R esidential investment is one of the most volatile components of GDP. Coming out of a recession, it is not uncommon for residential investment to jump by more than 20 percent in a year. Going into a recession, it may fall by a similar fraction. Thus, while residential investment accounts for just 4 percent of GDP, it can have a disproportionate influence at critical junctures. Fluctuations in ...

Immigration and Housing Rents in American Cities Is there a local economic impact of immigration? Immigration pushes up rents and housing values in US destination cities. The positive association of rent growth and immigrant inflows is pervasive in time series for all metropolitan areas. I use instrumental variables based on a “shift-share” of national levels of immigration into metropolitan ar...

We describe a framework and investigate techniques for running decentralized census processes that enable observers to independently verify governmental data. Census is a process impacting important issues such as the amount of funding that a community will get from a central government and its representation in the Congress. Correct census is essential for detecting vote stuffing. Census has b...

The housing market plays a significant role in the economies of countries, and as an asset price channel, is considered as one of the main channels for monetary transmission mechanism. Considering the structure of the country's economy and the characteristics of housing as a capital commodity, the assessment of the impact of housing investment on inflation is important. This research evaluates ...

This paper uses restricted census microdata to examine housing values and rents for neighborhoods in the United States where power plants were opened during the 1990s. Compared to neighborhoods with similar housing and demographic characteristics, neighborhoods within two miles of plants experienced 3-7 percent decreases in housing values and rents with some evidence of larger decreases within ...

Health policy is increasingly conceptualized as concerned with broader issues that influence health rather than simply focused on health care. One such concern is with the social determinants of health which are the conditions in which people live and work. Social determinants provide the context for understanding population health and women’s health in particular. Especially important to healt...

Background: Little is still known about what community, individual and program factors contribute to the successful community integration of formerly homeless persons diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI). Aims: The goal of this study was to use blended quantitative and qualitative methods to examine the impact of housing type (independent apartments and congregate settings) and neighborho...

With the great awareness of the growing need for information on population dynamics, a comprehensive study of demography in Nigeria with particular reference to population census and projection is a desirable venture. Existing sources of demographic data in Nigeria is restricted to census, surveys, and special inquires. There are no national systems of registration of vital events at the levels...

This paper was delivered at a National Poverty Center conference. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the National Poverty Center or any sponsoring agency. Abstract A large percentage of poor, minority families in the U.S. reside in high-poverty, urban neighborhoods characterized...