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Could Gentrification Stop the Poor from Benefiting from Urban Improvements?

  • Clare Balboni
  • Gharad Bryan
  • Melanie Morten
  • Bilal Siddiqi
AEA Papers and Proceedings
vol. 111, May 2021
(pp. 532–37)
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Abstract

When policymakers invest in urban infrastructure, there are concerns that poor residents living near the infrastructure will be displaced. This paper investigates mechanisms that may lead to such infrastructure-induced gentrification using a general equilibrium urban commuting model. Our goal is to elucidate the channels through which infrastructure-induced gentrification occurs and understand how policy choices mitigate or accentuate gentrification.

Citation

Balboni, Clare, Gharad Bryan, Melanie Morten, and Bilal Siddiqi. 2021. "Could Gentrification Stop the Poor from Benefiting from Urban Improvements?" AEA Papers and Proceedings, 111: 532–37. DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20211077

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JEL Classification

  • I32 Measurement and Analysis of Poverty
  • R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
  • R53 Public Facility Location Analysis; Public Investment and Capital Stock
  • H76 State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories
  • R21 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Housing Demand
  • D63 Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement