Report NEP-URE-2025-03-03

This is the archive for NEP-URE, a report on new working papers in the area of Urban and Real Estate Economics. Steve Ross issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Brett Huettner & Stephan D. Whitaker, 2025. "Boomerang Migration: Which Regions Have the Most, and Can It Make a Difference?," Cleveland Fed District Data Brief 99574, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
• Klaus Desmet & Fernando Parro, 2025. "Spatial Dynamics," NBER Working Papers 33443, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Batterham, Deb & reynolds, margaret & Cigdem, Melek & Parkinson, Sharon, 2024. "The changing geography of homelessness in Australia (2001–21) and its structural drivers," SocArXiv 6gsx7_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Benjamin Cornejo Costas & Nicola Cortinovis & Andrea Morrison, 2025. "How external linkages and informal institutions enable green innovation in EU regions," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2503, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Feb 2025.
• Moktan, Sidharth & Guin, Benjamin & Clarke, Liam, 2025. "The anatomy of a shock to residential real estate: the role of lending," Bank of England working papers 1111, Bank of England.
• Asim,Salman & Gera,Ravinder Madron Casley & Moreno,Juan Martin & Wong,Kerry Lai Man, 2024. "Can Targeted Allocation of Teachers Improve Student Learning Outcomes? Evidence from Malawi," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10844, The World Bank.
• Velthuis, Sanne & Le Petit-Guerin, Mehdi & Royer, Jeroen & Leibert, Tim & Cauchi-Duval, Nicolas & Franklin, Rachel S. & MacKinnon, Danny, 2024. "Regional Migration in Economically Lagging Regions in the UK, France, and Germany," SocArXiv t4vbd_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Cai, Liang & Song, Guangwen & Zhang, Yanji, 2024. "Divergent Decision-Making in Context: Neighborhood Context Shapes Effects of Physical Disorder and Spatial Knowledge on Burglars’ Location Choice," SocArXiv rcny3_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Berliant, Marcus, 2025. "Commuting and Internet Traffic Congestion," MPRA Paper 123553, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Le blanc, Julia & Slacalek, Jiri & White, Matthew N., 2025. "Housing Wealth Across Countries: The Role of Expectations, Institutions and Preferences," JRC Working Papers in Economics and Finance 2025-01, Joint Research Centre, European Commission.
• Duncan MacLennan & Kenneth Gibb, 2025. "Housing the Economy," National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Policy Papers 44, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.
• Amorim,Vivian & Caio Piza & Lautharte Jr.,Ildo José, 2024. "Learning When Schools Shutdown : Impacts of H1N1 Outbreak on Learning Loss and Learning Gaps," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10879, The World Bank.
• Guinea Martín, Daniel & Rojas Mora, Julio, 2025. "The effect of copays on the economic and ethnic segregation of primary education students: An evaluation of Chile's 2015 School Inclusion Act," UC3M Working papers. Economics 45948, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía.
• Bergh, Andreas & Mehic, Adrian & Sandberg, David & Wernberg, Joakim, 2025. "E-scooters and Traffic Accidents: Evidence from Staggered Roll-Out in Swedish Municipalities," Working Paper Series 1520, Research Institute of Industrial Economics.
• Sebastian Martin Krantz, 2024. "Optimal Investments in Africa’s Road Network," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10893, The World Bank.
• Kim, Dongjin, 2024. "From an empty land to the symbol of wealth: the history of the ‘Gangnam-style’ development in Seoul, South Korea," SocArXiv 268zg_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Bernard, Josef & Refisch, Martin & Grzelak, Anna & Bański, Jerzy & Deppisch, Larissa & Konopski, Michał & Kostelecký, Tomáš & Kowalski, Mariusz & Klärner, Andreas, 2025. "Left-behind regions in Poland, Germany, Czechia : classification and electoral implications," Thünen Working Paper 350171, Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut (vTI), Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries.
• Asim,Salman & Bashir,Sajitha & Gera,Ravinder Madron Casley, 2024. "Learning Loss as a Result of COVID-19 : Evidence from a Longitudinal Survey in Malawi," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10843, The World Bank.
