{"id":338,"date":"2022-12-01T19:27:46","date_gmt":"2022-12-01T19:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2026-01-22T00:28:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:28:58","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--editorial-cards\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/research-areas\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Research Areas\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2023\/12\/RA3-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2023\/12\/RA3-1280x720.png 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2023\/12\/RA3-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Illustration of everyday icons surrounding a human silhouette\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/research-areas\/\" >\n                  \n                    Research Areas\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>At CESR, our scientists, colleagues and staff pursue compelling, data-driven research in the social sciences and economics that further understanding, policy making and quality of life. In broad terms, our significant areas of interest include:<\/p>\n<p>Aging<br \/>\nChildren &amp; Families<br \/>\nDevelopment Economics<br \/>\nEducation Economics<br \/>\nFinancial Decision Making<br \/>\nHealth, Health Disparities, and Socio-Economic Status<br \/>\nInequality<br \/>\nMobile Health<br \/>\nSelf-Reporting<br \/>\nSubjective Well-Being<br \/>\nWork Disability<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/publications\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about Publications\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2023\/11\/iStock_000015602997Medium-768x432.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2023\/11\/iStock_000015602997Medium-1280x720.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2023\/11\/iStock_000015602997Medium-768x432.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Image of woman reading a line graph\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/publications\/\" >\n                  \n                    Publications\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p><strong>2026 | CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Albert Weerman, Chirag Patel. <a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2025\/12\/WP_2026_001.pdf\">LLM-Based Semantic Retrieval and Synthetic Response Generation for Longitudinal Survey Data.<\/a> Paper No: 2026-001.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/publications-archive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Archive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n        <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/about\/the-evidence-base\/\"  aria-label=\"Read more about The Evidence Base Blog\">\n  \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2023\/11\/Screenshot-2023-11-08-at-2.56.07\u202fPM.jpeg\"\n                    data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  alt=\"Screenshot of The Evidence Base Blog site\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n      <\/a>\n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n                            <h3>\n                                      <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/about\/the-evidence-base\/\" >\n                  \n                    The Evidence Base Blog\n\n                                      <\/a>\n                                  <\/h3>\n            \n                              \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>A collaboration between the USC Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) and the USC Schaeffer Center, <a href=\"https:\/\/schaeffer.usc.edu\/about\/the-evidence-base\/\">The Evidence Base<\/a> focuses on improving policy in health, economics, and well-being. The blog is a vehicle for timely insights and analysis on current issues.<\/p>\n<p>Posts on our blog are edited for clarity, but have not been subject to a formal, peer-review process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":204,"featured_media":1990,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-338","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Research - Center for Economic and Social Research<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At CESR, our scientists, colleagues and staff pursue compelling, data-driven research in the social sciences and economics that further understanding, policy making and quality of life.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/cesr\/research\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Research - 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