Vikas Gawai, PhD Candidate in Agricultural & Applied Economics Hometown: Malvan, a tiny coastal town on the west coast of India Educational Background: MS in Economics, UW-Madison; B.Tech. in Civil Engineering, V.J.T.I., Mumbai University 1. What are your research interests and current research projects? I am an Applied Economist with a focus on policy evaluations …
Congratulations to Christine Schwartz for her NIH-funded R03 “The Divorce Decline and Relationship Stability: 1970-2019.” Christine Schwartz is a Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Sociology, with her primary research interests including social demography, family, and stratification. “The Divorce Decline and Relationship Stability: 1970-2019 is an NIH-funded R03 on trends in divorce and relationship dissolution in the …
Tiffany Green was named a 2023 UW-Madison Outstanding Women of Color Honoree. The annual Outstanding Women of Color Awards acknowledge and honor women of color within the UW–Madison community “whose advocacy, activism, or scholarship has fostered social justice and organizational change; who have created positive transformation within their institutions and/or the community to achieve the …
Katherine Magnuson (PI) and Sarah Halpern-Meekin (co-I) have received a large NICHD R01 to continue the highly innovative Baby’s First Years study. The study uses an experimental, mixed-method design to assess the causal impact of monthly, unconditional cash gifts to low-income mothers recruited at the time of their child’s birth. Monthly cash gifts provided by …