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Working Papers

2023

1. The Global Housing Affordability Crisis: Policy Options and Strategies
   IZA Policy Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
2. Understanding Urban Economies, Land Use, and Social Dynamics in the City: Big Data and Measurement
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (1)

2022

3. Amenities and Housing Price Growth in Short-Term-Rental Target Cities
   ERES, European Real Estate Society (ERES)

2017

4. Immigrant Locations and Native Residential Preferences: Emerging Ghettos or New Communities?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Immigrant locations and native residential preferences: Emerging ghettos or new communities?, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (13) (2019)

2011

5. Women and Power: Unwilling, Ineffective, or Held Back?
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (15)

2008

6. City Beautiful
   Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (11)
   Also in IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) (2008) View citations (16)
7. Downloading Wisdom from Online Crowds
   IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (10)
8. Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (470)
   Also in Scholarly Articles, Harvard University Department of Economics (2008) View citations (466)
   See also Journal Article Housing supply and housing bubbles, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2008) View citations (458) (2008)
9. ON LOCAL HOUSING SUPPLY ELASTICITY
   ERES, European Real Estate Society (ERES) View citations (43)

2006

10. Immigration and Housing Rents in American Cities
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (12)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2003) View citations (19)
    See also Journal Article Immigration and housing rents in American cities, Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier (2007) View citations (290) (2007)
11. Immigration and the Neighborhood
    IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) View citations (3)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2006) View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Immigration and the Neighborhood, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Association (2011) View citations (126) (2011)
12. Owning versus leasing: do courts matter?
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (4)

2003

13. The Rise of the Skilled City
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (188)
    Also in Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia (2003) View citations (67)
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research (2003) View citations (63)
14. Urban decline and housing reinvestment: the role of construction costs and the supply side
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (7)

2002

15. Democracy to the road: the political economy of potholes
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (3)
16. The returns to speaking a second language
    Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia View citations (5)

2000

17. Consumer City
    Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research View citations (54)
    Also in NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000) View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Consumer city, Journal of Economic Geography, Oxford University Press (2001) View citations (355) (2001)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Physical geography and traffic delays: Evidence from a major coastal city
   Environment and Planning B, 2023, 50, (1), 218-243

2020

2. Bricks, mortar, and proptech
   Journal of Property Investment & Finance, 2020, 38, (4), 327-347 View citations (4)

2019

3. Beautiful city: Leisure amenities and urban growth
   Journal of Regional Science, 2019, 59, (3), 369-408 View citations (48)
4. Immigrant locations and native residential preferences: Emerging ghettos or new communities?
   Journal of Urban Economics, 2019, 112, (C), 133-151 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Immigrant Locations and Native Residential Preferences: Emerging Ghettos or New Communities?, IZA Discussion Papers (2017) View citations (5) (2017)
5. Order without design. Alain Bertaud. The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 2018. 413 pp. ISBN #9780262038768
   Papers in Regional Science, 2019, 98, (6), 2503-2503

2018

6. Crowdsourcing architectural beauty: Online photo frequency predicts building aesthetic ratings
   PLOS ONE, 2018, 13, (7), 1-15

2016

7. Introduction to the special issue “China's urbanization and housing market”
   Journal of Housing Economics, 2016, 33, (C), 1-3 View citations (6)

2015

8. Women and Power: Unpopular, Unwilling, or Held Back?
   Journal of Political Economy, 2015, 123, (3), 641 - 669 View citations (99)

2013

9. PROXYING FOR UNOBSERVABLE VARIABLES WITH INTERNET DOCUMENT-FREQUENCY
   Journal of the European Economic Association, 2013, 11, (1), 137-165 View citations (38)

2011

10. Immigration and the Neighborhood
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2011, 3, (2), 169-88 View citations (126)
    See also Working Paper Immigration and the Neighborhood, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (3) (2006)
11. The median voter didn't show up: Costly meetings and insider rents
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2011, 41, (5), 415-425

2010

12. Owning versus Renting: Do Courts Matter?
    Journal of Law and Economics, 2010, 53, (1), 137-165 View citations (27)
13. The Geographic Determinants of Housing Supply
    The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2010, 125, (3), 1253-1296 View citations (1093)

2008

14. A New Measure of the Local Regulatory Environment for Housing Markets: The Wharton Residential Land Use Regulatory Index
    Urban Studies, 2008, 45, (3), 693-729 View citations (321)
15. Housing supply and housing bubbles
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2008, 64, (2), 198-217 View citations (458)
    See also Working Paper Housing Supply and Housing Bubbles, NBER Working Papers (2008) View citations (470) (2008)

2007

16. Immigration and housing rents in American cities
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2007, 61, (2), 345-371 View citations (290)
    See also Working Paper Immigration and Housing Rents in American Cities, IZA Discussion Papers (2006) View citations (12) (2006)

2006

17. CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING STRUCTURE*
    Journal of Regional Science, 2006, 46, (4), 661-680 View citations (88)
18. Dictatorships and highways
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2006, 36, (2), 187-206 View citations (7)

2005

19. Listening to What the World Says: Bilingualism and Earnings in the United States
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2005, 87, (3), 523-538 View citations (73)

2004

20. Curriculum mandates and skills in adulthood: the case of foreign languages
    Economics Letters, 2004, 84, (1), 1-8
21. Reinvestment in the housing stock: the role of construction costs and the supply side
    Journal of Urban Economics, 2004, 55, (2), 238-256 View citations (52)

2003

22. Room in the Kitchen for the Melting Pot: Immigration and Rental Prices
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2003, 85, (3), 502-521 View citations (187)
23. The impact of immigration on American cities: an introduction to the issues
    Business Review, 2003, (Q4), 14-23 View citations (3)

2001

24. Consumer city
    Journal of Economic Geography, 2001, 1, (1), 27-50 View citations (355)
    See also Working Paper Consumer City, Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers (2000) View citations (54) (2000)

Chapters

2022

1. Urban Big Data: City Management and Real Estate Markets
   Springer View citations (1)

2019

2. Some Brief Thoughts on Housing Supply and Policy
   Springer View citations (1)