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…

From Tax Policy to Health Outcomes: Londoño-Vélez Awarded Sloan Fellowship

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CCPR Affiliate and Assistant Professor, Juliana Londoño-Vélez, has been named a 2026 Sloan Research Fellow in Economics. The prestigious Sloan Prize is awarded annually by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to early-career scholars whose work…

Professor Juliana Londoño-Vélez awarded Sloan Research Fellowship

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Congratulations, Professor Londoño-Vélez! Sloan Research Fellowships are among the most competitive and prestigious awards for early-career scholars, recognized as a marker of institutional excellence in fields such as chemistry, computer…

Professor Jennie Brand, speaks with UCLA Newsroom about the value of college.

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Professor Jennie Brand was featured in the UCLA Newsroom, describing the value of college in two features: “Winning the Argument: 6 tips on how to push back — nicely — on those who say college isn’t worth it” and "Is a College Education…

Deportation Data Project receives national media coverage

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A recent report from the Deportation Data Project found that deportations from within the United States increased by a factor of 4.6 during the first nine months of the second Trump administration. This report has received coverage in USA Today, NBC,…

The New York Times cites CCPR Director Bailey’s M-CARES RCT

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CCPR Director Martha Bailey's Michigan Contraceptive Access, Research, and Evaluation Study (M-CARES) is cited in a New York Times article. Read the full article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/opinion/health-care-medicaid-cuts.…

The Washington Post uses data from Prof. Blair’s Deportation Data Project

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Data from Professor Blair's Deportation Data Project were featured on the front page of the Washington Post: "ICE shift in tactics leads to soaring number of at-large arrests, data shows."