JUE Insight: How much does COVID-19 increase with mobility? Evidence from New York and four other U.S. cities [0.03%]
JUE观点：新冠疫情随流动性增加多少？来自纽约和其他四个美国城市的证据
Edward L Glaeser,Caitlin Gorback,Stephen J Redding
Edward L Glaeser
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 decrease by 19% for every ten percentage point fall in mobility. Addressing endogen...
Do natural disasters cause an excessive fear of heights? Evidence from the Wenchuan earthquake [0.03%]
源自汶川地震的证据：自然灾害会使人过度恐高吗？
Guoying Deng,Li Gan,Manuel A Hernandez
Guoying Deng
This paper uses the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China to examine if the occurrence of a natural disaster can cause an excessive fear of living in upper floors. We rely on potential variations in earthquake risk perceptions by floor level to...
Grace Wong
Grace Wong
This paper uses the 2003 Hong Kong Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) epidemic as a natural experiment to investigate how housing markets react to extreme events. A panel data set of large-scale housing complexes (estates) is used to ...
Tom Chang,Mireille Jacobson
Tom Chang
Jurisdictions that sanction medical or, more recently, recreational marijuana use often allow retail sales at dispensaries. Dispensaries are controversial as many believe they contribute to local crime. To assess this claim, we analyze the ...
Recent Immigrants as Labor Market Arbitrageurs: Evidence from the Minimum Wage [0.03%]
最近的移民作为劳动力市场套利者：来自最低工资的证据
Brian C Cadena
Brian C Cadena
This paper investigates the local labor supply effects of changes to the minimum wage by examining the response of low-skilled immigrants' location decisions. Canonical models emphasize the importance of labor mobility when evaluating the e...
Thick-Market Effects and Churning in the Labor Market: Evidence from U.S. Cities [0.03%]
美国城市的劳动力市场厚市场效应与浑水摸鱼行为：证据来自美国城市
Hoyt Bleakley,Jeffrey Lin
Hoyt Bleakley
Using U.S. Census microdata, we show that, on average, workers change occupation and industry less in more densely populated areas. The result is robust to standard demographic controls, as well as to including aggregate measures of human c...
Exclusionary policies in urban development: Under-servicing migrant households in Brazilian cities [0.03%]
城市发展中的排挤政策：巴西城市中对外来人口家庭服务不足的问题分析
Leo Feler,J Vernon Henderson
Leo Feler
Localities in developed countries often enact regulations to deter low-income households from moving in. In developing countries, such restrictions lead to the emergence of informal housing sectors. To deter low-income migrants, localities ...
Robert Kaestner,Neeraj Kaushal
Robert Kaestner
We study the effect of immigration of foreign-trained, registered nurses (RNs) on the employment and wages of US-trained RNs. We use the "area" approach and study effects of immigration in labor markets defined by the state. We find substan...
Hui Shan
Hui Shan
The 2000-05 housing market boom in the U.S. has caused sharp increases in residential property taxes. Housing-rich but income-poor elderly homeowners often complain about rising tax burdens, and anecdotal evidence suggests that some move to...
Terra McKinnish,Randall Walsh,T Kirk White
Terra McKinnish
This paper uses confidential Census data, specifically the 1990 and 2000 Census Long Form data, to study demographic processes in neighborhoods that gentrified during the 1990's. In contrast to previous studies, the analysis is conducted at...