Steven Haider

Futurity: Research News | 2013-12-20

“What’s surprising about our findings is that when we take out all the factors we can observe—including mother’s age, education level, marital status, and state of residence—the difference in the rate in which black and white infants die remained absolutely stable for two decades,” says Steven Haider, professor of economics at Michigan State University. “We made no progress in shrinking that part of the gap.”...

MSU Today | 2013-12-19

“What’s surprising about our findings is that when we take out all the factors we can observe – including mother’s age, education level, marital status and state of residence – the difference in the rate in which black and white infants die remained absolutely stable for two decades,” said Steven Haider, professor of economics. “We made no progress in shrinking that part of the gap.”...

TIME | 2013-12-19

There have been many explanations offered for the difference in survival rates, including discrepancies in education, access to prenatal care, fatherly engagement, local healthcare options and wealth. But by analyzing the birth certificate data, the researchers were able to rule most of those out. “When we take out the factors we can observe—including mother’s age, education level, marital status and state of residence—the difference in the rate in which black and white infants die remained absolutely stable for two decades,” says Steven Haider, professor of economics at Michigan State University and one of the authors of the study. “We’ve made no progress in shrinking that part of the gap.”...