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Foreclosures and Neighborhoods
The Shape and Impacts of the U.S. Mortgage CrisisPonenciasNoviembre 2015Dan ImmergluckThis paper explores the root cause of municipal fiscal stress and documents the effects of foreclosures in the United States. The author, Dan Immergluck, examines the household- and neighborhood-...
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A Realistic Assessment of Housing Finance Reform
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Laurie S. GoodmanLaurie S. Goodman focuses on the conservatorship and reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and the efforts to expand the role of private capital in such government sponsored enterprises (GSEs). At the...
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An Evaluation of China’s Land Policy and Urban Housing Markets
PonenciasNoviembre 2015In this paper, Joyce Y. Man examines the evolution of Chinese housing policies and the growth of the Chinese housing market since the reforms of 1998, when the Chinese government ended its...
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Housing Policies and Urban Development
Lessons from the Latin American Experience, 1960–2010PonenciasNoviembre 2015Eduardo RojasAccess and opportunity are tied in many different ways to location. One’s neighborhood and neighbors can have dramatic effects on health and political, socioeconomic, and education opportunities and...
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The Relationship Between the Rise of Private Communities and Increasing Socioeconomic Stratification
PonenciasNoviembre 2015Evan McKenzieIn this paper, Evan McKenzie examines the rise of common interest housing, which takes the form of private homeowners’ associations, condominiums, and housing cooperatives. The relationship between...
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School Quality, School Choice, and Residential Mobility
PonenciasMayo 2014Eric BrunnerEric J. Brunner reviews two areas of research concerning the link between residential location and school quality: (1) the long-standing and growing literature on the effects of a residentially based...
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The School Attendance and Residential Location Balancing Act
Community, Choice, Diversity, and AchievementPonenciasMayo 2014Ellen Goldring and Walker SwainEllen B. Goldring and Walker Swain evaluate the impact parental choices have on residential location and schooling. This paper is divided into three loosely chronological sections that focus in turn...
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Admissions to Academy Schools in England
School Composition and House PricesPonenciasMayo 2014Stephen Machin and Anne WestEngland has had various forms of school choice for decades. Stephen Machin and Anne West focus on the introduction of academy schools, a new form of secondary school, in 2000. Academies are broadly...
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Beyond “Accidents of Geography”
Using Housing Policy to Improve Access to Quality EducationPonenciasMayo 2014Elizabeth Mueller and Shannon Van ZandtElizabeth J. Mueller and Shannon S. Van Zandt argue that private restrictive covenants, land use and zoning regulations, and federal housing policies have played a major role in creating income and...
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Slum Upgrading
PonenciasAbril 2013Maria E. FreireIn this paper, Maria E. Freire discusses the alternatives available to finance slum upgrading in metropolitan areas and large cities. It examines the size of the problem as described by the U.N....