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View article: Gentrification and the Rising Returns to Skill
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Suburbanization—thriving suburbs surrounding increasingly impoverished inner cities—dominated the US postwar urban landscape. However, already in the 1980s there were signs of urban rejuvenation, and the decades since have seen gentrificat…
View article: SophieLewisFull Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against FamilyVerso Books, 2019. 224 p. £14.99
SophieLewisFull Surrogacy Now: Feminism Against FamilyVerso Books, 2019. 224 p. £14.99 Open
When the now not-so-novel Coronavirus hit in the Winter/Spring of 2020, global supply chains seized up. Surrogacy arrangements were no exception, as documented in The New Yorker article “The Stranded Babies of the Coronavirus disaster” (Ju…
View article: It's the Phone, Stupid: Mobiles and Murder
It's the Phone, Stupid: Mobiles and Murder Open
US homicide rates fell sharply in the early 1990s, a decade that also saw the mainstreaming of cell phones – a concurrence that may be more than a coincidence, we propose. Cell phones may have undercut turf-based street dealing, thus under…
View article: Gentrification and the Rising Returns to Skill
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In 1980, housing prices in large US cities rose with distance from the city center.By 2010, that relationship had reversed.We propose that the inversion can be traced to more hours worked by the skilled.Scarce non-market time downgrades th…
View article: Effect of Registered Partnership on Labor Earnings and Fertility for Same-Sex Couples: Evidence From Swedish Register Data
Effect of Registered Partnership on Labor Earnings and Fertility for Same-Sex Couples: Evidence From Swedish Register Data Open
The expansion of legal rights to same-sex couples is afoot in a number of Western countries. The effects of this rollout are not only important in their own right but can also provide a window on the institution of marriage and the rights …
View article: Bright Minds, Big Rent: Gentrification and the Rising Returns to Skill
Bright Minds, Big Rent: Gentrification and the Rising Returns to Skill Open
In 1980, Census data indicate, housing prices in large US cities rose with distance from the city center. By 2010, the relationship had reversed. We propose that this development can be traced to high-income households working longer hours…