Getting Older and Getting Around: Transportation Options for Senior Citizens

April 21st, 2016 - Emily Feldhake

A new study reviews the transportation preferences of senior citizens. More »

The Inequality of Poverty: How Places, Parents, and Poverty Affect the Gender Gap

April 11th, 2016 - Alex Sarabia

The environment in which children grow up affects the economic outcomes of men and women differently. More »

A Way Forward on Guns: A Conversation with Arkadi Gerney on How to Win the Fight for Stricter Gun Laws

April 8th, 2016 - Lauren Speigel

Over the past few years, mass shootings have become more frequent, and especially with the December 2015 shooting in San Bernardino, CA, guns seem to have come to the fore. To what do you attribute this uptick in particularly public mass shootings and other ty... More »

Big Data in the Big City

March 29th, 2016 - Alex Sarabia

The era of “big” data in public policy has begun. In order to boost the value of survey data for urban use, researchers must make choices comparable and compatible with personal experiences. More »

Entrepreneurship: The Modern Day Crime-Stopper

March 3rd, 2016 - Rachel Gordon

A study finds that the growth of African-American-owned businesses in urban communities plays a role in decreasing the rate of youth violent crime. More »

Citizenship: An Urban Asset

February 18th, 2016 - Sarah Guminski

Researchers at the Urban Institute find compelling economic benefits of naturalization for eligible immigrants and the cities in which they live. More »

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Understanding Resistance to Neighborhood Densification

February 15th, 2016 - Tom Houseman

New research reveals that increased diverse and unknown social interactions are the main causes of resistance to neighborhood densification among residents of urban areas. More »

All Growth Is Local: Housing Supply and the Economics of Mobility

February 2nd, 2016 - Alex Sarabia

Economists argue that more reasonable zoning regulations could boost social mobility, increase incomes, and expand economic growth. More »

The Fight to End Blight: What Can Cities Do to Minimize Urban Deterioration?

February 1st, 2016 - Rachel Gordon

A study demonstrates the effectiveness of urban containment policies in reducing city blight with the end goal of promoting population growth in downtown neighborhoods. More »

Moving to Opportunity: How Housing Policy Can Disrupt the Persistence of Poverty

November 25th, 2015 - Alex Sarabia

What matters for future economic success is the amount of childhood exposure to better neighborhoods. More »

Stop, Look, and Listen: A Behavioral Approach to Reducing Teen Violence

November 18th, 2015 - Sarah Guminski

A recent study finds that cost-effective behavioral intervention programs reduce crime rates by teaching teens to slow down and reflect before acting. More »

Good Neighbors: Addressing Race in Public Housing Integration

November 12th, 2015 - Tom Houseman

New research shows that perceived racial conflict is hindering the ability of black, public housing residents to integrate into predominantly white neighborhoods, an issue that the City of Chicago is doing nothing to address. More »