Working Paper
Alix Schoback
Evaluating the Impact of Urban Transit ...

Nick Tsivanidis develops a quantitative model to estimate the effects of improving public transit infrastructure on city structure and welfare.

Evaluating the Impact of Urban Transit Infrastructure: Evidence from Bogotá
Research Brief
Alix Schoback
The Minimum Wage and Racial Inequality

Research brief summarizing work by Ellora Derenoncourt and Claire Montialoux.

Research Brief
Alix Schoback
Voting Rights Equal Economic Progress: The ...

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.

Patrick Kennedy

Patrick Kennedy and Harrison Wheeler Featured in the New York Times

O-Lab fellows Patrick Kennedy and Harrison Wheeler were featured in a recent New York Times article for their research on opportunity zone investments. Their study showed that a 2017 tax break for investors in economically struggling neighborhoods only increased investment in regions that were already becoming “richer and whiter,” with almost no investment in rural areas at all. Check out the article and read the full paper here.