The Impact of City-Led Neighborhood Action on the Coproduction of Neighborhood Quality and Safety in Buffalo, NY
Creating and sustaining safe, healthy urban environments requires active collaboration between residents and local governments.
Research
ADB Distinguished Speaker Lecture: The Complementarity Between Cities and State Capacity
Public capacity complements urban density because externalities abound in cities and urban scale makes it possible to share infrastructure that needs to be managed.
Cross-Sector Collaboration In Cities: Learning Journey Or Blame Game?
The success of cross-sector collaborations (CSCs) in cities is mixed, and important questions remain about what distinguishes effective from ineffective collaborations.
The Complementarity Between Cities and State Capacity
Public capacity complements urban density because externalities abound in cities and urban scale makes it possible to share infrastructure that needs to be managed.
Supporting Postsecondary Readiness in Rural Districts: Experimental Evidence from a Rural Research Network
We evaluate two interventions designed to improve students’ postsecondary readiness, as measured by their GPA, self-reported career readiness, and self-reported social emotional constructs, in rural d
Shifting Patterns of Social Interaction: Exploring the Social Life of Urban Spaces Through A.I.
We analyze changes in pedestrian behavior over a 30-year period in four urban public spaces located in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
Self-Government, Taxation, and Tribal Development: The Critical Role of American Indian Nation Business Enterprises
Under federal policies of self-determination through self-government, the 574 federally recognized American Indian nations in the United States are now expected to perform essentially all of the funct
How Wyoming’s Exodus of Young Adults Holds Back Economic Diversification
Wyoming’s longstanding strengths in resource extraction provide much of its livelihood, including its private earnings and public finances.
This Is What Thriving Communities Look Like: Insights from Residents of Four Boston Neighborhoods
In the summer of 2020, George Floyd’s video-graphed murder by Minneapolis police officers sparked a renewed public discourse about the role that police and policing play in the United States.
Diagnosing Wyoming's Workforce Challenges
Wyoming is facing two distinct labor market challenges: in the short-term, low workforce availability is a constraint while in the long-term job and wage growth have stagnated.
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