Part of the disparity in intergenerational economic mobility may stem from a willingness to leave home Raj Chetty, Nate Hendren and their colleagues at the Equality of Opportunity Project have crafted a rich picture of
Get out! Why economic mobility might mean leaving home Read Post »
A fundamental contradiction lies beneath most of our housing policy debates At City Observatory, we’ve frequently made the case that promoting homeownership as an investment strategy is a risky proposition. No financial advisor would recommend going
Housing can’t both be a good investment and be affordable Read Post »
The Equality of Opportunity Project shows local factors matter, but even more for black kids We now have a rich understanding of how where you grow up influences your life prospects. As we reported last
Local neighborhoods matter even more for black kids Read Post »
What City Observatory did this week 1. Cities talent and prosperity. The latest report from the Economic Innovation Group has some interesting zip code data on the relative economic performance of the nation’s neighborhoods. Their
The Week Observed, October 26, 2018 Read Post »
A new study claiming ride-hailing increases crashes and deaths leaves some questions unanswered. A new study from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business makes the provocative claim that the advent of ride-hailing services
Unsafe Uber? Lethal Lyft? We’re skeptical Read Post »
America’s economy is increasingly driven by the concentration of talent in cities The Economic Innovation Group (aka EIG, a DC-based think tank) has been compiling some interesting data on the relative economic performance of different
Cities, talent and prosperity Read Post »
