Report NEP-URE-2025-03-17

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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• Adam Lavecchia & Philip Oreopoulos & Noah Spencer, 2025. "The Impact of Comprehensive Student Support on Crime: Evidence from the Pathways to Education Program," CESifo Working Paper Series 11676, CESifo.
• Redding, Stephen J., 2024. "Spatial economics," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126845, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Hörnig, Lukas & Schäfer, Max, 2024. "The value of school choice opportunities," Ruhr Economic Papers 1120, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
• Bach, Maximilian & Klein, Thilo & McNamara, Sarah, 2024. "Access, achievements, and aspirations: The impacts of school tracking on student outcomes," ZEW Discussion Papers 24-076, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
• Serrati, Pablo Santiago, 2023. "School and Residential Segregation in the Reproduction of Urban Segregation. A Case Study in Buenos Aires," SocArXiv ayx3q_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Daniel Brunstein & Georges Casamatta & Sauveur Giannoni, 2025. "Using machine learning to estimate the heterogeneous impact of Airbnb on house prices: Evidence from Corsica," Post-Print hal-04934630, HAL.
• Vieira, Renato. S. & Pereira, Rafael H. M. & Emanuel, Lucas & Alves, Pedro Jorge, 2025. "The Effects of Fare-Free Transit on the Travel Behavior of Older Adults," OSF Preprints pywm7_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Albouy, David & Faberman, Jason, 2025. "Skills, Migration, and Urban Amenities over the Life Cycle," IZA Discussion Papers 17723, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Bhattarai, Keshav & Adhikari, Ambika P. & Gautam, Shiva, 2023. "State of Urbanization in Nepal: The Official Definition and Reality," SocArXiv gbwvk_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Vagliasindi,Maria, 2023. "The Impact of COVID-19 on Mobility and Congestion," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10351, The World Bank.
• Neumann, Uwe & Yasar, Serife, 2024. "Fostering prosperity at the local scale: Outcomes of urban policy for deprived neighbourhoods in Germany," Ruhr Economic Papers 1129, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
• Ahlfeldt, Gabriel M. & Szumilo, Nikodem & Tripathy, Jagdish, 2024. "Housing-consumption channel of mortgage demand," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126802, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Stokenberga,Aiga & Ivarsson Molina,Linda Ellin Maria & Fulponi,Juan Ignacio, 2023. "A Net Cure or Curse ? Tracking the Impact of E-Commerce on Urban Freight TransportIntensity in Bogotá and Buenos Aires," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10485, The World Bank.
• D'Aoust,Olivia Severine & Galdo,Virgilio & Ianchovichina,Elena, 2023. "Territorial Productivity Differences and Dynamics within Latin American Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10480, The World Bank.
• Iimi,Atsushi, 2023. "Agglomeration Economies and Transport Connectivity Revisited : A Regional Perspective Based on Evidence from the Caucasus and Central Asian Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10534, The World Bank.
• Xu, Wenfei, 2023. "New Methods for Old Questions: Predicting Historical Urban Renewal Areas in the United States," SocArXiv bsvr8_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Pablo D. Fajgelbaum & Cecile Gaubert, 2025. "Optimal Spatial Policies," NBER Working Papers 33493, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Piza,Caio & Furtado,Isabela Brandao & Amorim,Vivian De Fatima, 2023. "Experimental Evaluation of a Financial Education Program in Elementary and Middle School Grades," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10511, The World Bank.
• Andersen, Simon Calmar & Michel, Bastien & Nielsen, Helena Skyt, 2025. "Coaching and Implementation: Insights from a Field Experiment in Danish Schools," IZA Discussion Papers 17728, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Vergara-Vidal, Jorge, 2023. "CORVI’s rationalised typologies: form, materials, dimensions and programmes of social housing in Chile 1969-1972," SocArXiv 7wqmt_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Stokenberga,Aiga & Ivarsson Molina,Linda Ellin Maria & Fulponi,Juan Ignacio, 2023. "The COVID-19 Mark on Urban Mobility : A Tale of Two Cities’ Journey to Recovery," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10484, The World Bank.
• Alam,Muneeza Mehmood & Bagnoli,Lisa Serena & Kerzhner,Tamara, 2023. "The ABCs of the Role of Public Transport in Women’s Economic Empowerment," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10404, The World Bank.
• Patrinos,Harry Anthony, 2023. "The Longer Students Were Out of School, the Less They Learned," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10420, The World Bank.
• Demombynes,Gabriel, 2023. "Learning Poverty at the Local Level in Colombia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10498, The World Bank.
• Sophia Shen & Xinyi Wang & Nicholas Caros & Jinhua Zhao, 2025. "The effect of remote work on urban transportation emissions: evidence from 141 cities," Papers 2503.00422, arXiv.org.
• Shamsi, Javad, 2024. "Immigration and political realignment," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126828, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Iqbal,Syedah Aroob & Patrinos,Harry Anthony, 2023. "Learning during the Pandemic : Evidence from Uzbekistan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10474, The World Bank.
• Jedwab,Remi Camille & Barr,Jason, 2023. "Exciting, Boring, and Nonexistent Skylines : Vertical Building Gaps in Global Perspective," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10365, The World Bank.
• Eva Coll-Martínez & Carles Méndez-Ortega, 2024. "Location of Coworking Spaces: Evidence from Spain," Post-Print hal-04911140, HAL.
• Premkumar, Deepak & Lofstrom, Magnus & Hayes, Joseph & Martin, Brandon & Cremin, Sean, 2025. "Empirical Analysis of Racial Disparities in Policing," IZA Discussion Papers 17729, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Bessudnov, Alexey, 2023. "Ethnic differences in reading and mathematical test performance in primary schools in England," SocArXiv 5wvx2_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Heidmann, Laure & Neirac, Lucie & Andreu, Sandra & Conceiçao, Pierre & Eteve, Yann & Fabre, Marianne & Vourc'h, Ronan, 2023. "Delayed learning to read and write during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal study of the heterogeneous effects on all first graders in France," SocArXiv qn9a8_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Matthew Collin & Karan Mishra & Andreas Økland, 2024. "The Mystery of Anonymous Investment in US Real Estate," Post-Print halshs-04941022, HAL.
• Stokenberga,Aiga & Escalante Hernandez,Cecilia Nallely & Dominguez Gonzalez,Karla & Espinet Alegre,Xavier & Becoulet,Malaika, 2023. "The Rough Road to Services and Livelihood Opportunities in Rural Haiti and the Added Impact of Natural Disasters," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10550, The World Bank.
• Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa & Montalbán, José & Weinhardt, Felix, 2024. "Home broadband and human capital formation," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126832, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Machin, Stephen & Sandi, Matteo, 2024. "Crime and education," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126801, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Chen, Xiaoguang & Huang, Hanwei & Ju, Jiandong & Sun, Ruoyan & Zhang, Jialiang, 2024. "Endogenous mobility in pandemics: theory and evidence from the United States," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126830, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Baseler,Travis Andreas & Narayan,Ambar & Ng,Odyssia Sophie Si Jia & Sinha Roy,Sutirtha, 2023. "Does Food Insecurity Hinder Migration ? Experimental Evidence from the Indian Public Distribution System," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10549, The World Bank.
• Bredtmann, Julia & Otten, Sebastian & Vonnahme, Christina, 2024. "Discrimination in grading? Evidence on teachers' evaluation bias towards minority students," Ruhr Economic Papers 1122, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
• Sven Damen & Matthijs Korevaar & Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh, 2025. "An Alpha in Affordable Housing?," NBER Working Papers 33470, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Baciu, Dan Costa, 2025. "CHOAMs are All You Need: Using Urban Chains of Activities to Uncover the Relationship Between Mobility, Diversity, and Value," OSF Preprints wuyp9_v3, Center for Open Science.
• Evsyukova, Yulia & Rusche, Felix & Mill, Wladislaw, 2024. "Linked out? A field experiment on discrimination in job network formation," ZEW Discussion Papers 24-069, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
• Barron, Boris & Hall, Matthew & Rich, Peter & Cohen, Itai & Arias, Tomas A., 2023. "The Dissimilarity Index Was Never Compositionally Invariant," SocArXiv q2s7c_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Saavedra Facusse,Trinidad Berenice & Inchauste Comboni,Maria Gabriela, 2023. "Why Do People Move across State Borders ? Evidence from Mexico," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10493, The World Bank.
• Behrer,Arnold Patrick & Bolotnyy,Valentin, 2023. "Moving to Adaptation ? Understanding the Migratory Response to Hurricanes in the United States," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10528, The World Bank.
• Darling-Hammond, Sean & Ho, Eric, 2023. "No matter how you slice it: The persistence and pervasiveness of disproportionate punishment for Black students," SocArXiv khtsa_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Hasan, Sacha & Yuan, Yingfang, 2023. "Minority Ethnic Vulnerabilities in the Use of Digital Housing Services Across Age Groups," SocArXiv jtc8k_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Palm, Matthew & Allen, Jeff & Farber, Steven, 2023. "Shifted out: the well-being and justice implications of evening and night commuting," SocArXiv uy96s_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Haibo Qin, & Zhongxuan, Xie & Li, Wenhan & Shang, Huping, 2023. "Intellectualism and the Citizen Coproduction to Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic," SocArXiv x893s_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Manning, Alan & Mazeine, Graham, 2024. "Should I stay or should I go? Return migration from the United States," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126831, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Baez Ramirez,Javier Eduardo & Celik,Cigdem & Kshirsagar,Varun Sridhar, 2023. "A Spatial Perspective on Booms and Busts : Evidence from Türkiye," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10553, The World Bank.
• Chlouba,Vladimir & Mukim,Megha & Zaveri,Esha Dilip, 2023. "After Big Droughts Come Big Cities : Does Drought Drive Urbanization?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10408, The World Bank.
• Antonietti, Roberto & Burlina, Chiara & Rodriguez-Pose, Andres, 2025. "Digital technology and regional income inequality: are better institutions the solution?," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 127062, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Rasch, Alexander & Morando, Alberto & Thalya, Prateek, 2025. "The right turn: Modeling driver yielding behavior to e-scooter riders," OSF Preprints vbrm5_v2, Center for Open Science.
• Kelling, Claire & Haensch, Anna & Mendible, Ariana & Brooks, Spencer & Wiedemann, Alex & Aminian, Manuchehr & Hasty, Wade & Higdon, Jude, 2023. "Small-Town Police Accountability: Challenges and Recommendations," SocArXiv 2gyuv_v1, Center for Open Science.
• González-Bustamante, Bastián & Aguilar, Diego, 2023. "Territorial Patterns of Open E-Government: Evidence from Chilean Municipalities," SocArXiv gt8a5_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Le, Daniel, 2023. "Leaving the West Only to Return: The Ethnic Returns of 2nd Generation Vietnamese," SocArXiv ykjr9_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Klein, Nicholas J. & Basu, Rounaq & Smart, Michael J., 2023. "In the driver’s seat: Pathways to automobile ownership for lower-income households in the United States," SocArXiv 7ex6z_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Nell,Andrew David & Herszenhut,Daniel & Knudsen,Camilla & Nakamura,Shohei & Saraiva,Marcus & Avner,Paolo, 2023. "Carbon Pricing and Transit Accessibility to Jobs : Impacts on Inequality in Rio deJaneiro and Kinshasa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10341, The World Bank.
• Ahsan,Md. Nazmul & Emran,M. Shahe & Shilpi,Forhad J., 2023. "Public Primary School Expansion, Gender-Based Crowding Out, and Intergenerational Educational Mobility," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10418, The World Bank.
• Assunção,Juliano & Carlquist Rabelo De Araujo,Rafael & Amorim Braganca,Arthur, 2023. "The Effects of Transportation Infrastructure on Deforestation in the Amazon : A GeneralEquilibrium Approach," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10415, The World Bank.
• Katz, Lindsay & Chong, Michael & Alexander, Monica, 2023. "Measuring short-term mobility patterns in North America using Facebook Advertising data, with an application to adjusting Covid-19 mortality rates," SocArXiv bev4p_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Melorango, Siivi & Shirgaokar, Manish, 2023. "Supplying Efficient and Effective Bus Service in the U.S.: Impacts of Varying Expenditures across Small and Big Agencies," SocArXiv ub5zp_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Hauer, Mathew, 2023. "Climate Migration Amplifies Demographic Change and Population Aging," SocArXiv 24tjr_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Fijalkow, Yankel & Wilson, Yaneira, 2023. "Health literacy: another way of measuring housing quality," SocArXiv jfum5_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Lynch,Catherine & Singh,Ashna & Zhang,Yan F., 2023. "Towards a More Nuanced Approach to Measuring Housing Affordability : Evidence from Pakistan," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10450, The World Bank.
• Hanming Fang & Ming Li & Long Wang & Zoe Yang, 2025. "High-Speed Rail and China's Electric Vehicle Adoption Miracle," NBER Working Papers 33489, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Tanaka,Nobuyuki & Sondergaard,Lars M., 2023. "Analysis of Teacher Stock versus Flow in Primary Education in East Asia and the PacificMiddle-Income Countries : A Simple Model and Results from Simulation between 2020 and 2030," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10479, The World Bank.
• Juskowiak, Piotr, 2023. "Commoning with Henri Lefebvre," SocArXiv 5gwbk_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Orozco Olvera,Victor Hugo & Rascon Ramirez,Ericka G., 2023. "Improving Enrollment and Learning through Videos and Mobiles : Experimental Evidence fromNorthern Nigeria," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10413, The World Bank.
• Nakamura,Shohei & Abanokova,Ksenia & Dang,Hai-Anh H. & Takamatsu,Shinya & Pei,Chunchen & Prospere,Dilou, 2023. "Is Climate Change Slowing the Urban Escalator out of Poverty ? Evidence from Chile,Colombia, and Indonesia," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10383, The World Bank.
• Momi Dahan, 2025. "Socio-Economic Mobility of Development Towns in Israel," CESifo Working Paper Series 11685, CESifo.
• Brice Fabre & Marc Sangnier, 2024. "Where and why do politicians send pork? Evidence from central government transfers to French municipalities," Post-Print hal-04930928, HAL.
• Iimi,Atsushi, 2023. "Estimating Road Freight Transport Costs in Eastern Europe and Central AsiaUsing Large Shipping Data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10533, The World Bank.
• Breen, Casey, 2023. "The Longevity Benefits of Homeownership: Evidence from Early 20th-Century U.S. Male Birth Cohorts," SocArXiv 7ya3f_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Lange, Martin & McNamara, Sarah & Schmidt, Philipp, 2024. "Labor market integration of asylum seekers in Europe: Recent trends and barriers," ZEW Discussion Papers 24-073, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
• World Bank & Bedoya Arguelles,Guadalupe & Dolinger,Amy & Dolkart,Caitlin Fitzgerald & Legovini,Arianna & Sveta Milusheva & Marty,Robert Andrew & Taniform,Peter Ngwa, 2023. "The Unintended Consequences of Curfews on Road Safety," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10393, The World Bank.
• Neumann, Uwe & Schmidt, Christoph M., 2024. "The dynamics of household location preferences in Germany," Ruhr Economic Papers 1126, RWI - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund University, University of Duisburg-Essen.
• Vazquez,Emmanuel Jose & Winkler,Deborah Elisabeth, 2023. "Trade and Local Labor Market Outcomes in Mexico : Disentangling the Channels and the Roleof Geography, Sectors, and Trade Types," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10332, The World Bank.
• Baldassarre,Alessio & Calà,Valerio Ferdinando & Carullo,Danilo & Dudu,Hasan & Fusco,Elisa Marie & Giacobbe,Pasquale & Orecchia,Carlo, 2023. "Simulating the Effect of Business Tax Abolition through a New Regional CGE Model : Evidencefrom Italy," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10387, The World Bank.
