Report NEP-URE-2026-01-12

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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• Lagos, Francisco & Saltmarsh, Jason & Liu, Jing, 2025, "The Effect of Centralized-Admission School Lotteries on Between-School Segregation: Evidence from 300 Largest School Districts in the United States," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18306, Dec.
• Tobias Ruttenauer & Kasimir Dederichs & David Kretschmer, 2025, "Immigrant Residential Segregation in Europe: A Comparative Study of Spatial Segregation Patterns in Urban Areas across 30 Countries," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2512.17037, Dec.
• Paul Gertler & Marco Gonzalez-Navarro & Raimundo Undurraga & Joaquin A. Urrego, 2025, "In-situ Upgrading or Population Relocation? Direct Impacts and Spatial Spillovers of Slum Renewal Policies," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34560, Dec.
• Massimo Anelli & Paolo Pinotti & Zachary Porreca, 2025, "The Departed: Italian Migration and the American Mafia," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12364.
• Ozdogan, Selen & Shih, Kevin Y., 2025, "Immigration and Education: Early Insights from the Buslift to New York City," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18339, Dec.
• Siu, Wai Yan & Rex, Sitti, 2025, "Coastal Flooding and Housing Market Liquidity: Policy Implications for Eastern U.S. Communities," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 360725, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.360725.
• Boyce, Mckenzie, 2025, "Mapping Migration: The Impact of Amenities on Household Relocation," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 361119, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.361119.
• Inoue, Atsushi & Tanaka, Ryuichi, 2025, "The Effects of School Bullying Victimization on Cognitive, School Engagement, and Friendship Outcomes," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18318, Dec.
• Stefan Leknes & Jorn Rattso & Hildegunn E Stokke, 2025, "Intangible capital and agglomeration economies," Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, number 20425, Dec.
• Cunningham, Scott & Di Tommaso, Maria Laura & Melo, António & Mendolia, Silvia & Savio, Giulia, 2025, "It Starts Early! Male-Dominated Classes and Girls’ Bullying," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18332, Dec.
• Honey, Ummey & Cuffey, Joel & Hartarska, Valentina, 2025, "Effect of ‘redlining’ map on the access of alternative financial services," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 361126, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.361126.
• Ester Faia & Edward L. Glaeser & Saverio Simonelli & Martina Viarengo, 2025, "Agglomeration, Segregation and Imperial Origins," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34582, Dec.
• Quaye, Leonard-Allen A. & Stewart, Shamar & Massa, Olga Isengildina, 2025, "Transportation Disruptions and Corn Basis Volatility along the Mississippi River," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 361205, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.361205.
• Taylor, Laura O. & Phaneuf, Daniel J. & Liu, Xiangping, , "Disentangling Property Value Impacts of Environmental Contamination from Locally Undesirable Land Uses: Implications for Measuring Post-Cleanup Stigma," CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, number 264975, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.264975.
• Pietro Biroli & Amalia Di Girolamo & Giuseppe Sorrenti & Maddalena Totarelli, 2025, "Talent Is Everywhere, Opportunity Is Not: Online Role Model Mentoring and Students’ Aspirations," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12342.
• Samuel Berlinski & Guillermo Cruces & Sebastian Galiani & Paul Gertler & Fabian Gonzalez, 2025, "Long-run Effects of Universal Pre-Primary Education Expansion: Evidence from Argentina," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34552, Dec.
• Yilin Hou & Lin Li & Lei Shao, 2025, "A Policy Reversal as Structural Break: A Lesson from China’s Land Lease Financing for Infrastructure," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12356.
• Anger, Silke & Christoph, Bernhard & Galkiewicz, Agata & Margaryan, Shushanik & Sandner, Malte & Siedler, Thomas, 2025, "Online Tutoring, School Performance, and School-to-Work Transitions: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18307, Dec.
• Christopher Campos & Jesse Bruhn & Eric Chyn & Antonia Vazquez, 2025, "Who Chooses and Who Benefits? The Design of Public School Choice Systems," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34581, Dec.
• Edward L. Glaeser & Martina Kirchberger & Andrii Parkhomenko, 2025, "Rebuilding Ukraine's Cities: Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Costs," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34598, Dec.
