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The Hidden Factor Behind Your Home Insurance Cost: Your Credit History In many states, homeowners with “excellent” credit scores are charged less for home insurance than those with worse scores, even if they live in a disaster-prone area.

“The choice to use credit scores in pricing means that those lower-credit home owners in risky areas are effectively subsidizing more affluent high-credit homeowners who also live in risky areas,” said MPC Member Nick Graetz. https://nyti.ms/4cIRr8U

Congratulations to Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field on being named the 2026 College of Liberal Arts Dean's Medalist! https://bit.ly/4sMu8zT

Children’s views are rarely sought by researchers: we found a way to do it Even young children can make choices.

"There is much to learn from children and the choices they make," say MPC researchers Anna Bolgrien and Deborah Levison when discussing the new, innovative ways to understand children's views in research. theconversation.com/childrens-vi...

Congratulations to Elizabeth Wrigley Field (@wrigleyfield.bsky.social) on receiving the MidCareer Faculty Research Award from the College of Liberal Arts for "How Demography Constrains and Enables Ideational Persistence and Change." cla.umn.edu/research-cre...

Possible federal immigration operation raises questions for Somali immigrants in Minnesota MPR News guest host Catharine Richert talks about news reports that the Trump administration plans to target hundreds of Somali immigrants living unlawfully in the Twin Cities.

ISRDI Postdoc Tatiana Padilla spoke with @mprnews.org @catharinerichert.bsky.social about what the current rhetoric is having on Minnesota's Somali community and what we know so far. www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

Minnesota’s ACA marketplace is about to become unaffordable - MinnPost Changing demographics, ballooning prescription drug costs, among other things, means Minnesotans are about to get sticker shock.

“Health care inflation has gone up. General inflation has gone up, and individuals are being asked to pay more,” said Abraham, especially for pricey drugs from Orladeyo to Ozempic. www.minnpost.com/state-govern...

Our home Institute is hiring! We are actively recruiting for a Program Coordinator and a Communications Manager for the newly launching NIA Demography and Economics on Aging Coordinator Center. Learn more about both positions and apply: isrdi.umn.edu/employment

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We have positions available for Fall 2025 with flexible timing! Check out our NIH T32 postdoc positions and share with your networks. pop.umn.edu/training/pos...

How many deaths are attributable to the slowdown📉in mortality improvements in the US?
In a new study with @astokespop.bsky.social and @wrigleyfield.bsky.social we estimate 525,505 excess deaths in 2023 alone
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📣 We are seeking to fill multiple postdoctoral positions! We have funding to fill NIH T32 program-based positions. Positions start Fall 2025, but timing is flexible! We'll begin reviewing applications July 21st, 2025 - so don't wait! Apply now! pop.umn.edu/training/pos...

RFK Jr. says Americans were healthier when his uncle was president. Is he right? American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently tells a different story.

"We have new drugs and medical technologies that have been very, very effective and successful," [MPC Member] @wrigleyfield.bsky.social explains, adding, "you would hope that that would be true in 60 years of medical progress." www.npr.org/2025/06/06/n...

Read more about the study at z.umn.edu/missing-Amer...

“These deaths are driven by long-running crises in drug overdose, gun violence, car collisions, and preventable cardiometabolic deaths," says MPC member @wrigleyfield.bsky.social

Excess deaths, meaning the number of deaths above the expected death rate, spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic and remain higher than peer nations in 2023, particularly for adults aged 25-44.

Adults aged 25-44 in the U.S. are 2.5 times more likely to die than international peers.

In 2023, a staggering 45.9% of U.S. deaths under 65 years old would have been prevented if we had the death rate of other wealthy nations.

The study found U.S. death rates were one-third higher than death rates in 21 other wealthy nations, including Canada, Finland, Iceland and Portugal.

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There were over 1.5 million “missing Americans” in 2022 and 2023—deaths that would have been averted if US mortality rates matched those of peer countries. MPC member @wrigleyfield.bsky.social is a coauthor on this new study: z.umn.edu/missing-Amer...

Assessing Egypt’s labour market dynamics - Egypt - Al-Ahram Weekly Al-Ahram Weekly interviews economist Ragui Assaad about labour market trends and challenges.

MPC Member Ragui Assaad was recently interviewed about Egypt’s National Employment Strategy. He warns measuring and addressing unemployment rates need to account both for people dropping out of the labor force and upcoming demographic changes. english.ahram.org.eg/News/545804....

Minnesota's largest generation, millennials, face a third round of economic uncertainty Older millennials were just entering the workforce during the 2008 Great Recession. Then came COVID-19. And millennials are once again faced with economic uncertainty at an age where they may be makin...

Economic headwinds faced by millennials, the largest portion of the workforce, has lead to lower home ownership rates, less wealth, and fewer kids. Check out this interview with MPC member Janna Johnson about what more economic uncertainty could mean for this group. www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

Minnesota's largest generation, millennials, face a third round of economic uncertainty Older millennials were just entering the workforce during the 2008 Great Recession. Then came COVID-19. And millennials are once again faced with economic uncertainty at an age where they may be makin...

Did you miss it live? Find the interview with Janna Johnson here: www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

MPR News Minnesota's Online Source for News That Matters

Take a listen at 12:30 pm today to @mprnews.org (www.mprnews.org) to catch our very own Janna Johnson talking with Nina Moini about the potential impact of a 3rd economic crisis for millenials.

Five years after COVID-19 lockdown, racial health disparities linger People of color experience a disproportionate burden of COVID-19 cases and deaths. In Minnesota, deaths from COVID-19 have been concentrated in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

It was through the MPC that @wrigleyfield.bsky.social and JP Leider connected to analyze death certificates as the COVID-19 pandemic evolved here in Minnesota. Connections like that can to lead to some really insightful work. Read more: www.mprnews.org/episode/2025...

It’s rare for cities to have zoning rules that treat thrift stores differently from other retail, said [MPC Member] Evan Roberts... “Cities are generally trying to move towards a more flexible approach to regulating specific uses."

ISRDI Diversity Fellowship Summer 2025. Be a part of something BIG.

Don't wait! The deadline to apply for our undergraduate and graduate, paid summer fellowship is March 16th! Please share this wonderful opportunity: isrdi.umn.edu/diversity-fe...

Institute for Social Research & Data Innovation Diversity Fellowship Summer 2025 - Be a part of something BIG.

We are seeking undergrad & grad students to be part of our paid fellowship program this summer! We have a great line up of data and research projects to work on and a program designed to give you practical skills as you advance in your career. Apply by March 16th! isrdi.umn.edu/diversity-fe...

Does enumerating undocumented residents in the US census affect congressional apportionment? Abstract. In recent years, American political figures, media pundits, and others have argued that undocumented residents in the United States should not be

New study out today in @pnasnexus.org by MPC member John Robert Warren shows removing undocumented residents from census data used for apportionment would have had no meaningful impact on party representation in the House or the outcome of presidential elections. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

Mortality Trends Among Early Adults in the United States, 1999-2023 This cross-sectional study examines trends in mortality rates among adults aged 25 to 44 years across the pre–COVID-19 pandemic, pandemic, and postpandemic periods.

New study with @wrigleyfield.bsky.social & colleagues finds that excess deaths among young U.S. adults have surged since 2011, accelerating during the pandemic and remaining high in 2023. Our research shows that this crisis extends far beyond drug overdoses. 🧵 (1/6)

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BRAND NEW research from @wrigleyfield.bsky.social & colleagues at UMN @minnpop.bsky.social shows that death rates for adults ages 25-44 rose sharply between 2019 & 2021 and **remain higher than expected** post-pandemic.
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