Cities, Housing, & Society

About the Conference

Housing economics research intersects with urban, public, labor, real estate, IO, political economy, and macroeconomics, yet effective evidence-based policymaking requires perspectives that transcend these disciplinary boundaries. This one-day conference aims to foster collaboration across subfields on policy-relevant housing questions.

Program

1. 8:00 a.m.
   Breakfast
2. 8:30 a.m.
   Not So Affordable? Low-Income Housing and the Price of Public Capital

   Allan Lee and Evan Soltas
3. 9:30 a.m.
   Break
4. 9:45 a.m.
   Home Ownership and Cost of Living

   Gabe Chodorow-Reich, Ed Glaeser, Xavier Jaravel, and Avi Lipton
5. 10:45 a.m.
   Break
6. 11:00 a.m.
   Job Market Talks 15 min. uninterrupted + 5 min. discussion

   • Zoning and the Dynamics of Urban Redevelopment Vincent Rollet
   • Building with Externalities: Local Governments and Wind Farms Zane Kashner
   • Targeting and Price Pass-Through in Housing Voucher Design Fernando Ochoa
7. 12:00 p.m.
   Lunch
8. 1:00 p.m.
   How Do Neighborhoods and Firms Affect Intergenerational Mobility?

   David Card, Jesse Rothstein, and Moises Yi
9. 2:00 p.m.
   Break
10. 2:15 p.m.
    Immigration, Innovation, and the Geography of Growth

    Costas Arkolakis, Sun Kyoung Lee, and Michael Peters
11. 3:15 p.m.
    Break
12. 3:30 p.m.
    The Making of a National Mortgage Market and Its Effects on American Cities

    Victoria Angelova and Leonardo D'Amico
13. 4:30 p.m.
    Break
14. 4:45 p.m.
    New Deal Public Housing and Racial Segregation in U.S. Cities

    Hector Blanco and Luca Perdoni

Organizers

• Rebecca Diamond — Harvard University
• Adam Guren — Boston University
• Winnie van Dijk — Yale University

Venue & Travel

The conference will be held in the Hansen-Mason Room (Littauer 301), Harvard Department of Economics, 1805 Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA 02138.