Research Projects and Publications

The Taub Urban Research Center is currently supporting a variety of projects, including a national study of neighborhood economic change and an examination of the ways in which state policies can hinder or encourage the development of urban areas. In the past, the Center has produced work related to economic development challenges facing New York City, the effect of telecommuting and advances in communications technology more generally on the demand for urban living, and the experience of immigrant children in the New York City’s public schools.


Selected Wagner Faculty Publications on Urban Policy

Ingrid Gould Ellen and Ioan Voicu.
"Nonprofit Housing and Neighborhood Spillovers," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Vol 25, No. 1, pp 31-52.

Amy Ellen Schwartz and Leanna Stiefel.
"The Dynamics of Public Education in New York City," Economic Policy Review, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 2005.

Ingrid Gould Ellen and Katherine O’Regan.
"Racial Segregation in Multiethnic Schools: Adding Immigrants to the Analysis," In Carol Camp Yeakey, Ed., Neighborhoods, Schools, and Social Inequality.

Jonathan Morduch and Beatriz Armendariz de Aghion.
The Economics of Microfinance, Harvard University. MIT Press: Cambridge, 2005.