Research Brief
Alix Schoback
The minimum wage and racial inequality

Research brief summarizing work by Ellora Derenoncourt and Claire Montialoux.

Research Brief
Alix Schoback
The Voting Rights Act and US economic inequality

Research brief summarizing work by Abhay P. Aneja and Carlos F. Avenancio-León.

Research Brief
Alix Schoback
What caused racial disparities in pollution ...

Summary of research by Janet Currie, John Voorheis, and Reed Walker.

Research Brief
Alix Schoback
Suburbanization and Black employment

Research brief summarizing work by Conrad Miller.

Research Brief
Alix Schoback
Is the Safety Net a long-term investment?

Research brief summarizing work by Martha J. Bailey, Hilary Hoynes, Maya Rossin-Slater, and Reed Walker. | View Presentation

Place Based Policy

An introduction to the Place-Based Policy Initiative

Inequality and Place: Promoting Opportunity and Growth through Place Based Policy is working to build a research ecosystem around our world-class faculty working on issues of local and regional development to contribute new evidence to U.S. anti-poverty and economic mobility strategies.

Research workshop on place-based policy and urban economics

Part of O-Lab’s Initiative on Inequality and Place, this virtual conference featured new work on topics such as urban migration patterns, foreclosures, state and local business incentives, and the impacts of place-specific taxes and tax credits.