The local labour market effects of light rail transit
Many US cities have made large investments in light rail transit in order to improve commuting networks. I analyse the labour market effects of light rail in four US metros. I propose a new instrumental variable to overcome endogeneity in transit station location, enabling causal identification of neighbourhood effects. Light rail stations are found to drastically improve […]
Read MoreThe HCRC Affordable Housing Endowment Annual Report of Activities
In 2018, the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa established the HCRC Professorship in Affordable Housing Economics, Policy, and Planning, thanks to the generous donations of the Hawai‘i Community Reinvestment Corporation (HCRC), American Savings Bank, Hale Mahaolu Central Office, the Hawaii Housing Development Corporation (HHDC), the Hawai‘i Island Community Development Corporation (HICDC), Hawaiian Electric Charitable Foundation, […]
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