IPUMS Turns 30

Celebrating 30 years of IPUMS

Join us in celebration of our 30th anniversary!

In 2023, we celebrate 30 years since the first IPUMS data release, as well as the first data download. Since then, IPUMS has grown and now offers 2.5 billion microdata records across 2,500 datasets and disseminates more than 600 terabytes of data annually. 

IPUMS30 Research Showcase

To commemorate three decades of data dissemination and harmonization, we are hosting a one-day research showcase at IPUMS HQ on October 13, 2023. Join us on this day to hear from scholars whose innovative research demonstrates the power and extent of the full range of IPUMS data collections. We invite the University of Minnesota community to join us in person and the broader IPUMS community to participate online. 

8:00-8:30am - Breakfast & Check-In
8:30-9:00am - Opening Remarks**
9:00-10:30am - Panel Session 1: Examining Marriage and Families**
10:45am-12:15pm - Panel Session 2: Reconsidering Community and Geographic Contexts**
12:15-1:15pm - Lunch & Keynote Presentation**
1:15-2:45pm - Panel Session 3: Measuring and Understanding Daily Life**
3:00-4:30pm - Panel Session 4: Disentangling Discrimination**
4:30-6:00pm - Data Showcase Reception

Register for the IPUMS30 Research Showcase

IPUMS30 Research Showcase Detailed Schedule

All sessions will be held at the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and streamed live for virtual attendees.  
All times are in Central Time.

8:00-8:30am - Breakfast & Check-In

8:30-9:00am - Opening Remarks**

9:00-10:30am - Panel Session 1: Examining Marriage and Families**

  • A Dream Come True: IPUMS International and the Study of the Family on a Global Scale. Albert Esteve*
  • Young Children and Parents’ Labor Supply During COVID-19. Joanne Song McLaughlin*
  • Trends in Marriage and Health Among Sexual Minorities in the US. Gilbert Gonzales*
  • Spousal Differences in Educational Attainment and Fertility Preferences: Evidence From Ethiopia, Malawi, and Uganda. Monica Grant*

10:45am-12:15pm - Panel Session 2: Reconsidering Community and Geographic Contexts**

  • Policy Backlash or Structural Inertia? A Micro-Macro Analysis of White Residential Decline From Desegregating City School Districts Between 1970 and 1990. Peter Rich*
  • Climatic Variability and Internal Migration in Asia: Evidence From Big Microdata. Brian Thiede*
  • (Infra)Structural Racism: Examining Social and Spatial Division in Road Networks. Elizabeth Roberto*

12:15-1:15pm - Lunch & Keynote Presentation**

  • Steven Ruggles; IPUMS Founder & Director, University of Minnesota Regents Professor

1:15-2:45pm - Panel Session 3: Measuring and Understanding Daily Life**

  • Did the COVID-19 Pandemic Make It Worse? Working From Home and Affective Wellbeing at the Intersections of Parental Status and Occupation. Yue Qian* and Wen Fan
  • From Data to Dreams: IPUMS and the Study of Rapidly Changing Sleep Trends. Connor Sheehan*
  • The Mismeasurement of Work Time and Its Implications for Wage Discrimination and Inequality. Daniel S. Hammermesh* and George Borjas
  • Toxified to the Bone: Early-Life and Childhood Exposure to Lead and Men’s Old-Age Mortality. Jason Fletcher and Hamid Noghanibehambari*

3:00-4:30pm - Panel Session 4: Disentangling Discrimination**

  • Ethnic Identity and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: Evidence From Proposition 187. Francisca Antman*
  • Racial Residential Segregation and Child Mortality in the Southern United States at the Turn of the 20th Century. J’Mag Karbeah* and J. David Hacker
  • Ethnic Identificational Change and Educational Mobility Among Mexican Americans. Jennifer Van Hook*, James D. Bachmeier, Kendal Lowrey, and Cheyenne Lonobile

4:30-6:00pm - Data Showcase Reception

  • Join us for refreshments and light appetizers as you connect with other attendees and talk with IPUMS research staff about the data featured on the IPUMS30 program and the wealth of IPUMS data we have to offer.

*Denotes presenting author
**Hybrid session–available to online participants

Register for the IPUMS30 Research Showcase

Featured Scholars at the IPUMS30 Research Showcase

Share your IPUMS story 

We are gathering narratives from IPUMS users to mark the occasion. Do you have research that would not be possible without IPUMS data? What's your favorite variable, and why? How has IPUMS played a role in your work? Take a few minutes to share your IPUMS story. Some of our favorite stories shared so far are below. 
 

“IPUMS opened my world to the unlimited possibilities of my future, through the past!”

“I came to the US in 2005 to study public policy and population science. When I was introduced to IPUMS it was like being a kid in a candy store. I have used it to write papers ranging from migration to credit booms.”

“I talked about the revolution that was/is IPUMS in my Presidential address to the Southern Demographic Association. What a game changer!”

“I’ve used versions of datasets from IPUMS, and I’ve always been amazed by the quality & accessibility of the data. The great experience helps me go through my entire PhD program journey. And I’m building my dissertations using ATUS data from IPUMS!”