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Stakeholders Say Immigrants Are ‘Essential’ to Western Kansas Economy at KU Policy Conference
Stakeholders at a University of Kansas-hosted policy conference agreed Thursday that immigration and trade are essential to the Kansas economy, despite rhetoric emanating from Washington aimed at stymying the inflow of immigrants and renegotiating trade deals. ...
New Book Urges Humans to Hear the Call of Place
"The agency of place" is the key concept in a new book co-authored by University of Kansas Associate Professor of Geography Jay T. Johnson, an affiliate of KU's Indigenous Studies program. “Being Together in Place: Indigenous Coexistence in a More Than Human World” (University of Minnesota Press, 2017) by Johnson...
Annual Kansas Economic Policy Conference to Examine Immigration, Trade and State’s Economy
Immigration in recent decades has contributed to more than half of Kansas' population growth, which is a key component of economic growth. In addition, Mexico is Kansas' largest trading partner. With so much national policy discussion on reforming immigration and trade, economists, educators and policymakers from across the state will...
Kansas Statistical Abstract’s 51st Edition Demonstrates Growth in Wind Energy, Special Taxing Districts
For more than a half-century, the Kansas Statistical Abstract has provided invaluable social and economic data that has aided Kansans in promoting and governing their communities. The Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas in September published online for free the 51st edition, which contains a...
We Need to Talk About ‘Hot’ Female Economists
A new study shows female economists are more likely to be described using raunchy language. "The more types of people you have in a profession, the broader the questions and the more expansive the research," said Donna Ginther, an economics professor at the University of Kansas. ...
Racial Profiling of Latino Immigrants Influences Indigenous, Non-Indigenous Families Differently, Study Finds
Immigration policies focusing on racial profiling and criminalization of Latinos in the United States have direct implications on immigrants and their family members, many of whom are U.S. citizens, according to a study by a University of Kansas researcher who explores these consequences amongst mixed-status families in the Midwest. ...
Medicaid Expansion Possibly Reduced ‘Medical Divorces,’ KU Economists Find
States that expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act possibly saw a reduction in the number of "medical divorces," in which a couple separates its assets when one partner is diagnosed with a degenerative disease, according to a working paper by two University of Kansas economists. ...
IPSR publishes 50th edition of Kansas Statistical Abstract
For a half-century, one report has provided invaluable social and economic data that has aided Kansans in promoting and governing their communities. The Institute for Policy & Social Research at the University of Kansas in September published the 50th edition of the Kansas Statistical Abstract, which contains a wide variety...