Topic Economics of Place

How an individual or family experiences economic gains and losses can differ dramatically depending on where one lives—one’s geographic place in the United States. Economic mobility, economic growth, business dynamism, job opportunities, and other measures of economic prosperity can vary dramatically across different regions and communities. Equitable Growth seeks to better understand the reasons for these variations and explores what can be done to ensure that all Americans feel the benefits of economic growth regardless of where they call home.

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The inequitable consequences of ‘heat islands’ within the metropolitan areas of the United States and what to do about it

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Taxing the rich: The effect of tax reform and the COVID-19 pandemic on tax flight among U.S. millionaires

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Prisoner re-entry in Native American communities offers lessons of resilience and nationwide policy solutions

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Is moving to a new place key to upward mobility for U.S. workers and their families?

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How national income inequality in the United States contributes to economic disparities between regions

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In Conversation with Raj Chetty

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New analysis shows state paid leave programs cushioned the blow of COVID-19, sparking important new questions

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Expert Focus: Leading Black scholars on U.S. economic inequality and growth

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Misvaluations in local property tax assessments cause the tax burden to fall more heavily on Black, Latinx homeowners

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The Assessment Gap: Racial Inequalities in Property Taxation

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Coronavirus Recession

One year later: Recession Ready and the coronavirus recession

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Coronavirus recession: How to get the U.S. economy back on track

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Coronavirus Recession

Green stimulus, not dirty bailouts, is the smart investment strategy during the coronavirus recession

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Coronavirus Recession

For an equitable recovery, federal relief to deal with the coronavirus recession must be transparent to the U.S. public

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Coronavirus Recession

More resilient small U.S. restaurants and their workers can exit the coronavirus recession and sustain an equitable economic recovery

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Global medical trade in the time of the coronavirus pandemic

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Fool Me Once: Investing in Unemployment Insurance systems to avoid the mistakes of the Great Recession during COVID-19

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The coronavirus recession is severe, and the damage to the U.S. economy will last years

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