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The Public Good, Bad Policies, and Tough Times: When Profit and Public Interests Collide

Austin McNeill Brown, Shannon M. Monnat

This issue brief describes how privatization of public goods undermines public health, damages public trust, and erodes democracy and provides suggestions for how we can rethink policies to value people over profits instead of valuing profits over people.

February 23, 2021

Oral Health Is Important, but How Important?

Alexander G. Dengel

This issue brief describes the short- and long-term effects of a poor dental health routine and the simple steps necessary to maintain a healthy smile.

February 22, 2021

Unmet Needs are Associated with Increased Stress and Poor Physical and Mental Health in Early Adulthood

Colleen Heflin, Katie Green, Ying Huang, Asiya Validova

This research brief examines how different types of material hardship (difficulty paying for food, bills, and health care) are associated with self-rated health, depression, sleep problems, and suicidal thoughts among U.S. young adults (ages 24-32).

February 18, 2021

Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Development Increased Income for Rural Pennsylvania Families, but Youth Obesity Rates Remained High

Molly A. Martin

 A new study finds that despite increased income due to Marcellus Shale, childhood obesity in rural PA remain unchanged.

February 16, 2021

The Unique Impacts of U.S. Social and Health Policies on Rural Population Health and Aging

Danielle C. Rhubart, Shannon M. Monnat, Leif Jensen & Claire Pendergrast
February 12, 2021

The Other Side of the Coin: Public Opinion toward Social Tax Expenditures

Christopher Ellis, Christopher Faricy
Political Science Associate Professor Chris Faricy and co-author examine how public opinion differs between two types of economic aid—direct government assistance vs. indirect assistance in the form of tax subsidies.
February 9, 2021

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Area Agencies on Aging Provide Crucial Support for Older New Yorkers During COVID-19

Claire Pendergrast

This research brief discusses how Area Agencies on Aging are providing crucial support for older NewYorkers during COVID-19.

February 8, 2021

Fixed-k Inference for Conditional Extremal Quantiles

Yuya Sasaki & Yulong Wang
February 3, 2021

The Effect of Industrial Robots on Workplace Safety

Ling Li & Perry Singleton
February 1, 2021

Trimmed Mean Group Estimation

Yoonseok Lee & Donggyu Sul
January 31, 2021

Wastewater Testing Shows that Pharmaceutical and Illicit Drug Use are Higher in Places where COVID-19 is More Prevalent

Kerrie Marshall , Arik Palileo, Eric Schiff, Teng Zeng

Wastewater testing shows that pharmaceutical and illicit drug use are higher in places were COVID-19 is more prevalent.

January 28, 2021

Building Robust and Ethical Vaccination Verification Systems

Baobao Zhang, Laurin Weissinger, Johannes Himmelreich, Nina McMurry, Tiffany Li, Naomi Schinerman & Sarah Kreps
January 28, 2021

See related: COVID-19

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