Chun, Y., Roll, S., Miller, S., Lee, H., Larimore, S., & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2023). Racial and ethnic disparities in housing instability during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of assets and income shocks. Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 6(2), 63–81. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41996-022-00109-5
Tag: Hedwig Lee
Who Protests, What Do They Protest, and Why?
Abstract We examine individuals’ decisions to attend protests during the summer of 2020. Our analysis examines two simultaneous movements: Black Lives Matter along with protests calling for less stringent public health measures to combat the COVID-19 (e.g., for swifter reopening of businesses). Our analysis is made possible by a unique staggered panel data set that […]
Who relocates, where do they move, and why?
The lack of socioeconomic mobility among marginalized populations leads to the concentration of poverty, a long-standing issue in American cities. Empirical studies on neighborhood effects have found that poverty concentration adversely affects the socioeconomic mobility of residents—associated with their economic well-being, employment, education, health, and safety—in lower-income neighborhoods. Through a variety of neighborhood revitalization projects, […]
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Housing Instability During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of Assets and Income Shocks
Chun, Y., Roll, S., Miller, S., Lee, H., Larimore, S, & Grinstein-Weiss, M. (2020). Racial and ethnic disparities in housing instability during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of assets and income shocks (Social Policy Institute Working Paper). Washington University, Social Policy Institute. https//doi.org/10.7936/v0xn-yr31
Housing Hardships Reach Unprecedented Heights during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Groundbreaking data from a new large-scale, nationally-representative survey of low- and moderate-income (LMI) households administered by the Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis in April of 2020 suggests that individuals have been facing increased housing hardship such as evictions, delayed rent or mortgage payments, and unexpected utility payments and home repairs during the pandemic.
“White Box” Epidemiology and the Social Neuroscience of Health Behavior Change: The Environmental Affordances Model
Mezuk, B., Abdou, C. M., Hudson, D. L., Kershaw, K. N., Rafferty, J. A., Lee, H., & Jackson, J. S. (2013). “White box” epidemiology and the social neuroscience of health behaviors: The Environmental Affordances Model. Society and Mental Health, 3(2), 79–95. doi:10.1177/2156869313480892
Reconsidering the Role of Social Disadvantage in Physical and Mental Health: Stressful Life Events, Health Behaviors, Race, and Depression
Mezuk, B., Kershaw, K., Rafferty, J., Hudson, D., Abdou, C., Lee, H., Eaton, W., & Jackson, J. (2010). Reconsidering the role of social disadvantage in physical and mental health: Stressful life events, health behaviors, race, and depression. American Journal of Epidemiology, 172(11), 1238–1249. doi:10.1093/aje/kwq283