• Banzhaf, H. Spencer & Mathews, William & Walsh, Randall, 2024, "Hell with the Lid Off: Racial Segregation and Environmental Equity in America’s Most Polluted City," CEnREP Working Papers, North Carolina State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, number 347603, Oct, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.347603.
• Montenovo, Laura, 2024, "Do Lower Local Benefits Incentivize Relocations? The Effect of Unemployment Insurance Generosity on Internal Migration," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343664, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343664.
• Patrick A. Testa, 2025, "Elections and Political Investment," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34585, Dec.
• Mallick Hossain & Igor Livshits & Collin Wardius, 2026, "Not Cashing In on Cashing Out: An Analysis of Low Cash-Out Refinance Rates," Working Papers, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, number 26-01, Jan, DOI: 10.21799/frbp.wp.2026.01.
• Kirschenmann, Karolin & Knebel-Seitz, Caroline, 2025, "To release or not to release? Preferences for home equity products in retirement," ZEW Discussion Papers, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 25-069.
• Schmandt, Marco & Tielkes, Constantin & Weinhardt, Felix, 2025, "Random Placement but Real Bias," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18319, Dec.
• Shuhei Kitamura & Nils-Petter Lagerlöf, 2025, "Battles and Capitals," ISER Discussion Paper, Institute of Social and Economic Research, The University of Osaka, number 1290, Jun.
• Mariluz Mate, 2026, "What Is a Causal Effect When Firms Interact? Counterfactuals and Interdependence," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2601.00279, Jan.
• Matthew Freedman & Noah Arman Kouchekinia & David Neumark, 2025, "Understanding the Employment Effects of Opportunity Zones," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34589, Dec.
• Lang, Michaela & Clair, Amy & Page, Kira & Bonar, Gary & Newman, Joshua, 2025, "Insights into short-term rental accommodation: history, statistics and landlord perspectives," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number xefgd_v1, Dec, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/xefgd_v1.
• Anaya Dam & Guthrie Gray-Lobe & Michael Kremer & Joost de Laat & Karlijn Morsink, 2025, "Learning to Work Towards Goals: A Sequential Evaluation of the Effect of a Goal-Setting Course on Academic and Soft Skills," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34562, Dec.
• Trond Christian Vigtel, 2025, "Matching Efficiency and The Composition of the Unemployed," Discussion Papers, Statistics Norway, Research Department, number 1023, Apr.
• Wang, Yixuan, 2024, "Urban Redevelopment and Gentrification: Evidence from the Atlanta BeltLine," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343550, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343550.
• Vojtech Bartos & Ulrich Glogowsky & Johannes Rincke, 2025, "The Color of Knowledge: Impacts of Tutor Race on Learning and Performance," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12352.
• Grebol, Ricard & Machelett, Margarita & Stuhler, Jan & Villanueva, Ernesto, 2025, "Assortative Mating, Inequality, and Rising Educational Mobility in Spain," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18351, Dec.
• Toshiyuki Uemura, 2026, "Strategic Price Competition between Local Governments with the Brand Externalities of Reciprocal Gifts in the Hometown Tax Donation (Furusato Nozei) System in Japan," Discussion Paper Series, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, number 305, Jan.
• Barbara Biasi & Minseon Park & John D. Singleton & Seth D. Zimmerman, 2025, "Identity and Ideology in the School Boardroom," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34590, Dec.
• Alessandro Petretto, 2025, "Pro-competitive regulation of local public services: theory and Italian legislation," Working Papers - Economics, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, number wp2025_19.rdf.
• Tinna Laufey Ásgeirsdottir & Marco Francesconi & Ásthildur M. Johannsdottir & Gylfi Zoega, 2025, "How Home Exams and Peers Affect College Grades in Unprecedented Times," CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo, number 12367.
• Jiarui Nan & Gurleen Popli, 2025, "Labour market segmentation and urban-rural wage gap: the role of education," Working Papers, The University of Sheffield, Department of Economics, number 2025015, Dec.
• Borgonovi, Francesca & Checchi, Daniele & Gualtieri, Valentina, 2025, "Formal and Informal Assets in the Italian Labour Market," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18355, Dec.
