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2020

Economics

W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Urban issues

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Warding Off Development: Local Control, Housing Supply, And Nimbys, Evan Mast Jul 2020

Warding Off Development: Local Control, Housing Supply, And Nimbys, Evan Mast

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

Local control of land-use regulation creates a not-in-my-backyard (NIMBY) problem that can suppress housing construction, contributing to rising prices and potentially slowing economic growth. I study how increased local control affects housing production by exploiting a common electoral reform—changing from “at-large” to “ward” elections for town council. These reforms, which are not typically motivated by housing markets, shrink each representative’s constituency from the entire town to one ward. Difference-in-differences estimates show that this decentralization decreases housing units permitted by 24 percent, with 47 percent and 12 percent effects on multi- and single-family units. The effect on multifamily is larger in …


Warding Off Development: Local Control, Housing Supply, And Nimbys, Evan Mast Jul 2020

Warding Off Development: Local Control, Housing Supply, And Nimbys, Evan Mast

Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs

No abstract provided.


Investing In Community: A Playbook For Connecting Economic And Skills Development, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Michelle Miller-Adams, Lee Adams, Amy Meyers, Bridget F. Timmeney Mar 2020

Investing In Community: A Playbook For Connecting Economic And Skills Development, Timothy J. Bartik, Brad J. Hershbein, Michelle Miller-Adams, Lee Adams, Amy Meyers, Bridget F. Timmeney

Reports

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Supply Shock Versus Demand Shock: The Local Effects Of New Housing In Low-Income Areas, Brian J. Asquith, Evan Mast, Davin Reed Feb 2020

Supply Shock Versus Demand Shock: The Local Effects Of New Housing In Low-Income Areas, Brian J. Asquith, Evan Mast, Davin Reed

Employment Research Newsletter

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Supply Shock Versus Demand Shock: The Local Effects Of New Housing In Low-Income Areas, Brian J. Asquith, Evan Mast, Davin Reed Jan 2020

Supply Shock Versus Demand Shock: The Local Effects Of New Housing In Low-Income Areas, Brian J. Asquith, Evan Mast, Davin Reed

Upjohn Institute Policy and Research Briefs

No abstract provided.