Report NEP-URE-2026-01-05

This is the archive for NEP-URE, a report on new working papers in the area of Urban and Real Estate Economics. Stephen Ross issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Andres Rodriguez-Pose, 2025, "Why size really doesn't matter: From megacity myths to place-sensitive prosperity," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, number 2539, Dec, revised Dec 2025.
• Ribeiro, Diogo & de Almeida Vilares, Hugo & Carvalho, Luís, 2025, "Can more housing supply improve affordability? A subnational perspective from Portugal," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 130587, Dec.
• Massimo Anelli, Paolo Pinotti, Zachary Porrecw, 2025, "The Departed: Italian Migration and the American Mafia," BAFFI CAREFIN Working Papers, BAFFI CAREFIN, Centre for Applied Research on International Markets Banking Finance and Regulation, Universita' Bocconi, Milano, Italy, number 25259.
• Travers, Tony, 2025, "Housing since 1945: the impact of policy change and ideology," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library, number 130474, Dec.
• Evangelos Rasvanis & Andreas Psarras & Theodore Panagiotidis, 2025, "(Why) Do Europeans Drive Differently?," Discussion Paper Series, Department of Economics, University of Macedonia, number 2025_03, Mar, revised Mar 2025.
• Rodier, Caroline PhD & Zhang, Yunwan PhD & Harold, Brian S. & Drake, Christina PhD, 2025, "Rethinking Transportation Assistance: LA’s Mobility Wallet Pilot Shows Promise in Securing Travel Access for Residents," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis, number qt9f45r24p, Dec.
• Juan Pereyra & Eduardo Duque-Rosas & Juan Pablo Torres-Martínez, 2025, "Local Non-Bossiness," Documentos de Trabajo/Working Papers, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economia. Universidad de Montevideo., number 2510.
• Benoit Mojon & Han Qiu & Fang Wang & Michael Weber, 2025, "Housing wealth effects in China," BIS Working Papers, Bank for International Settlements, number 1319, Dec.
• Sara Giunti & Andrea Guariso & Mariapia Mendola & Irene Solmone, 2025, "Hacking Anti-Immigration Attitudes and Stereotypes: A Field Experiment in Italian High Schools," Working Papers, University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Economics, number 564, Dec.
• Natee Amornsiripanitch & David Wylie, 2025, "What Is My Home Worth?," Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, number 25-40, Dec, DOI: 10.21799/frbp.wp.2025.40.
• Rosa Cheesman & Nicolai T. Borgen & Astrid M. J. Sandsor & Paul Hufe, 2025, "The Genetic Lottery Goes to School: Better Schools Compensate for the Effects of Students’ Genetic Differences," Bristol Economics Discussion Papers, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK, number 25/811, Apr.
• Palak Suri & Maureen L. Cropper, 2025, "The Benefits of Public Transit to Households: Evidence from India," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34613, Dec.
• Andres Rodriguez-Pose & Leiboyu Xiang & Neil Lee, 2025, "Finding Stars: Mapping the Geography of the World’s Scientific Elites," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, number 2540, Dec, revised Dec 2025.
• Silke Anger & Bernhard Christoph & Agata Gałkiewicz & Shushanik Margaryan & Malte Sandner & Thomas Siedler, 2025, "Online Tutoring, School Performance, and School-to-Work Transitions: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial," CEPA Discussion Papers, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, number 95, Dec, DOI: 10.25932/publishup-69322.
• Zoltan Elekes & Emelie Hane-Weijman, 2025, "Enriching the Micro Perspective in Evolutionary Economic Geography: Skill Relatedness and the Mobility of Heterogeneous Workers," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, number 2541, Dec, revised Dec 2025.
• à kos Aczél & Lajos Tamás Szabó, 2025, "Birds of a Feather Indebted Together — Solutions to the Information Problem in the Case of Mortgage Loans," MNB Working Papers, Magyar Nemzeti Bank (Central Bank of Hungary), number 2025/3.
• Joop Age Harm Adema, 2025, "Expected Asylum Seekers and Far-Right Voting: Effects of a Dispersal Act," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12312.
• Javier Ferri & Francisca Herranz-Báez, 2025, "Carbon Pricing in Residential and Non-Residential Sectors: Household Inequality and Compensation Strategies," Working Papers, FEDEA, number 2025-14, Dec.
• Duncan Lee & Gwilym Pryce & Miguel Ramos, 2025, "Do Social Frontiers Matter for Depression?," Working Papers, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics, number 2025012, Nov.
• Biroli, Pietro & Di Girolamo, Amalia & Sorrenti, Giuseppe & Totarelli, Maddalena, 2025, "Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Is Not: Online Role Model Mentoring and Students’ Aspirations," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18325, Dec.
• Tiwari, Sapan & Jafari, Afshin & Pemberton, Steve & Both, Alan & Singh, Dhirendra & Turner, Ryan & De Gruyter, Chris, 2025, "Modelling cycling route choice using a map-based public participatory survey in a regional city," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number tdras_v1, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/tdras_v1.
