Lawrence Berger

Biographic Data

ID3979099
NAMELawrence Berger
GIVEN NAMESLawrence
FAMILY NAMEBerger
SIGNATUREBERGER L
ORCID0000-0002-5819-6240
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS463
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX5

  • Situated Attention, Agency, and Self-Integration

    Open AccessLawrence BergerARTICLEHuman Studies2026

    I argue that attention is always placed in the lived body-environment as the locus of control of bodily resources, which are activated, oriented, and made manifest as centered in joint engagement there. Since these resources are constitutive of our possibilities for being in the world, it follows that attention is how the self is made manifest in relation to and in engagement with other entities. I also argue that while attention itself is typica…

  • Beyond the attention economy, towards an ecology of attending. A manifesto

    Open AccessGunter Bombaerts, Tom Hannes et al.ARTICLEAI & Society2026

    We endorse policymakers’ efforts to address the negative consequences of the attention economy’s technology but add that these approaches are often limited in their criticism of the systemic context of human attention. Starting from Buddhist philosophy, we advocate a broader approach: an ‘ecology of attending’ that centers on conceptualizing, designing, and using attention (1) in an embedded way and (2) focused on the alleviating of suffering. Wi…

  • Defining the ‘Resource Unit’ for Poverty Measurement in Complex Contemporary Households

    Open AccessLawrence M Berger, Lawrence Berger et al.ARTICLEPopulation Research and Policy…2024References: 30

  • Politics of Attention and the Promise of Mindfulness

    Lawrence BergerBOOKPolitics of Attention and the…2023Cited by: 411

  • Intra-year employment instability and economic well-being among urban households

    Open AccessJulie Y Cai, Yixia Cai et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2023Cited by: 2References: 31

  • The Effects of Child Poverty Reductions on Child Protective Services Involvement

    Open AccessJessica Pac, Sophie Collyer et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2023Cited by: 9References: 4

    In this study, we use microsimulation methods to estimate the reduction in child protective services (CPS) involvement resulting from implementation of three of the policy packages from a recent National Academy of Sciences proposal to reduce child poverty, including the introduction of a child allowance and expansions to the earned income tax credit, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, and the federal minimum wage. We find that the po…

  • The Effects of Opioid Use during Pregnancy on Infant Health and Well-Being

    Open AccessJessica Pac, Christine Piette Durrance et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2022References: 40

    We estimate the causal effects of infants’ exposure to opioids in utero on their health at birth and on the likelihood that their parents will be the subjects of subsequent reports to child protective services. We use administrative data on 259,723 infants born to 176,224 mothers enrolled in Medicaid between 2010 and 2019. Results suggest that an infant experiencing withdrawal symptoms after birth or needing admission to intensive care is strongl…

  • External Review Board

    Mimi Abramovitz, Laura Abrams et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2019

  • Children with disabilities and trajectories of parents' unsecured debt across the life course

    Open AccessJason N Houle, Lawrence M Berger et al.ARTICLESocial Science Research2017Cited by: 8References: 39

  • Is Student Loan Debt Discouraging Homeownership among Young Adults

    Jason N Houle, Lawrence M Berger et al.ARTICLESocial Service Review2015Cited by: 20References: 2

    Amid concern that rising student loan debt has social and economic consequences for young adults, many suggest that student loan debt is leading young adults to forgo home buying. However, there is little empirical evidence on this topic. In this study, we use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 to estimate associations of student loan debt with homeownership, mortgage amount, and home equity. We use a variety of methodologic…

  • First-year maternal employment and child outcomes

    Open AccessLawrence M Berger, Lawrence Berger et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2008Cited by: 13References: 43