SI 2024 Urban Economics

Edward L. Glaeser, Organizer

July 25-26, 2024

Hotel Marlowe

FORMAT: For the 50-minute slots, 25 for the presenter, 12.5 for the discussant and 12.5 for Q&A. For the 20-minute slots, 15 for the presenter and 5 for Q&A.

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, July 25
7:45 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning joint with Real Estate
8:20 am
Presentations from Job Market
8:20 am

The Economic Geography of Lifecycle Human Capital Accumulation: The Competing Effects of Labor Markets and Childhood Environments
8:45 am

Tax Incentives and the Supply of Low-Income Housing
9:10 am
Break
9:20 am

Residential Patterns and Public Goods in Brazil (slides)
Discussant: Nick Tsivanidis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
10:10 am

The Costs of Housing Regulation: Evidence From Generative Regulatory Measurement (slides)
Discussant: Joseph Gyourko, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:10 am

An Anti-IV Approach for Pricing Residential Amenities: Applications to Flood Risk
Discussant: Alvin Murphy, Arizona State University
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

The Unequal Effects of Up-Zoning: Evidence from Cook County
Discussant: Nathaniel Baum-Snow, University of Toronto
1:50 pm

Segregation, Spillovers, and the Locus of Racial Change
Discussant: Stephan Heblich, University of Toronto and NBER
2:40 pm

Re-Assessing the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis
Discussant: Emma Harrington, University of Virginia
3:30 pm
Break
3:50 pm

Neighborhood Effects: Evidence from Wartime Destruction in London
Discussant: Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
4:40 pm

Senior Migration, Local Economic Development and Spatial Inequality
Discussant: Adam Guren, Boston University and NBER
5:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 26
7:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning Papers (20 minutes per paper)
7:30 am

Environmental Externalities of Urban Growth: Evidence from the California Wildfires
7:50 am

Urban Policy and Spatial Exposure to Environmental Hazards (slides)
8:10 am

The (Express)Way to Segregation: Evidence from Chicago
8:30 am

Place-Based Industrial Policies and Local Agglomeration in the Long Run
8:50 am
Break
9:00 am

To Follow the Crowd? Benefits and Costs of Migrant Networks
9:20 am

Place-based Policy, Migration Barriers, and Spatial Inequality
9:40 am

Displacing Congestion: Evidence from Paris
10:00 am

Local Governments' Response to Fiscal Shocks: Evidence from Connecticut
10:20 am

Commuting Infrastructure in Fragmented Cities
10:40 am
Break
10:50 am

The Local Origins of Business Formation
Discussant: Zoë B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER
11:40 am

Dynamic Urban Economics
Discussant: Adrien Bilal, Stanford University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:20 pm

Optimal Urban Transportation Policy: Evidence from Chicago
Discussant: Matthew Turner, Brown University and NBER
2:00 pm

Unintended Pathways: The Impact of High-Speed Rail on Gender Differences in the Local Labor Market - Evidence from South Korea (slides)
Discussant: Daniela Vidart, University of Connecticut
2:40 pm

Public and Private Transit: Evidence from Lagos
Discussant: Adam Storeygard, Tufts University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
3:40 pm

Economic Development and the Spatial Distribution of Income in Cities (slides)
Discussant: Giacomo A.M. Ponzetto, Center for Research in International Economics
4:30 pm

Evaluating Evictions: Causal Impacts of a Forced Relocation Program in Addis Ababa
Discussant: Stephen Malpezzi, University of Wisconsin - Madison
5:20 pm
Adjourn