• Duk Gyoo Kim & In Do Hwang, 2025, "Demand for Home Pension and Reverse Mortgage: An Information Provision Survey Experiment," Working papers, Yonsei University, Yonsei Economics Research Institute, number 2025rwp-273, Nov.
• Yishan Liu & Junyi Shen, 2025, "Reexamining the Factors Influencing Migration Decisions," Discussion Paper Series, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University, number DP2025-34, Dec.
• MITSUHASHI, Koga, 2025, "Revisiting the "Myth of Equality": Does School Autonomy Mitigate Educational Inequality in Finland? —An Empirical Analysis using Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM) on PISA 2022 Data—," EdArXiv, Center for Open Science, number j5vt2_v1, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/j5vt2_v1.
• Arpita Mukherjee & Aashish Chaudhry & Seema Puri & Trishali Khanna & Latika Khatwani & Pallavi Verma, 2025, "Leveraging Schools to Address Vitamin D Deficiency among School Children: Action Points for the Ministry of Education," Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) Policy Paper, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi, India, number 56, Nov.
• Shenglong Liu & Yuanyuan Wan & Shengxiang Xie & Xiaoming Zhang, 2025, "More Access, More Competition: Unintended Consequences of Public Education Expansion in China," Working Papers, University of Toronto, Department of Economics, number tecipa-812, Dec.
• Agata Gałkiewicz, 2025, "The Effects of Air Pollution on Teenagers’ Cognitive Performance: Evidence from School Leaving Examination in Poland," CEPA Discussion Papers, Center for Economic Policy Analysis, number 96, Dec, DOI: 10.25932/publishup-69329.
• Adibah Seila Nafaza & Dea April Liandari & Rifkanissa Azzahra1, 2025, "Indonesia’s Regional Disparities 2014–2023: Shift-Share and Community Strategy," Gadjah Mada Economics Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada, number 202503001, Mar.
• Nils Braakmann & Andy & J. James Reade & Gennaro Rossi, 2025, "Football Matches and Policing: Evidence from London," Economics Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Reading, number em-dp2025-07, Dec.
• Hanno Jentzsch & Kostiantyn Ovsiannikov, 2025, "In decline, but not "left behind"? Electoral behavior in Japan's "depopulating regions"," Working Papers, Kochi University of Technology, School of Economics and Management, number SDES-2025-9, Dec, revised Dec 2025.
• Sarah S. Baker, 2025, "Property Tax Pass-Through to Renters: A Quasi-Experimental Approach," Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, number 25-41, Dec, DOI: 10.21799/frbp.wp.2025.41.
• Thomas Baudin & Yajna Govind & Simone Moriconi, 2025, "Migration Policy Backlash, Identity and Integration of Second-Generation Migrants in France," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12362.
• Kamila Borsekova & Samuel Korony & Andres Rodriguez-Pose & Andres Rodriguez-Pose & Andres Rodriguez-Pose, 2025, "Decoding Regional Dynamics: Institutions, Innovation, and Regional Development in the EU," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, number 2538, Dec, revised Dec 2025.
• Inmaculada C. Alvarez & Javier Barbero & Luis Orea & Andres Rodriguez-Pose, 2025, "How Institutions Shape the Economic Returns to Investment in European Regions," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG), Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, number 2537, Dec, revised Dec 2025.
• Li, lyric, 2025, "Why Economic Growth May Not Require Local Labor: Channel-Based Configurations in Contemporary Cities," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number cjda2_v1, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/cjda2_v1.
• Chen, Yu-Yang Ambotter S., 2025, "Traffic Design as Conscious Landscape under Aesthetic Gaze," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 5zryg_v1, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/5zryg_v1.
• Zhu, Kunxin & Zhu, Yunan, 2024, "Building back better? The effect of post disaster assistance on housing development," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343994, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343994.
• Ruijun Hou & Samuel Baker & Stephanie von Hinke & Hans H. Sievertsen & Emil Sorensen & Nicolai Vitt, 2025, "Long-term Health and Human Capital Effects of EarlyLife Economic Conditions," Bristol Economics Discussion Papers, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK, number 25/814, Apr.
• Shaheen, Susan & Wolfe, Brooke & Cohen, Adam, 2025, "Pedal Power: Operational Models, Opportunities, and Obstacles of Bike Lending in North America," Institute of Transportation Studies, Research Reports, Working Papers, Proceedings, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Berkeley, number qt3vz0g3qh, Nov.
• Fausto Galli & Daniel Santiago Quinones Roa & Giuseppe Russo & Ruzica Savcic, 2025, "Ethnic Identity: Evidence from Immigrants in Germany," CELPE Discussion Papers, CELPE - CEnter for Labor and Political Economics, University of Salerno, Italy, number 178.
• Akhundjanov, Sherzod B. & Jakus, Paul M., 2024, "Public Lands and Urban Quality of Life," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343710, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343710.
• Yörük, Baris & Oxley, Jonathan & Harrison, Teresa, 2025, "Corporate Presence and Charitable Giving: Evidence from Panel Data on Firms and Nonprofits," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18330, Dec.
• Bernd Bonfert & Helle Ørsted Nielsen & Anders Branth Pedersen, 2024, "Taking first steps so that others can run – functions and limitations of governing the local energy transition," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05394859, Jul, DOI: 10.1080/1523908X.2024.2380277.
• Giorgio Chiovelli & Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou & Tanner Regan, 2025, "Illuminating the Global South," Documentos de Trabajo/Working Papers, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economia. Universidad de Montevideo., number 2507.
• Yuriy Gorodnichenko & Iikka Korhonen & Elina Ribakova, 2025, "War-induced economic convergence in Russian regions," Working Paper Series, Peterson Institute for International Economics, number WP25-21, Dec.
• Hemanshu Kumar & Meeta Kumar & Rohini Somanathan, 2025, "The persistent effects of compulsory education in Baroda, 1901-2011," Working papers, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, number 356, Dec.
• Evans, Alecia & Sesmero, Juan Pablo, 2024, "Joint Choice of Location and Spatial Pricing Policy in a Mixed Market," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343956, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343956.
• Giorgio Chiovelli & Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou & Sandra Sequeira, 2025, "Civil War-Induced Displacement and Human Capital," Documentos de Trabajo/Working Papers, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economia. Universidad de Montevideo., number 2508.
• Filippo Bontadini & Valentina Meliciani & Maria Savona & Ariel Wirkierman, 2025, "European Regional Resilience to Supply Shocks Diffused Through Global Value Chains," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12316.
• Smith, Cory B. & Kulka, Amrita, 2024, "When is Long-run Agglomeration Possible? Evidence from County Seat Wars," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343859, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343859.
• Kim, Euijun & Fannin, James Matthew, 2024, "Impact of Hurricane Shocks on Local Economies," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343807, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343807.
• Bell, Peter, 2025, "Comment on Saif’s Survey of Pakistan Construction Industry on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 126852, Nov.
• Abi Adams & Oguz Bayraktar & Thomas H. Jørgensen & Hamish Low & Alessandra Voena, 2025, "Joint Child Custody and Interstate Migration," CEBI working paper series, University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics. The Center for Economic Behavior and Inequality (CEBI), number 25-16, Dec.
• Bernd Bonfert, 2024, ""I'm Happy for People to Collaborate, but I Don't Want to Join in". Addressing Failure in Community-supported Agriculture Networks," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05394981, Mar, DOI: 10.6092/issn.1971-8853/18336.
• Nicholas J. Ainsworth & Aaron J. Ainsworth & Christopher Cleveland & Leah R. Clark & Quentin Brummet & Emily K. Penner & Jacob Hibel & Andrew Saultz & Michelle Spiegel & Paul Hanselman & Andrew Penner, 2025, "Gifted Identification Across the Distribution of Family Income," Working Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, number 25-73, Dec.
• Christopher Blair & Benjamin Krick & Austin L. Wright, 2025, "Refugee Repatriation and Conflict: Evidence from the Maximum Pressure Sanctions," Empirical Studies of Conflict Project (ESOC) Working Papers, Empirical Studies of Conflict Project, number 39, Jan.
• Siwar Khelifa & Jie He, 2025, "Early-Life Exposure to Air Pollution Regulation and Later Educational Attainment: Evidence from China," IRENE Working Papers, IRENE Institute of Economic Research, number 25-08, Dec.
• Nicholas J. Ainsworth & Christopher Cleveland & Leah R. Clark & Jacob Hibel & Quentin Brummet & Andrew Saultz & Emily K. Penner & Michelle Spiegel & Paul Y. Yoo & Juan Camilo Cristancho & Paul Hanselm, 2025, "School-Based Disability Identification Varies by Student Family Income," Working Papers, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, number 25-74, Dec.
• Sarah James & Thomas B. Foster, 2025, "Developing PIK Mobility Scores for the Enhancement of the Person Characteristic Frame," CES Technical Notes Series, Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau, number 25-22, Dec.
• Karagul, Nihan, 2025, "Short-Sighted Demands, Long-Term Consequences: When Political Competition Undermines Disaster Preparedness," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 698w3_v1, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/698w3_v1.
• Linovski, Orly, 2025, "Fines, Not Fares: The Punitive Nature of Transit Enforcement," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number stw6y_v1, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/stw6y_v1.
• Giorgio Chiovelli & Stelios Michalopoulos & Elias Papaioannou, 2025, "Landmines and Spatial Development," Documentos de Trabajo/Working Papers, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economia. Universidad de Montevideo., number 2506.
• Eirik E. Brandsaas, 2025, "Illiquid Homeownership and the Bank of Mom and Dad," Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.), number 2025-094, Sep, DOI: 10.17016/FEDS.2025.094.
• Li, Yanning PhD & Jenn, Alan PhD, 2025, "Evaluating Equity in Distribution Grid Access with California’s Electric Vehicle Expansion," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis, number qt0wc135vt, Dec.
• Anand, Vaibhav & Ma, Yu-Luen & Ren, Yayuan, 2025, "Measuring Insurer Vulnerability to Catastrophe Risk," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number 4c8tp_v1, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/4c8tp_v1.