We are excited to announce that Future of Families and Child Well-being Study (FFCWS) data are now available at the NWFSRDC. FFCWS is the longest-running and only contemporary U.S. birth cohort study of young adults based on a national sample. FFCWS follows children from birth through young adulthood, enabling researchers, policymakers, and practitioners to understand the impacts of family structure, education, employment, income, health, housing, and resource sharing on human development. FFCWS data in the NWFSRDC will be linkable to other FSRDC data files and will contain the core files plus additional contextual files (such as geographic identifiers, school context files, and county- and tract-level information). More details about the FFCWS data available at the NWFSRDC can be found at researchdatagov.org. Contact us to learn more about the data access process!
Acolin and Walter Examine Maintenance Costs in Rental Housing
There is limited empirical evidence on how maintenance costs vary across units and building types, and the extent to which tenant wear and tear contribute to these expenses. In a recent paper published in Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, CSDE Affiliates Arthur Acolin and Rebecca Walter (Real Estate) leverage unit-level work order data from 1,745 tenancy spells across four housing providers to examine factors influencing maintenance expenditures. Among other findings, the study shows that unit and building characteristics have a greater impact than tenant behavior. Read the full study here.
Facilities, Finance, and Analytics Researcher – WA Department of Social and Health Services (4/7/25)
Huo Family Foundation Grants on Effects of Digital Technology in Children (4/2/25)
CSDE Biodemography Working Group Meeting (4/3/25)
National Association for Welfare Research and Statistics Research Conference (4/4/25)
RSF Call for Proposals from Early-Career Scholars – Causal Research on Criminal Justice System (Due 4/3/25)
Schmidt Sciences Humanities and Artificial Intelligence Virtual Institute (4/4/25)
Grandmothers Against Gun Violence Foundation Grants for Emerging Researchers (4/7/25)
Freedom & Justice Conference (4/1/25)
The Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples (AERIP), the American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE), and the National Economic Association (NEA) invite paper submissions for the 9th annual Freedom and Justice summer conference July 31-August 2, 2025 in Puerto Rico. The Freedom and Justice Conference is an interdisciplinary social justice conference that attracts a small group of scholars dedicated to discussing pressing economic problems and their solutions for communities of color. They are especially interested in paper submissions that address the following topics, including those that have an intersectional analysis (examples below):
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- Cooperative Economics
- Health disparities
- Racial wealth inequality
- Social movements for economic justice, independence, and equal rights