• Hoopes, John & Oshan, Taylor M., 2025. "Towards a decentralized geospatial web — risks and opportunities for GIScience," OSF Preprints bg2uq_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Minni, Virginia Magda Luisa, 2024. "Global managers, local workers: wage setting inside a multinational firm," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 126836, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Bernini,Andrea & Bossavie,Laurent Loic Yves & Garrote Sanchez,Daniel & Makovec,Mattia, 2023. "Corruption as a Push and Pull Factor of Migration Flows : Evidence from European Countries," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10566, The World Bank.
• Azevedo,Joao Pedro Wagner De & Cojocaru,Alexandru & Montalva Talledo,Veronica Sonia & Narayan,Ambar, 2023. "COVID-19 School Closures, Learning Losses and Intergenerational Mobility," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10381, The World Bank.
• Paul,Saumik & Raju,Dhushyanth, 2023. "Sectoral Productivity Shock, Regional Differences in Intersectoral Linkages, andStructural Transformation in Ghana," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10446, The World Bank.
• Aya Aboulhosn & Cevat Giray Aksoy & Berkay Ozcan, 2025. "Refugee Immigration and Natives’ Fertility," CESifo Working Paper Series 11683, CESifo.
• Klein, Nicholas J. & Basu, Rounaq & Smart, Michael J., 2023. "Transitions into and out of Car Ownership among Low-Income Households in the United States," SocArXiv ka6nr_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Faieta, Elena & Feng, Zhexin & Serafinelli, Michel, 2025. "Rural Employment Evolutions," IZA Discussion Papers 17715, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Marc Ivaldi & Walter Nunez, 2025. "Covid-19 impact on bike-sharing systems: Lessons from Toulouse and Lyon," Post-Print hal-04937733, HAL.
• Tom Gorges & Magnus {O}rberg Rove & Paul Sharp & Christian Vedel, 2025. "Tracks to Modernity: Railroads, Growth, and Social Movements in Denmark," Papers 2502.21141, arXiv.org.
• Yaqub, Ohid & Coburn, Josie & Moore, Duncan A.Q., 2023. "Research-targeting, spillovers, and the direction of science: Evidence from HIV research-funding," SocArXiv gcuhn_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Arora,Abhishek & George,Siddharth & Rao,Vijayendra & Sharan,MR, 2023. "The Added Value of Local Democracy: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in India," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10555, The World Bank.
• Yao, Koffi Yves & Kouakou, Auguste Konan, 2025. "Migration, Remittances, and the Financing of Development," MPRA Paper 123655, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Karner, Alex & Pereira, Rafael H. M. & Farber, Steven, 2023. "Advances and pitfalls in measuring transportation equity," SocArXiv y246u_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Acuff, Christopher, 2023. "More Money or More Problems? Assessing the Fiscal Impact of Consolidation in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia," SocArXiv as3pb_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Keil, M. & Loske, D. & Modica, T. & Klumpp, M., 2024. "Human Factors on the Road: Truck Drivers’ Heterogeneity in Distribution," Publications of Darmstadt Technical University, Institute for Business Studies (BWL) 153239, Darmstadt Technical University, Department of Business Administration, Economics and Law, Institute for Business Studies (BWL).
• González-Casado, Miguel A. & Gonzales, Gladis & Molina, Jose Luis & Sánchez, Angel, 2023. "Towards a General Method to Classify Personal Network Structures," SocArXiv 23efd_v1, Center for Open Science.
• Deininger,Klaus W. & Goyal,Aparajita, 2023. "Land Institutions to Address New Challenges in Africa : Implications for the World Bank’s Land Policy," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10389, The World Bank.
• Siddharth, L. & Luo, Jianxi, 2025. "Knowledge of Technological Artefacts: Investigating the Linguistic and Structural Foundations," OSF Preprints ncqz3_v2, Center for Open Science.
• B Kis,Anna & Boxho,Claire Elise & Gaddis,Isis & Koussoube,Mousson Estelle Jamel & Rouanet,Lea Marie, 2023. "The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Adolescents’ School Attendance in Sub-Saharan Africa," Policy Research Working Paper Series 10472, The World Bank.