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 Rise of Populism

A place-based economic development strategy to foster rural U.S. prosperity

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The Rise of Populism

Federal and state governments can help solve the employment problems of people in distressed places to spur equitable growth

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Green Energy Jobs in the US: What Are They, and Where Are They?

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

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In Conversation with Raj Chetty

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Economic growth in the United States: A tale of two countries

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Delivering equitable growth: strategies for the next Administration

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Confronting neighborhood segregation

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Geography of economic inequality

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Geographic mismatch might not be a big deal for U.S. unemployment

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Declining U.S. labor mobility is about more than geography

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The Great Recession left struggling Detroiters even worse off

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Do local financing mechanisms in the U.S. encourage property development at the expense of public education?

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Is Tax Increment Financing the pathway to rebuilding blighted U.S. infrastructure?

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Those jobs ain’t coming back: The consequences of an industry collapse on two tribal reservations

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Distributional consequences of changes in labor demand and amenities: Evidence from linked census data

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What happened to America’s dynamism?

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