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September 30, 2022
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Grads on the go

The flow of college graduates across states and metro areas isn’t uniform. In a new NBER paper, education economist Kevin Stange and his colleagues identify a new way to measure the relationships between colleges, graduates, labor markets, and economic mobility.

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Michelmore hails unconditional free-tuition policies

Katherine Michelmore and her colleagues used an experimental design to find that unconditional, zero–tuition programs–like U-M's HAIL Scholarship–increase low–income college student enrollment in comparison to offers contingent on demonstrating need. More »

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Resource competition favors far-right parties

In a study that leveraged an EU public housing directive in Austria, political scientist Charlotte Cavaillé concludes that far-right parties find electoral success when citizens believe their access to social benefits is threatened by immigrants. More »



Khaldun and Watkins-Hayes video teaser

Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, former Chief Medical Executive for the State of Michigan, joined Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes to reflect on key policy lessons from Michigan's response to the health disparities laid bare by the pandemic. Watch »

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"The issue is getting [consumer spending] to slow down at just the right level, so that, in fact, firms can stop raising prices, households will stop demanding higher wages, and, slowly prices will start to stabilize... I'm optimistic that the Fed has the tools that they need to bring down inflation." Kathryn Dominguez on the Federal Reserve's strategy to orchestrate a soft landing.

PBS Newshour

 

"Good people have the opportunity to leave, so why push them?"

Ann Chih Lin on the outflow of Chinese scientists from U.S. universities.

Wall Street Journal

 

"It's not a forecast, it's a threat... The high rates of inflation have hurt a lot of people. Here we are trading off somewhat less inflation for a somewhat weaker economy." Justin Wolfers reacts to the Fed Chair's comments about fighting inflation.

CNN

 

"We're tracking the state of democracy in Michigan communities getting worse over time, according to local government leaders. We're measuring it in a number of different ways. Some of those indicators show things getting worse quickly. Some show things getting worse slowly." Tom Ivacko on the state of our democracy.

The Detroit News

 

"You have heard President Biden say what his advisers did not expect him to say. It is the way people are acting wherever you go. It's a less compelling case for (employers) to take a strong stand on it." Marianne Udow-Phillips on the lackluster response to the latest COVID booster.

Axios

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