On Friday, February 17th, the Opportunity Lab will host a student-faculty research workshop highlighting the work of 5 Graduate Student fellows funded through O-Lab’s Place-Based Policy Initiative. Graduate students will present their work studying poverty and inequality through a geographic lens, including topics ranging from internal migration to land use regulations and segregation. Fellows will have the opportunity to receive valuable feedback from O-Lab Faculty Affiliates and other graduate students in attendance.

The agenda for the day is included below; lunch will be provided.

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Agenda

➢ 12:00 - 12:30 Hadar Avivi

One Land, Many Promises: Neighborhood Recommendation in the Face of Heterogeneity

➢ 12:30 - 1:00 Raheem Chaudry

Land Use Regulation, Housing Markets, and Segregation: Evidence from Houston's 1998 Minimum Lot Size Reform

➢ 1:00 - 1:15 Open for Coffee/Lunch or extra Q/A or discussion

➢ 1:15 - 1:30 Javier Feinmann

Property Taxes, Geographic Mobility, and Inequality

➢ 1:30 - 1:45 Gwyneth Miner

Understanding the Constraints to Internal Migration

➢ 1:45 - 2:00 Andrea Cerrato

Local Austerity Multiplier