• Poudel, Dixit & Gopinath, Munisamy, 2025, "Roads and Climate Resilience in Informal Food Industries: Evidence from India," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 360978, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.360978.
• -, 2025, "Housing and urban development as drivers of social inclusion and climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean: remarks delivered at the thirty-third General Assembly of the Forum of Ministers and," Seminarios y Conferencias, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 84347, Nov.
• Ryan, Alexander, 2025, "Financial Risks in Flooding: Bank Response to Climate-Induced Natural Disasters," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 360730, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.360730.
• Simonato, Thiago & van der Mensbrugghe, Dominique & Chepeliev, Maksym, 2025, "Global Chains, Regional Pains: The Local Socio-Economic Effects of U.S. Tariffs," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 361031, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.361031.
• Mikko Aaltonen & Martti Kaila & Emily E. Nix, 2025, "The Impacts of Guaranteed Basic Income on Crime Perpetration and Victimization," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34547, Dec.
• Budría, Santiago & Martínez de Ibarreta, Carlos & Betancourt-Odio, Alejandro, 2025, "Does Host Language Proficiency Among Immigrants Reduce Energy Poverty? Evidence from Australia," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18312, Dec.
• Mauro Lanati & Giorgia Giovannetti & Lisa Grazzini & Annalisa Luporini & Michel Rizzo, 2025, "The Effect of EU Funds on Labor Demand: the case of Italian Provinces," Working Papers - Economics, Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, number wp2025_17.rdf.
• Herings, P.J.J. & van Ravenswaaij, Claudia, 2025, "Limited Farsightedness in the Housing Matching Model," Other publications TiSEM, Tilburg University, School of Economics and Management, number e1cbf68a-1c0d-40e3-bbcf-7.
• Jeanne Bomare & Ségal Le Guern Herry, 2025, "Avoiding Transparency through Offshore Real Estate: Evidence from the United Kingdom," AMSE Working Papers, Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France, number 2523, Jun.
• Clemens, Michael A., 2025, "From Root Causes to Shared Gains: Migration Policy for Low-Income Countries in a Labor-Scarce World," IZA Discussion Papers, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), number 18308, Dec.
• Abi Adams & Oğuz Bayraktar & Thomas H. Jørgensen & Hamish Low & Alessandra Voena, 2025, "Joint Child Custody and Interstate Migration," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34571, Dec.
• Marianne Bitler & Jason B. Cook & Chloe N. East & Sonya R. Porter & Laura Tiehen, 2025, "The Intersection of Place and Need: How Lack of Enrollment Offices Deters Participation in the Safety Net," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 34529, Dec.
• Chakraborty, Judhajit & Bayham, Jude & Goemans, Christopher & Manning, Dale & Muriqi, Dielza & Suter, Jordan, 2025, "The Economic Impact of Inland Flooding in the United States: A Disaggregated Analysis," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 360981, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.360981.
• Kropp, Jaclyn D., 2024, "Reflecting on Using Reflection Exercises to Improve Student Learning and Teaching Effectiveness," 2024 Annual Meeting, July 28-30, New Orleans, LA, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 343601, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.343601.
• Hillenbrand, Tobias, 2025, "Reforms welcome? Evidence on the nature of asylum backlash and orderly admissions as a remedy," MERIT Working Papers, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), number 2025-026, Nov, DOI: 10.53330/PZPD3802.
• Aiyar, Anaka & Butt, Daniyal & Lacy, Katherine & Mukhopadhyay, Sankar, 2025, "Impacts of the USDA Broadband Expansion Programs on Broadband Speeds in the United States," 2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2025, Denver, CO, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 361124, DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.361124.
• Felbermayr, Gabriel & Hinz, Julian & Krantz, Sebastian & Mahlkow, Hendrik & Wanner, Joschka, 2025, "Tariffs hit differently: The regional impact of US tariffs across Europe and the role of the single market," Kiel Working Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, number 2309.
• Arora, Prateek & Choo, Dongwan & Hu, Chenyue, 2025, "Spatial consumption risk sharing," Santa Cruz Department of Economics, Working Paper Series, Department of Economics, UC Santa Cruz, number qt6n3095x8, Nov.