The volatility of the business cycle and an extreme shortage of housing were the twin problems of American economic life in the years following the First World War. Under the…
In the years immediately following the First World War, economists in industry, government, and academia came to perceive data as the antidote to the interrelated crises…
Alexander Hermann, Thomas Shay Hill
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May 18, 2021
Home prices across the US rose significantly during the pandemic, bolstered by historically low interest rates, strong demand, and the tightest supply conditions seen in 40…
In recent years, federal housing policy has shifted toward a system that is increasingly reliant on tenant-based subsidies. Of the five million households across the country…
W14-11: This paper considers an unexamined mechanism in the selection processes that sort the urban poor into different neighborhood environments: the landlord. Scholars…