Zone program) on local neighborhood characteristics and on the neighborhood quality of life, taking into account the … interactions amongst the policy, changes in neighborhood demographics and neighborhood housing stock. Urban economic theory posits …

living conditions and civic virtues of the urban dweller, had languished by the Great Depression. Today, new urban economic … of leisure amenities for urban development. In this paper we propose and validate the number of leisure trips to MSAs as … a measure of consumer revealed preferences for local leisure-oriented amenities. Population and employment growth in the …

This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local … likelihood of employment in Europe as a function of a set of explanatory variables that include immigrant concentration in local … foreigners in a local labor market and the likelihood of employment among European citizens residing in that labor market. The …

human capital investment. Financing publicly provided pre-K investment is mainly a state and local issue. Which voters favor … local pre-K expansion? This paper uses several new data sets to describe the circumstances such that local voters reveal a …

measures of urban income inequality. Significant differences between migrants and local residents are found for non …Using data from recent surveys of migrants and local residents in 10 cities in 2005, this paper examines how migration … influences measurements of urban poverty and inequality in China, and also compares how other indicators of well-being differ for …

In urban China, gender gaps in employment and earnings have steadily increased since the 1990s. Such gender gaps are … demonstrates, despite the rise in gender differences in the urban labor market, the average gender pension gap decreased between … 1988 and 2018. In the paper, we describe the evolution of the fragmented pension system in urban China using a quantitative …

Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is … theoretically ambiguous: while urban areas have traditionally been associated with heightened exposure to environmental pollutants …, the economies of scale and density inherent to urban environments offer unique opportunities for mitigating or adapting to …