How do media portrayals of potential policy beneficiaries’ identities sway public support for these policies in a public health setting?…
Americans travel 7 to 9 miles on average for shopping and recreational activities, which is far longer than the 15-minute (walking) city…
The share of US residents who were born in Latin America and the Caribbean plateaued recently, after a half century of rapid growth. Our…
Segmented pricing would benefit lower-income residents and ease costly enforcement measures.
The leaders of America’s cities could take a…
Housing policy is one of the most important areas of local politics. Yet little is known about how local legislatures and executives make…
The downsides of density, including traffic congestion, contagious disease and crime, were common in Victorian London and classical Rome,…
How effective are restrictions on mobility in limiting COVID-19 spread? Using zip code data across five U.S. cities, we estimate that total…
Disease is an old companion to urban life. The golden age of Periclean Athens was arguably ended by the plague that struck that polis in…