• Jan Weymeirsch & Hanna Dieckmann & Ralf Münnich, 2024. "Construction of a Georeferenced House Data Set for the City of Trier within the MikroSim Project," Research Papers in Economics 2024-09, University of Trier, Department of Economics.
• Davidson, Elle & Porter, Libby & Landau-Ward, Ani & Wensing, Ed & Kelly, Matthew & McNeill, Donald, 2024. "Voicing First Nations Country, culture and community in urban policy," SocArXiv ktzsv_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Schmeißer,Aiko & Katharina Maria Fietz, 2024. "Racial Peer Effects at Work : Evidence from Worker Deaths in Brazil," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10899, The World Bank.
• Lisa J. Dettling & Melissa Schettini Kearney, 2025. "Did the Modern Mortgage Set the Stage for the U.S. Baby Boom?," NBER Working Papers 33446, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Matthew Smith & Francisco Alvarez, 2025. "Machine Learning for Applied Economic Analysis: Gaining Practical Insights," Working Papers 2025-03, FEDEA.
• König, Christian & Salomo, Katja & Helbig, Marcel, 2024. "Understanding Variation in Neighbourhood Environmental Inequalities: The Influence of Residential Segregation, Gentrification, and other City-Level Factors," SocArXiv j4tf2_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Buckmann, Marcus & Eccles, Buckmann, 2025. "The effect of mortgage brokers on banks’ business models," Bank of England working papers 1104, Bank of England.
• Asim,Salman & Gera,Ravinder Madron Casley & Harris,Donna Oretha & Dercon,Stefan, 2024. "Does Effective School Leadership Improve Student Progression and Test Scores ? Evidence from a Field Experiment in Malawi," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10846, The World Bank.
• Vij, Akshay & Sharam, Andrea & Baako, Kingsley & Ardeshiri, Ali & Faulkner, Debbie & Washington, Lynette & Reddy, Wejandra & Lowies, Braam, 2024. "Incentivising small-scale investors to supply affordable private rental housing," SocArXiv 4sqwb_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Mattia Balestra & Giulio Cainelli & Roberto Ganau & Nadiia Matsiuk & Mario Pasquato & Roberto Pierdicca, 2025. "Sovereignty, Civic Capital, and Local Development. A Historical Perspective in Economic Geography," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2504, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Feb 2025.
• Andrew L. Dabalen & Justice Tei Mensah & Nsabimana,Aimable, 2024. "Local Economic Shocks and Human Capital Accumulation : Evidence from Rwandan Coffee Mills," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10993, The World Bank.
• Leng, Alyssa Amanda & Edwards, Ryan Barclay & Wood, Terence, 2025. "Narratives, immigration and immigration policy preferences," SocArXiv c63uq_v1, Center for Open Science.
• valentine, kylie & Liu, Edgar & Veeroja, Piret & Harris, Patrick & Blunden, Hazel & Horton, Ella, 2024. "The role of housing providers in supporting clients with complex needs," SocArXiv fqt8s_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Góes,Carlos & Segnana,Juan & Robertson,Raymond & Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C., 2024. "Local Labor Market Dynamics and Export Shocks: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10829, The World Bank.
• Fix, Blair, 2024. "The American Housing Crisis: A Theft, Not a Shortage," EconStor Preprints 312033, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics.
• Balgova, Maria & Illing, Hannah, 2024. "The labour market costs of job displacement by migrant status," Bank of England working papers 1099, Bank of England.
• Abhimanyu Gupta & Xi Qu & Sorawoot Srisuma & Jiajun Zhang, 2025. "Inference on varying coefficients in spatial autoregressions," Papers 2502.03084, arXiv.org.
• Pabico, Jaderick, 2025. "Critical Pathways to Resilience: Assessing Road Network Failures and Their Impact on Evacuation Accessibility in Borongan City," OSF Preprints s72zg_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Merli, M. Giovanna, 2024. "Social Integration and Perceptions of Racism among Chinese Immigrants in France: Findings from the Chinese Immigrants in the Paris Region (ChIPRe) Study," SocArXiv 24zqd_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Jonas Feld & Joanna Tyrowicz, 2025. "Linguistic proximity and inequality in returns to migrant skills," GRAPE Working Papers 102, GRAPE Group for Research in Applied Economics.
