Search Results - "Journal of urban economics"

Is Uber a substitute or complement for public transit? by Hall, Jonathan D., Palsson, Craig, Price, Joseph

“…How Uber affects public transit ridership is a relevant policy question facing cities worldwide. Theoretically, Uber’s effect on transit is ambiguous: while…”
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The role of transportation speed in facilitating high skilled teamwork across cities by Dong, Xiaofang, Zheng, Siqi, Kahn, Matthew E.

“…High skilled workers gain from face to face interactions. If the skilled can move at higher speeds, then knowledge diffusion and idea spillovers are more…”
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Why has regional income convergence in the U.S. declined? by Ganong, Peter, Shoag, Daniel

“…The past thirty years have seen a dramatic decline in the rate of income convergence across states and in population flows to high-income places. These changes…”
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Do short-term rental platforms affect housing markets? Evidence from Airbnb in Barcelona by Segu, Mariona, Garcia-López, Miquel-Àngel, Jofre-Monseny, Jordi, Martínez-Mazza, Rodrigo

“…In this paper, we assess the impact of Airbnb on housing rents and prices in the city of Barcelona. Examining very detailed data on rents and both transaction…”
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Applying the Degree of Urbanisation to the globe: A new harmonised definition reveals a different picture of global urbanisation by Dijkstra, Lewis, Florczyk, Aneta J., Freire, Sergio, Kemper, Thomas, Melchiorri, Michele, Pesaresi, Martino, Schiavina, Marcello

“…The Degree of Urbanisation is a new definition of cities, towns and semi-dense areas, and rural areas endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission. The urban…”
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JUE Insight: How much does COVID-19 increase with mobility? Evidence from New York and four other U.S. cities by Glaeser, Edward L., Gorback, Caitlin, Redding, Stephen J.

“…How effective are restrictions on mobility in limiting COVID-19 spread? Using zip code data across five U.S. cities, we estimate that total cases per capita…”
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What is different about urbanization in rich and poor countries? Cities in Brazil, China, India and the United States by Chauvin, Juan Pablo, Glaeser, Edward, Ma, Yueran, Tobio, Kristina

“…Are the well-known facts about urbanization in the United States also true for the developing world? We compare American metropolitan areas with analogous…”
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New road infrastructure: The effects on firms by Gibbons, Stephen, Lyytikäinen, Teemu, Overman, Henry G., Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa

“…This paper estimates the impact of new road infrastructure on employment and labour productivity using firm level longitudinal data for Britain. Exposure to…”
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Travel costs and urban specialization patterns: Evidence from China’s high speed railway system by Lin, Yatang

“…How does intercity passenger transportation shape urban employment and specialization patterns? To shed light on this question I study China’s High Speed…”
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The economic effects of density: A synthesis by Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M., Pietrostefani, Elisabetta

“…•We provide a unique summary of the quantitative literature on the effects of density, providing recommended density elasticities for 15 distinct outcomes and…”
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The effect of natural disasters on economic activity in US counties: A century of data by Boustan, Leah Platt, Kahn, Matthew E., Rhode, Paul W., Yanguas, Maria Lucia

“…More than 100 natural disasters strike the United States every year, causing extensive fatalities and damages. We construct the universe of US federally…”
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JUE Insight: How do cities change when we work from home? by Delventhal, Matthew J., Kwon, Eunjee, Parkhomenko, Andrii

“…How would the shape of our cities change if there were a permanent increase in working from home? We study this question using a quantitative model of the Los…”
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JUE Insight: The geographic spread of COVID-19 correlates with the structure of social networks as measured by Facebook by Kuchler, Theresa, Russel, Dominic, Stroebel, Johannes

“…We use aggregated data from Facebook to show that COVID-19 is more likely to spread between regions with stronger social network connections. Areas with more…”
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JUE Insight: Understanding spatial variation in COVID-19 across the United States by Desmet, Klaus, Wacziarg, Romain

“…What factors explain spatial variation in the severity of COVID-19 across the United States? To answer this question, we analyze the correlates of COVID-19…”
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Metropolitan areas in the world. Delineation and population trends by Moreno-Monroy, Ana I., Schiavina, Marcello, Veneri, Paolo

“…This paper presents a novel method to delineate metropolitan areas – or functional urban areas (FUAs) – in the entire world and assesses their population…”
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Does investment in national highways help or hurt hinterland city growth? by Baum-Snow, Nathaniel, Henderson, J. Vernon, Turner, Matthew A., Zhang, Qinghua, Brandt, Loren

“…We investigate the effects of the recently constructed Chinese national highway system on local economic outcomes. On average, roads that improve access to…”
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Housing markets in a pandemic: Evidence from historical outbreaks by Francke, Marc, Korevaar, Matthijs

“…How do pandemics affect urban housing markets? This paper studies historical outbreaks of the plague in 17th-century Amsterdam and cholera in 19th-century…”
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JUE insight: Are city centers losing their appeal? Commercial real estate, urban spatial structure, and COVID-19 by Rosenthal, Stuart S., Strange, William C., Urrego, Joaquin A.

“…This paper estimates the value firms place on access to city centers and how this has changed with COVID-19. Pre-COVID, across 89 U.S. urban areas, commercial…”
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Urban revival in America by Couture, Victor, Handbury, Jessie

“…This paper documents and explains the striking rise in the college share near city centers since 2000. We show that this urban revival is driven by younger…”
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The birth of edge cities in China: Measuring the effects of industrial parks policy by Zheng, Siqi, Sun, Weizeng, Wu, Jianfeng, Kahn, Matthew E.

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