I had the opportunity to talk with one of my favorite reporters Nina Martin about our Texas-infant mortality findings. Now out in Mother Jones motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

Are you interested in the latest quasi-experimental difference-in-differences policy evaluation methods but not sure where to start? Our new tutorial in Epidemiology is out now with detailed info for beginners! journals.lww.com/epidem/abstrac… #epitwitter #econtwitter Justin White

Now out Social Problems: I find that housing market appreciation has driven most of the growth in the median White-Black wealth gap over the past four decades. Free-access link: bit.ly/3zJX1pO; thread below (1/n)

During the family reunion, I walked through downtown Coffeeville, MS with my family, and the history of #segregation & Jim Crow was everywhere. First, a new mural depicts the segregated Hamblett Hotel in town, (long closed). It shows a Black butler attending to White guests 1/N

Using an online experiment with university students in Belgium and Italy, the authors found that exposure to a pessimistic climate change scenario decreases the likelihood of reporting high fertility desires. demographic-research.org/articles/volum…

Instead of reading “Hillbilly Elegy” read “My Mother Wasn’t Trash” by Joshua Wilkey. A much more compassionate look at people struggling, and dying, in Appalachia. I’ve assigned it as reading in my classes since 2018. jwilkey.com/post/my-mother…

David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social) Regina Baker & Ryan Finnigan, in “The Role of Single Motherhood in America’s High Child Poverty,” show the “high penalty for single motherhood” plays a greater role than the prevalence of single moms. USC Price School UNC Sociology Terner Center ow.ly/k4JX50SFrYV

NextGenPop builds a new, diverse generation of population sciences students: ow.ly/1NtX50SIwFk Great article by nures showing the next generation of demographers just how valuable their contributions to the field might be!

New Pew Research Center report on childless/childfree. Growing share who say it's unlikely they'll have children, & those <50 more often report not wanting kids as the main reason compared to those 50+, who often report other obstacles. pewresearch.org/social-trends/…

"Childless" women are only a "problem" because the US uses motherhood as a key mechanism to force women into filling the gaps in our economy and our social safety net and into such precarious positions that it's too risky to complain.

I'm looking for a new post-doc or two, to start any time in the next 9 months or so. Causal inference, public health applications, policy evaluation, etc. Details here; spread the word! elizabethstuart.org/files/PostDoct…

The Child Tax Credit (CTC) is a no brainer investment. If it were to be made permanent, the CTC would have large long-term benefits for future earnings, health, reduced crime, etc. Benefits would outweigh costs 10:1. Important work by Ananat & Garfinkel nber.org/papers/w32870?…

In a study with Jeff Howard, we found heat-related mortality reached an inflection point around 2016, marking a "new normal" of increasing mortality rates. #climatechange #globalwarming UTSA College for Health, Community and Policy Penn State SSRI

New commentary JAMA Pediatrics about recent #paidleave study that found reduced infections after NY policy. Justin White and I describe significance for policymaking (esp in election yr!) and limitations of original study: jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap… Paid Leave for All Kirsten Gillibrand

After waiting more than a year (thanks, congress), Suzanne Bell and I finally received our notice of award for our R01 to study the fertility, maternal health, and infant health consequences of Dobbs! Lots of papers in progress, so stay tuned.

This is devastating.

It'll take time for researchers to capture the full impact of abortion bans on maternal health, as the types of data I typically use won't be available for a while. But these stories already show the harm—we don't need to wait for stats to see the toll.

ICYMI: our paper on maternal health patterns during the first two years of the pandemic out now.