Published: 2015 | Chang-Tai Hsieh Enrico Moretti | Nation Bureau of Economic Research Abstract We quantify the amount of spatial misallocation of labor across US cities and its aggregate costs. Misallocation arises because high productivity cities like New York and…
The New Exclusionary Zoning
Published: 2014 | John Mangin | Stanford Law and Policy Review Abstract If low-income families can’t afford the suburbs and the cities, where should they go? For the first time in American history, it makes sense to talk about whole…
The Mortgage Interest Deduction and its Impact on Homeownership Decisions
Published: 2014 | Christian A. L. Hilber and Tracy M. Turner | Review of Economics and Statistics Abstract This paper examines the impact of the combined U.S. state and federal mortgage interest deduction (MID) on homeownership attainment, using data from…
Density Zoning and Class Segregation in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Published: 2013 | Jonathan T. Rothwell and Douglas S. Massey Abstract Objectives—Socioeconomic segregation rose substantially in U.S. cities during the final decades of the 20th century and we argue zoning regulations are an important cause for this increase. Methods—We measure…
New Perspectives on Community-Level Determinants of Homelessness
Published: 2012 | Thomas Byrne, Ellen A. Munley, Jamison D. Fargo, Ann E. Montgomery, and Dennis P. Culhane | Journal of Urban Affairs Abstract Understanding the root causes of homelessness is important for developing effective solutions to the problem. This…
Do Vouchers Help Low-Income Households Live in Safer Neighborhoods? Evidence on the Housing Choice Voucher Program
Published: 2011 | Michael C. Lens, Ingrid Gould Ellen and Katherine O’Regan | Cityscape Abstract This article examines an important potential justification jor the Housing Choice Voucher Program, namely, whether participants are able to access safer neighborhoods. Using neighborhood crime…
Residential Land Use Regulation and the US Housing Price Cycle Between 2000 and 2009
Published: 2010 | Haifang Huang and Yao Tang | Journal of Urban Economics Abstract In a sample covering more than 300 cities in the US between January 2000 and July 2009, we find that more restrictive residential land use regulations…
The Effect of Density Zoning on Racial Segregation in U.S. Urban Areas
Published: 2009 | Jonathan Rothwell and Douglas Massey Abstract We argue that anti-density zoning increases black residential segregation in U.S. metropolitan areas by reducing the quantity of affordable housing in white jurisdictions. Drawing on census data and local regulation indicators…
Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles
Published: 2006 | Edward L. Glaeser, Joseph Gyourko, Albert Saiz | National Bureau of Economic Research Abstract Like many other assets, housing prices are quite volatile relative to observable changes in fundamentals. If we are going to understand boom-bust housing…
Whiteness as Property
Published: 2006 | Cheryl I. Harris | UCLA School of Law Research Paper Abstract Issues regarding race and racial identity as well as questions pertaining to property rights and ownership have been prominent in much public discourse in the United…