Our Research
We work with faculty and other partners at UC Berkeley to produce high quality, non-partisan research that examines the most pressing issues for future generations. We support projects that directly align with the main research priorities outlined below. We prioritize research that has the potential to affect policy change and drive important conversations about the future for young adults.
As California grapples with a projected budget deficit of $22.5 billion for the upcoming fiscal year, state lawmakers are under immense pressure to balance the budget. This financial strain is...
Funding state-wide education isn’t cheap. But a well-funded early care and P-16 system has both direct benefits to students as well as indirect benefits to society. As we review impacts...
Governor Newsom’s revised K-12 budget could foreshadow future problems for CA schools On May 12, Governor Newsom released an updated budget for 2023-24 fiscal year. The new budget proposal reflects...
Code, publicly-available data, and figures for this post are available on this Github repository. Significant effort in the social sciences is spent on properly measuring economic well-being. Statistics covering income...
Assessing Changes in the Ideological Identity of Young Women and Men using the CCES A recent analysis by the Financial Times’ John Burn-Murdoch shows how the political ideology of young...
On the blog this month we’re looking at trends in generational homeownership rates, by the age of each generation, with generation defined based on the Pew Research Center’s definition. The...
Berkeley News, June 2024 Millennials and Gen Z face risks unknown to any previous generation. The Berkeley Institute for Young Americans reports that, on the left, center and right, these...
Abstract The purpose of this paper is to share results from a survey that leveraged Cultural Theory to understand the relationship between generational values and political participation in recent U.S....
Abstract Evidence has been accumulating for years that Millennials and Gen Zers are coming of age in the 21st century with unique attitudes and outlooks that differ from older age...
