As the federal government shutdown continues and the USDA opts not to use emergency funds for the SNAP program, 42 million people stand to lose all federal food/nutrition assistance on Nov. 1. In a Q&A, @natashap.bsky.social shared findings from her Milbank Quarterly research on the benefits of SNAP

Affecting 1 in 5 people, transportation insecurity is America's overlooked hardship. New research from Alexandra Murphy and @natashap.bsky.social uses the Transportation Security Index to provide insights on this prevalent challenge. #EconSky #PolicySky psc.isr.umich.edu/news/transpo...

Sometimes you just need to laugh so you don’t cry theonion.com/food-stamps-...

🌸 During the Covid pandemic, Congress temporarily expanded the EITC for workers without a qualifying child. Jiwan Lee et al present findings at #PAA2025 showing the policy helped reduce material hardship among young adults. @kmichelmore.bsky.social + @natashap.bsky.social #EconSky myumi.ch/E8ww7

Teaching housing policy next week. Went to HUD to see…mass layoffs. Having no staff will definitely solve the housing crisis. And their press site was just links to Fox News.

Some positive news (for me) in a time of just non-stop bad news: fordschool.umich.edu/news/2025/pi...

ISR is accepting applications for the next cohort of Junior Professional Researchers! This is a great opportunity for recent college grads to get experience working in social science research at ISR. Please reach out with any questions! #statsky #episky #econsky #publichealth #academicsky #polisky

JOB ALERT: I am looking to hire two full-time pre-doctoral scholar to work with me in projects related to social stratification, human capital formation and health disparities. Data management and statistical analysis skills required. The position offers competitive salary and benefits.

I am so proud of Kathy - this recognition of her work is well deserved. Lucky to call her my friend and collaborator (& colleague).

New work: @natashap.bsky.social @kmichelmore.bsky.social & Nicole Kovski show that “2021 Child Tax Credit reforms improved housing affordability for families with low incomes” & allowed them to ↓ the # residing in households & ↓ past-due rent or mortgage. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

We’ve got some new work out in the CTC and living arrangements.

Kathy and I wrote a thing about the latest CTC expansion being debates.

Go blue!!!