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June 10, 2025

America’s Housing Supply Problem: The Closing of the Suburban Frontier?

Housing prices across much of America have hit historic highs, while less housing is being…

April 19, 2025

Workplace Segregation between College and Non-College Workers

Abstract We measure the level and growth of education segregation in American workplaces from 2000…

March 13, 2025

Housing Roadblocks: Paving a New Way to Address Affordability

Thank you, Chairman Scott and ranking member Warren. Thank you, committee members. I am gratefuland…

December 4, 2024

Shifting Patterns of Social Interaction: Exploring the Social Life of Urban Spaces Through A.I.

Abstract We analyze changes in pedestrian behavior over a 30-year period in four urban public…

December 2, 2024

Why Has Construction Productivity Stagnated? The Role of Land-Use Regulation

Abstract We document a Kuznets curve for construction productivity in 20th-century America. Homes built per…

November 5, 2024

Harvard Professor Edward Glaeser on the U.S. Housing Crisis

Why are U.S. housing prices so high? Edward L. Glaeser, the Fred and Eleanor Glimp…

September 2, 2024

This Is How to Fix the Housing Crisis

Vice President Kamala Harris correctly identified one of America’s biggest problems when she said that…

April 26, 2024

Human Capital Spillovers and Health: Does Living Around College Graduates Lengthen Life?

Abstract Equally educated people are healthier if they live in more educated places. Every 10…

January 2, 2024

Billionaire-Built Cities Would Be Better Than Nothing

A company backed by Silicon Valley’s most powerful investors, including the LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman…