wall Street Journal feature titled "Making Sense of America's Low Fertility Rate", which explores America's declining birth rates and whether…

Nanum Jeon receives RC28 2026 Summer Travel Award

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Nanum Jeon received the RC28 2026 Summer Travel Award from the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility for her dissertation chapter on trajectory atypicality and employment instability,…

Congratulations Nanum Jeon on receiving the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award

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We congratulate Nanum Jeon on receiving the 2026 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the ASA Mathematical Sociology Section for her paper on trajectory atypicality and employment instability. The paper introduces a relational measure…

Dr. Arah receives Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring

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CCPR extends its warmest congratulations to Faculty Fellow Dr. Onyebuchi Arah, Professor of Epidemiology, on receiving UCLA’s 2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Mentoring. Professor Arah is recognized for his thoughtful…

Congratulations to the 2026 PAA CCPR Poster Award Winners!

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We are pleased to congratulate several CCPR affiliates who were recognized as poster winners at the Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting. Alison Gemmill (Associate Professor, Epidemiology) “Low-Risk Cesareans Across…

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…