We explore the impact of rising incomes at the top of the distribution on spatial sorting
patterns within large US cities. We develop and quantify a spatial model of a city with …

We nonparametrically estimate spillovers of properties financed by the Low Income Housing
Tax Credit (LIHTC) onto neighborhood residents by developing a new difference-in …

We study the local effects of new market-rate housing in low-income areas using microdata
on large apartment buildings, rents, and migration. New buildings decrease rents in nearby …

This paper provides an introduction and “user guide” to Regression Discontinuity (RD)
designs for empirical researchers. It presents the basic theory behind the research design …

This article reviews current federal housing assistance policies and briefly summarizes
research evidence about the efficacy of the different programs. We identify three key …

This article develops a welfare theoretic framework for interpreting evidence on the impacts
of public programs on housing markets. We extend Rosen's hedonic model to explain how …

Recovery of causal relationships in data is an essential part of scholarly inquiry in the social
sciences. This chapter discusses strategies that have been successfully used in urban and …

There is a growing debate about whether new housing units increase rents for immediately
surrounding apartments. Some argue new market-rate development produces a supply …

We synthesize the vast, international scholarly literature related to the growing problem of
housing affordability. As a foundation for assessing both the causes of housing affordability …

The United States federal government devotes around $40 billion each year to means-
tested housing programs, plus another $6 billion or so each year in tax expenditures on the …