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
8:45-9:00am - 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
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.
Paper titles are linked to digital version of the slides.
8:00-8:30am - Breakfast & Check-In
8:45-9:00am - 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*
- Session Chair: Theresa Osypuk
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*
- Community characteristics and armed conflict: Comparative research with IPUMS DHS. Elizabeth Heger Boyle*
- Session Chair: Tracy Kugler
12:15-1:15pm - Lunch & Keynote Presentation**
- The Origin of IPUMS. 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. Hamermesh* 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*
- Session Chair: Sarah Flood
3:00-4:30pm - Panel Session 4: Disentangling Discrimination**
- Ethnic Identity and Anti-Immigrant Sentiment: Evidence From Proposition 187. Francisca Antman* and Brian Duncan
- 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
- Session Chair: Cathy Fitch
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.
- We are also hosting Virtual Office Hours on November 1 from 10:00-11:30am CT for another opportunity to talk with IPUMS data experts.
*Denotes presenting author
**Hybrid session–available to online participants
Featured Scholars at the IPUMS30 Research Showcase
- Francisca Antman; University of Colorado Boulder
- Elizabeth Heger Boyle; University of Minnesota
- Albert Esteve; Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics-CERCA and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
- Gilbert Gonzales; Vanderbilt University
- Daniel S. Hamermesh; University of Texas at Austin
- J'Mag Karbeah; University of Minnesota
- Joanne Song McLaughlin; University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
- Hamid Noghanibehambari; Austin Peay State University
- Yue Qian; University of British Columbia
- Peter Rich; Cornell University
- Elizabeth Roberto; Rice University
- Connor Sheehan; Arizona State University
- Brian Thiede; Pennsylvania State University
- Jennifer Van Hook; Pennsylvania State University
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!”