social inequality

EPI Speaker Series

What female economists learned bringing research to White House policy making

Feb 7, 2018, 4:00-5:30 pm EST

Weill Hall

What female economists learned bringing research to White House policy making

EPI Policy briefs

Understanding the Psychosocial Effects of the Flint Water Crisis on School-Age Children in Michigan

May 19, 2022

Sam Trejo, Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, Brian Jacob, Samuel Owusu

In early 2016, the Flint Water Crisis captured national attention; major news outlets reported that the city’s tap water had been contaminated with lead since April of 2014. While Flint residents alerted officials about the changes to their drinking...

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Historic Crisis, Historic Opportunity: Using Evidence to Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children and Early Care and Education Programs

June 1, 2021

Christina Weiland, Erica Greenberg, Daphna Bassok, Anna Markowitz, Paola Guerrero Rosada, Grace Luetmer, Rachel Abenavoli, Celia Gomez, Anna Johnson, Brenda Jones-Harden, Michelle Maier, Meghan McCormick, Pamela Morris, Milagros Nores, Deborah Phillips, Catherine Snow

The COVID-19 crisis has brought unprecedented challenges to the high-quality early care and education (ECE) experiences that are essential for young children to thrive. Throughout the pandemic, early childhood policymakers had to quickly make...

social inequality

What female economists learned bringing research to White House policy making

Understanding the Psychosocial Effects of the Flint Water Crisis on School-Age Children in Michigan

Historic Crisis, Historic Opportunity: Using Evidence to Mitigate the Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children and Early Care and Education Programs

Mitigating Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on Young Children and Early Care and Education Programs

From Rescue to Rebuild: Developing a National ECE System That Works

Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom on modern discourse

The future of education in Detroit: As told by Detroit educators, activists, and chroniclers

Future of education in Detroit: A panel discussion