Social/Family Policy

In this commentary, Stone Center postdoctoral scholar Jaquelyn Jahn, a social epidemiologist who focuses on health equity, discusses ways to prevent more illness and deaths in jails and prisons.

Janet Gornick talks about economics and poverty in a time of COVID-19 on CUNY TV.

In this research spotlight, a study by Jaquelyn Jahn and her coauthors looks at how living in an area with high rates of incarceration increases the risk of preterm birth among Black and white women.

In this commentary, Jaquelyn Jahn, a social epidemiologist who will be joining the Stone Center as a postdoctoral scholar this fall, discusses the consequences of the pandemic on incarcerated populations.

J. L. Jahn, J. T. Chen, M. Agénor, and N. Krieger. Social Science & Medicine. vol. 250. 2020.

In this commentary, Stone Center faculty — Miles Corak, Janet Gornick, Paul Krugman, Leslie McCall, Branko Milanovic, and Salvatore Morelli — each with unique expertise in the study of inequality, offer insights on the COVID-19 crisis.

In this interview, sociologist Philip N. Cohen discusses his work on developing open platforms for social science research and his research on family inequality.

In this research spotlight, a study by Janet Gornick and colleagues focuses attention on a seldom-discussed axis of inequality in the US: variation in social safety net policies across states.

In his New York Times newsletter, Paul Krugman discusses the political debate over who should and who shouldn’t receive government aid.

Janet Gornick explains how proposed universal child care and other social benefit programs would help workers in the United States.