Dec 17, 2020
This week we consider how people select their health insurance when faced with several options. And, I recently spoke with Professor Lance Hannon of Villanova University about his recent paper titled “Do White People See Variation in Black Skin Tones? Reexamining a Purported Outgroup Homogeneity Effect.” The paper...
Dec 11, 2020
This week we reflect upon some insights after considering letters children have sent to Santa about the year 2020. And, I recently spoke with Professor Lisa Keister of Duke University about her recent paper titled “Net Worth Poverty in Child Households by Race and Ethnicity, 1989-2019.” The paper is to be published...
Dec 6, 2020
This week we discuss the report that 96% of people aged 27-45 are very concerned or extremely concerned about climate change. And, I recently spoke with Professor Charles Seguin of Pennsylvania State University his recent paper titled “The stability of androgynous names: Dynamics of gendered naming practices in...
Nov 20, 2020
This week we discuss the threat of a famine of “biblical proportions” owing to COVID-19. And, I recently spoke with Professor Alyssa Goldman of Boston College about her recent paper titled “The Early-Life Origins of Later-Life Networks.” The paper is to be published in Social Problems, and...
Nov 15, 2020
This week we discuss the claim that pre-election polls failed during the 2020 election. And, I recently spoke with Professor Kevin Estep of Creighton University about his recent paper titled “Opting Out: Individualism and Vaccine Refusal in Pockets of Socioeconomic Homogeneity.” The paper is to be published in...