A casual place for serious research by DC-area urban economists.
Churchill Room, Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW
George Washington University
Friday May 12, 2023
RSVP Required 72 hours in advance. GW may require proof of vaccination, but requirements are in flux.
| 8:45 | Doors open. Coffee and breakfast. |
| 9:15 - 9:30 | Introductions |
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Nicholas Li, Department of Economics, George Washington University “Racial Sorting, Restricted Choices, and the Origins of Residential Segregation in U.S. Cities” [paper] |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | Chuanhao Lin, George Washington University “Do Households Value Lower Density: Theory, Evidence, and Implications for Cities” [paper] |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Break |
| 11:20- 12:05 | Jingwen Zheng, Trachtenberg School, GWU “Estimating the Long-Term Socio-Economic Effects of Slum Eviction: Evidence from the Eradication of Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong” [paper] joint with Remi Jedwab |
| 12:05 - 1:20 | Lunch, provided |
| 1:20 - 2:05 | Kevin Rinz, Bureau of the Census “Re-examining Regional Income Convergence: A Distributional Approach” [paper] joint with John Voorheis |
| 2:05 - 2:50 | Ferdinando Monte, Georgetown “Remote Work and City Structure” [paper] joint with Charly Porcher and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg |
| 2:50 - 3:10 | Break: Hopefully something to perk you up. |
| 3:10 - 3:55 | Jacob Krimmel, Federal Reserve Board of Governors “The Effects of Gentrification on Household Finance and Mobility” [paper] joint with Aditya Aladangady |
Contact Leah Brooks, lfbrooks at gwu.edu, with questions. Many thanks to Nicholas Li for helping to review this year's papers.
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Past conferences: Urban Day 2022, Urban Day 2019, Urban Day 2018, Urban Day 2017, Urban Day 2016, Urban Day 2015 and Urban Day 2014.
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