Economic Development | Penn IUR

Fellow Patricia L. Smith

Strategy Advisor to the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Inclusive Economies Working Group, National League of Cities and The Stories of Us

Urban Development

Fellow María Alicia Becdach

Architect and Urban Planning Consultant

Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development + 2

Faculty Fellow Jennifer Ponce de León

Associate Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania

Scholar Raj Chetty

William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics, Harvard University Director of Opportunity Insights

Podcasts June 25, 2020 Special Briefing on COVID-19: Unemployment, and State and Local Fiscal Consequences The Volcker Alliance and Penn Institute for Urban Research cohosted an online Special Briefing with Timothy J. Bartik, senior economist, Upjohn Institute for Employment Research; Marcia Van Wagner, vice president-senior credit officer, Public Finance Group, States Team, Moody's Investor Service; and Matt Fabian, partner, Municipal Market Analytics. William Glasgall Susan Wachter Matt Fabian Marcia Van Wagner State & Local Finance

Fellow William Glasgall

Public Finance Adviser, Volcker Alliance

Urban Development State & Local Finance

Publication May 18, 2020 Changes Within the Urban Environment and Their Effect on Crime and the Criminal Justice System Composed of three papers, my dissertation examines how changes within the urban environment affect crime and the criminal justice system.

Publication May 18, 2020 The Contribution of Neighborhood Characteristics to Psychological Outcomes After Serious Injury in a Cohort of Black Men: A Multi-Methods Study My dissertation examines how neighborhood characteristics contribute to psychological outcomes of Black men after serious injury. My dissertation is composed of three studies, using qualitative, quantitative, and geospatial methods. Urban Development

Article May 18, 2020 New Ideas in Urban Research 2020 At the end of each academic year since 2004, Penn IUR has hosted the Urban Doctoral Symposium to celebrate the next generation of urban scholars who have completed their dissertations at Penn. Urban Development

Fellow John Paul Farmer

Chief Innovation Officer and President, WeLink Cities

Urban Development Anchor Institutions

Publication April 17, 2020 There’s No Substitute for Cities In the COVID-19 crisis, dense and globally-connected cities have been disproportionately damaged. What does this mean for the future of the city? Looking beyond the crisis, has our crash course in ‘distance everything,’ e.g. telemedicine, remote work and virtual entertainment, enabled a new way of life outside of cities based on the rapid acceptance of this new technology? Richard Voith Susan Wachter Rapid Urbanization Urban Development

Publication April 17, 2020 Agglomeration Economies Are Not Going Away My research focuses on the drivers of urban revitalization, the distribution of amenities among neighborhoods of varying income levels and implications for well-being inequality, and factors driving the discrepancy in nutrition between wealthier and poorer households. Jessie Handbury State & Local Finance Urban Development

Publication April 17, 2020 Pandemic Response for a More Equitable Future The current pandemic hit the world at a moment when income inequality is at record highs, having been rising in America and in our urban areas for the last 40 years. Carolyn Kousky Urban Development

Publication April 17, 2020 A Return to Urbanism What is the likely aftermath to the pandemic and the current near-universal withdrawal from society and embracement of screens as a way of engaging with others? Rapid Urbanization Urban Development

Publication April 17, 2020 Anchor Institutions During the COVID-19 Pandemic Universities and academic-based medical centers such as Penn serve heroically on the front lines providing clinical care and conducting medical research as the COVID-19 pandemic crisis dramatically changes the economic, social, political, and even, physiological, landscape of our cities. Anchor Institutions

Publication April 17, 2020 Alexandria, Egypt: Social, Cultural, and Environmental Factors Alexandria, the pearl of the Mediterranean, is the second largest city in Egypt; its population, which was under half a million in the 1960s, is currently over 10 million. This makes it dense, crowded, and a challenge during a pandemic such as the one we are currently facing. Alexandria represents an urban area in a developing country that is affected by COVID-19. Climate Change & Resilience

Publication April 17, 2020 An Evolving Response in Puerto Rico As a member of the Oversight Board charged with working with Puerto Rico to restructure its debt, we may be able to draw lessons for states and cities in the urgency with which Puerto Rico is responding to the novel coronavirus. David Arthur Skeel Urban Development

Article April 17, 2020 Cities and Contagion: Lessons from COVID-19 As many have observed, cities are humankind’s earliest inventions; they have endured through war, pestilence, and depressions. They will persist into the future, though will certainly experience changes in response to the current shock. Elijah Anderson David Barnes Eugénie L. Birch Dennis Culhane Jessie Handbury Carolyn Kousky James Kwame Mensah Laura Perna Mauricio Rodas Megan Ryerson David Arthur Skeel Eugenia (Gina) South Frederick Steiner Richard Voith Susan Wachter Mark Zandi Urban Development

Article March 17, 2020 Cities' Climate Infrastructure Financing: Urgency of Reform Penn IUR Visiting Scholar Mauricio Rodas discusses the role of climate-resilient infrastructure financing in helping cities contribute to national commitments to the Paris Agreement. Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance

Newsletter February 12, 2020 Penn IUR Newsletter, Spring 2020 Climate Change & Resilience Urban Development

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