• Rodier, Caroline & Gibb, John & Zhang, Yunwan, 2025. "Sensitivity Testing of Induced Highway Travel in the Sacramento Regional Travel Demand Model," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt0jc0v1gn, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
• Smeets, Chayenne & Cebotari, Victor, 2024. "Gender Differences and the Impact of Parental Migration on Child Education in Ghana," SocArXiv b6sz9_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Daniel, Lyrian & Lang, Michaela & Barlow, Cynthia & Phibbs, Peter & Baker, Emma & Hamilton, Ian, 2024. "A national roadmap for improving the building quality of Australian housing stock," SocArXiv 6592m_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Mitchell, Ross E., 2024. "Understanding Changes in Ethnoracial Group Estimates Following Implementation of the FY 2024 HMIS Data Standards," SocArXiv zemr5_v1, Center for Open Science.
• González-Leonardo, Miguel, 2025. "Weights to produce consistent time-series between the new Spanish Migration and Change of Residence Statistics and previous migration statistics," SocArXiv cg4qy_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Cremaschi, Marco & Vitale, Tommaso Prof, 2024. "The Policy of Refugee Reception and the Policing of Public Space in Paris," SocArXiv z2dur_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Verena Christina Wiedemann & Kirui,Benard K. & Khandelwal,Vatsal & Chacha,Peter W., 2024. "Spatial Inequality and Informality in Kenya’s Firm Network," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10932, The World Bank.
• Klein, Nicholas J. & Brown, Anne & Howell, Amanda & Smart, Michael J., 2024. "Invisible Rides: How Car-Less Americans Access Cars," SocArXiv 4ngtr_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Scopacasa, Rafael, 2024. "The Urban Dimensions of Mountain Society in Late-First Millennium BC Italy: Monte Vairano in Samnium," SocArXiv fkh4d_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Kyle Fee, 2025. "Income Inequality and Economic Growth in United States Counties: 1990s, 2000s and 2010s," Working Papers 25-05, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
• Lepinteur, Anthony & Menta, Giorgia & Waltl, Sofie, 2025. "Equal Price for Equal Place? Demand-Driven Racial Discrimination in the Housing Market," Department of Economics Working Paper Series 71231357, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business.
• Moskos, Megan & Milligan, Vivienne & Benedict, Richard & Habibis, Daphne & Isherwood, Linda & van den Nouwelant, Ryan, 2025. "Indigenous housing support in Australia: the lay of the land," SocArXiv tucv4_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Pkhikidze,Nino, 2024. "Connectivity, Road Quality, and Jobs : Evidence from Armenia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10847, The World Bank.
• Benjamin Dennis & Gurubala Kotta & Caroline Norris, 2025. "Spatially Mapping Banks' Commercial & Industrial Loan Exposures: Including an Application to Climate-Related Risks," Finance and Economics Discussion Series 2025-006, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.).
• Asim,Salman & Gera,Ravinder Madron Casley, 2024. "Are Short-Term Gains in Learning Outcomes Possible ? Evidence from the Malawi Education Sector Improvement Project," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10845, The World Bank.
• James Sampi & Guillermo Javier Vuletin & J.T. Araujo, 2024. "Firm Size and Public Investment Multipliers : Micro Evidence from Peru," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10997, The World Bank.
• Bazzi,Samuel & Hilmy,Masyhur & Marx,Benjamin & Mahvish Ifrah Shaukat & Stegmann,Andreas, 2024. "It Takes a Village Election : Turnover and Performance in Local Bureaucracies," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10920, The World Bank.
• Koetter, Michael & Noth, Felix & Wöbbeking, Carl Fabian, 2025. "Illusive compliance and elusive risk-shifting after macroprudential tightening: Evidence from EU banking," IWH Discussion Papers 4/2025, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
• Esch,Thomas & Klaus W. Deininger & Jedwab,Remi & Palacios-Lopez,Daniela, 2024. "Outward and Upward Construction : A 3D Analysis of the Global Building Stock," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10866, The World Bank.
• Carolina Castaldi, 2025. "Mapping innovation in space," Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) 2505, Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography, revised Feb 2025.
