CSDE Affiliates Jessica Jones-Smith, Melissa Knox, and CSDE Research Scientists Phil Hurvitz and Deven Hamilton recently published new research exploring the impacts of sweetened beverage taxes with co-authors Norma Coe, Lina Walkinshaw, John Schoof, and James Krieger. The authors assess the degree to which sweetened beverage taxes in three large US cities placed an inequitable burden on populations with lower incomes. They assess spending on beverage taxes across income categories, after taxes. They also examine whether there is a net transfer of funds towards lower income populations once allocation of tax revenue is considered.
Long, Vigdor, Wething, and Co-authors Publish New Working Paper on Boundary Discontinuity Methods
CSDE Affiliates Mark Long, Jacob Vigdor, and CSDE Fellowship Alumna Hilary Wething recently published a National Bureau of Economics working paper with co-authors Ekaterina Jardim, Robert Plotnick, and Emma van Inwegen. The research was partially funded by CSDE. The research team demonstrate the weaknesses of boundary discontinuity as a causal method in policy research. They do so by estimating spillover effects of minimum wage increases on neighboring jurisdictions using geographically precise, longitudinal data.
Berridge and Colleagues Publish Research on Technology in Elder Care
CSDE Affiliate Clara Berridge, with co-authors Yuanjin Zhou, Amanda Lazar, Anupreet Porwal, Nora Mattek, Sarah Gothard, and Jeffrey Kaye recently received the Best Paper Award at the Designing Interactive Systems 2022 Conference. The study results stem from a survey of a U.S. online cohort of patients who use technologies to manage their own care. The findings show how important it is for patients to have control over monitoring technologies, including managing their privacy and other information associated with the monitoring technology.
Funding Opportunity for Research on Climate Change and Human Health
The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has a new request for proposals for research exploring the health impacts of climate change. The funding opportunity consists of small grants to promote growth of new connections between scholars, practitioners, educators, and/or communicators working to understand, spread the word about, and mitigate the impacts of climate change on human health. The funder is particularly but not exclusively interested in activities that build connections between basic/early biomedical scientific approaches and ecological, environmental, geological, geographic, and planetary-scale thinking, as well as with population-focused fields including epidemiology and public health, demography, economics, and urban planning. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through August 30, 2023.
As always, if CSDE’s teams can be of additional help with your research planning or an application, please let us know. You can submit your interest and plans to the proposal planning form or contact Belinda Sachs (belindab@uw.edu).
Learn about the NSF Cultural Anthropology Program in Upcoming Webinar!
The National Science Foundation is hosting a webinar to discuss funding opportunities available through their cultural anthropology program on Wednesday, July 13, from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM Pacific time. Interested, but unable to attend? You can see a recording of their May 23rd session or find the slides from that presentation on the event page.