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Thank you so much @umichdigital.bsky.social for inviting me to the IDEAS Institute last week. My thoughts are still marinating from the brilliant questions people were generating all week.

The rigorous work of PSC alum @christinajcross.bsky.social has demonstrated that the two-parent family isn't the solution to inequality that many policymakers imagine it to be. The book is out in September!

As an infant feeding expert, let me break it down:

➡️These unsanitary practices at the very same plant that had to be shut down because of links to contamination that caused deaths and severe illness led to the formula crisis in 2022.

This demonstrates a complete lack of care for safety. 1/

At PAA 2025: Session: Family Demography Liberty & Independence Ballrooms Saturday April 12th, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Chalem Bolton Health Penalties of Employment Loss: Mechanisms and Household Moderation

🌸 Workers experience significant health penalties after losing employment. PSC trainee Chalem Bolton explores mechanisms that account for these penalties and household features that moderate them. Find the sessions at #PAA2025: myumi.ch/Mk7kA.

At PAA 2025: Session: Education Trajectories Over the Life Course: Determinants and Consequences Congress Room Saturday April 12th, 3:30 PM - 4:45 PM Jane Furey Second Chances or Growing Gaps? How Education Over the Life Course Reshapes Inequality Across 40 Years of Birth Cohorts

🌸 Education attained after age 25, which Jane Furey calls "educational upgrading," can reduce inequality by providing opportunities for the disadvantaged, or it can expand inequality as already-advantaged individuals pull further ahead. #HRS data suggests growing gaps: #PAA2025: myumi.ch/5kmkV

PSC at PAA April 10-13, 2025, Washington DC

PSC's lineup of workshops, presentations, and posters for #PAA2025 showcases incredible work in population science. Find your colleagues and sessions & share:

🌸 All sessions: myumi.ch/z91Jw

🌸 Daily schedule PDF: myumi.ch/A1wzd

🌸 PAA website: myumi.ch/W6Je5

🌸 ISR Reception: myumi.ch/dg9W8

Asian grocery stores, a lifeline for immigrants, brace for steep new tariffs Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.

Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.

Looking forward to sharing my work!

At PAA 2025: Session: Health and Health Behavior Liberty & Independence Ballrooms Delivering Change to the Motor City? Usage Patterns and Affective Experiences of Online Grocery and Meal Delivery in Detroit, Michigan Friday, April 11th, 1:45pm - 3:45pm Erykah Benson

🌸 Online purchasing and delivery has shown some promise for reducing food security for households with lower income and transportation insecurity. @Erykahb.bsky.social investigates usage patterns and experiences of online grocery and food delivery services in Detroit. #PAA2025 #DMACS myumi.ch/qZ19X