Correction: just heard that the 2024 ATUS will be released in August! Exciting!

As always, reach out if you have trouble accessing the paper.

Importantly, the Leave Module was last conducted in 2017/18, before many new state leave policies came into effect. Release of a new module has been delayed by the administration, leaving researchers without the data we need to assess how well these policies are reaching older workers today.

I'm grateful for the support, funding, and guidance of the @uwrdrc.bsky.social and @irpwisc.bsky.social.

Our findings suggest that access to paid leave declines with age, and that shifts to part-time work may play a role in declining access. To meet the needs of an aging workforce, policymakers should ensure that access to paid leave policies extends to part-time workers.

Access and Unmet Need for Paid Leave Among Older Workers Increased life expectancy, coupled with reduced retirement security, is leading many Americans to work into older age. Paid leave policies support workers by offering job-secure paid time off to ad...

Closing out the week: new paper with @arash-p.bsky.social in @agingpolicy.bsky.social: Access and Unmet Need for Paid Leave Among Older Workers. We use data from the ATUS Leave Module to examine access and unmet need for paid leave among employed adults aged 55–70.

This is a great action to take, today and every day. Trans friends of all ages: my life would not be the same without you.

I'm extremely honored to have been awarded an
@upjohninstitute.bsky.social 2026 Early Career Research Award to study the impacts of paid sick leave mandates on the employment and economic security of older workers.

Ending violence, not buffer zones, protects Jews New York’s Jewish community faces two very different visions of safety.

New Yorkers deserve solutions that meaningfully address hate violence — not political theater & half-measures.

Instead of voting to pass unserious & anti-democratic “buffer zone” bills, @council.nyc.gov should invest $26-30 million in evidence-based non-carceral hate violence prevention. Read why:

BRIC and Data Through Design Present: Echo(logies) Echo(logies) is the 2026 exhibition of Data Through Design (DxD), an annual data art exhibition featuring works that creatively analyze, interpret, and

Also really excited for this open data art show: so many ways to learn and create! bricartsmedia.org/exhibition/b...

We collect tons of data with public funds, and it's often under-leveraged because of limited internal capacity to fully analyze it and sharing restrictions. We could be learning so much more if more datasets were made publicly available. Open data is a huge opportunity to maximize these investments.

It's a dream come true to have contributed to a public good, where new researchers can learn from our data outside of the initial intended report/purpose.

New York City Open Data Week x Barnard CSC // Childcare in the City: What NYC Open Data Tells Us About Family Policy | Barnard Computational Science Center Childcare in the City is a student-led Open Data Week event exploring how NYC Open Data can power public storytelling and policy communication. Undergraduate students from Barnard College analyze data...

Getting excited for NYC Open Data Week! In 2016, I wrote "data set will be publicly available" into a grant application, and this year got an email that the dataset is being used by Barnard students. On Monday they'll present their results! csc.barnard.edu/events/new-y...

Saw And Juliet... with two 11 year olds and a 9 year old. They all loved it, and it was a cheaper ticket than the other shows I'd recommend (Lion King, Wicked). But less fun for the adults. My kid also loved Operation Mincemeat - which I 100% recommend!

NY's TDI program's insufficient, outdated funding creates huge inconsistencies with the paid family leave program. If you need it for yourself you get $170/week, but if your family member has the same injury or condition you can receive >$1200/week. It's long past time to reconcile these policies.

Good timing for thr snow day: NYC expands paid sick leave coverage.

Local Victory: NYC Expands Paid Sick Time Law to Include More Covered Purposes and Protections! - A Better Balance This newest expansion to the city’s law will provide new protections to workers and ensure that New Yorkers can attend to their real-life needs without being forced to risk their job or income.

As of yesterday, NYC workers have stronger paid sick time rights!

Now, the city's law covers paid sick time for childcare, emergency-related closures, housing- and benefits-related legal proceedings, workplace violence, and more. Learn more: www.abetterbalance.org/local-victor...

Miss Ingat Random at your service.

Tonight!

Please share with your colleagues and students who may not be in the loop!

Attending #SSWR2026 as a social policy researcher (or friend)? Join us for our annual happy hour on Friday night at 6:30 at Calico! Be in touch if you need more info and looking forward to learning from your work throughout the conference!

A collage of 49 books/novels I read in 2025.

This year was not my best for reading - it seemed like there were sometimes months between things I really liked, but definitely some great ones in the mix.

Webinar. Rapid Response Data Briefing. Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS). January 8, 2026. 2:00-2:30 PM ET. Logos of the cosponsors displayed at the bottom. The background of the graphic is dark blue and features the dataindex.us star logo in the top right corner.

Rapid Response Data Briefing: Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS)

Join us to learn:
🔵 What's in PRAMS
🔵 Why it's important
🔵 The risks facing its continued collection and publication
🔵 How you can help support this essential data resource

Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

This incredible album made me laugh, cry, dance, and feel deeply grateful for my community.

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Our paper reflecting on 30 years of Medicaid estate recovery is fully out today! We shed light on policy mechanisms, state variation, and its potential to drive wealth disparities. Thank you to @jhppl.bsky.social for being the perfect home for our work on this understudied, but longstanding, policy.

Three of them, in a trench coat.

Robin Hood - but for journal articles.

This is something my students bring up a lot: really excited to see (and use) the final version).

Extremely excited to see the Breul Prize awarded to this excellent paper about what comes next after the Fight for $15! Congrats to Kess and everybody involved!

Social workers (and friends) attending @appam.bsky.social
in Seattle: we will meet for our annual happy hour on Friday night from 5-7 at Kells' Bar. Be in touch if you need details and share with your students/new colleagues. Looking forward! @arpilarz.bsky.social @calliefreitag.bsky.social