• Bracke, Philippe & Everitt, Matthew & Fazio, Martina & Varadi, Alexandra, 2024. "When refinancing meets monetary tightening: heterogeneous impacts on spending and debt via mortgage modifications," Bank of England working papers 1105, Bank of England.
• Chen, Jia & Cui, Guowei & Sarafidis, Vasilis & Yamagata, Takashi, 2025. "IV Estimation of Heterogeneous Spatial Dynamic Panel Models with Interactive Effects," MPRA Paper 123497, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Vivalt, Eva & Aidan Coville & KC,Sampada, 2024. "Local Knowledge, Formal Evidence, and Policy Decisions," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10994, The World Bank.
• Mohebbian, Mana, 2024. "Exploring the Potential for a Holistic Indicator of Social Sustainability and Quality of Life in Vancouver," SocArXiv dmqbr_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Muhammad Sukri Bin Ramli, 2025. "Examining the Impact of Income Inequality and Gender on School Completion in Malaysia: A Machine Learning Approach Utilizing Malaysia's Public Sector Open Data," Papers 2501.18868, arXiv.org.
• Danièle Patier & Laila Abdelhai, 2025. "Emerging Sustainable Urban Logistics Concepts: a Case Study in France," Post-Print halshs-04570628, HAL.
• Brice Fabre & Marc Sangnier, 2024. "Where and why do politicians send pork? Evidence from central government transfers to French municipalities," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-04930928, HAL.
• Philip Mulder & Yanjun Liao, 2024. "What’s at Stake? Understanding the Role of Home Equity in Flood Insurance Demand," Working Papers 24-06, Office of Financial Research, US Department of the Treasury.
• Gharad T. Bryan & Kyra Frye & Melanie Morten, 2025. "Spatial Economics for Low- and Middle-Income Countries," NBER Working Papers 33453, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Mohit Sharma & Brinda Viswanathan, 2025. "Short Term Employment Transitions in Urban India: Role of Minimum Wages," Working Papers 2025-276, Madras School of Economics,Chennai,India.
• Sochas, Laura & Chanfreau, Jenny, 2024. "Austerity as reproductive injustice: Did local government spending cuts unequally impact births?," SocArXiv 894p3_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Stanley, Zofia C. & Topaz, Chad M., 2024. "Using Data Science for Social Good: Mapping Opportunity Youth," SocArXiv anwtf_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Abreha,Kaleb & Rafael Amaral Ornelas & Gabriel Roberto Zaourak, 2024. "Regional Convergence in Brazil," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10904, The World Bank.
• Lisa Martin & Mr. Christopher S Adam & Douglas Gollin, 2025. "Transport Frictions and the Pass-Through of Global Price Shocks in a Spatial Model of Low-Income Countries," IMF Working Papers 2025/039, International Monetary Fund.
• Maertens,Annemie & Siddharth Sharma & Khamis,Melanie, 2024. "Absentee Landlords and Land Tenancy," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10865, The World Bank.
• Balia, S.; & Brau, R.; & Pau, S.;, 2025. "One plus one makes less than two? Consolidation policies and mortality in the Italian NHS," Health, Econometrics and Data Group (HEDG) Working Papers 25/02, HEDG, c/o Department of Economics, University of York.
• Jaller, Miguel PhD & Pahwa, Anmol PhD & Saphores, Jean-Daniel PhD & Hyland, Michael PhD, 2024. "Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities of Different Last-Mile Delivery Strategies," Institute of Transportation Studies, Working Paper Series qt98x6z26j, Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis.
• Antonin Bergeaud & Arthur Guillouzouic, 2024. "Proximity of firms to scientific production," PSE-Ecole d'économie de Paris (Postprint) hal-04938250, HAL.
• Alpes, Maybritt Jill, 2025. "Smuggling critique into impact: Research design principles for critical and actionable migration research," SocArXiv mzy8h_v2, Center for Open Science.
• Maciej Bukowski & Michał Kowalski & Marcin Wroński, 2025. "The Economic Growth and Regional Convergence in Interwar Poland: Detailed Historical National Accounts," Working Papers 2025-03, Faculty of Economic Sciences, University of Warsaw.