Is allowing borrowers to suspend mortgage payments an effective way to stabilize the economy during a recession? In a new working paper, Omeed Maghzian and I attempt to…
This paper estimates the impact of household liquidity provision on macroeconomic stabilization using the 2020 CARES Act mortgage forbearance program. We leverage…
Which families gain access to neighborhood and school contexts most conducive to their children’s development? Race and class continue to play central roles given the…
The draw of white and well-resourced suburban public schools has long fueled segregation in America’s metropolitan areas, but what happens when these schools become more…
Since the mid-twentieth century, many American suburbs have transformed from lily white enclaves to multiracial milieus. How do advantaged families respond? With residential…
