NYU Furman Center Researchers at APPAM 2017 Annual Conference
NYU Furman Center researchers took part in the Association for Public Policy and Management (APPAM) 39th Annual Fall Research Conference, which was held November 2-4, 2017 in Chicago. This multi-disciplinary annual research conference attracts the highest quality research on a wide variety of important current and emerging policy and management issues.
NYU Furman Center faculty directors, staff, research affiliates, and alumni were well-represented at the conference, and the list of papers presented at the conference is included below.
NYU Furman Center Faculty Directors Ingrid Gould Ellen and Katherine O’Regan and Doctoral Students Rob Collinson, David Reed, and Gerard Torrats-Espinosa each presented several panel papers, including:
Ingrid Gould Ellen (Faculty Director):
- “Trickle Down or Crowd out? The Effects of High-Skill Employment and Income Growth on the Consumption, Housing, and Neighborhood Conditions of Low-Skill Households”
- “Measuring Neighborhood Opportunity”, “Low-Income Families with Rental Subsidy Vouchers Are More Likely to Move to High-Opportunity Neighborhoods When Subsidies Vary with Neighborhood Rent Levels”
- “Neighbors and Networks: The Role of Social Interactions on the Residential Choices of Housing Choice Voucher Holders”
Katherine O’Regan (Faculty Director):
- “Improving Understanding of Evictions and Gentrification with Better Data”
- “Reforming the Housing Choice Voucher Program”
Rob Collinson (Doctoral Student):
- “New Evidence on the Effectiveness of Programs to Reduce Homelessness”
- “Causes and Consequences of Residential Evictions”
David Reed (Doctoral Student):
- “Improving Understanding of Evictions and Gentrification with Better Data”
- “Housing Affordability, Inequality, and Well-Being”
- “Causes and Consequences of Residential Evictions”
- “Effects of Gentrification on the Location and Well-Being of Original Residents”
- “Trickle Down or Crowd out? The Effects of High-Skill Employment and Income Growth on the Consumption, Housing, and Neighborhood Conditions of Low-Skill Households”
Gerald Torrats-Espinosa (Doctoral Student):
- “Reforming the Housing Choice Voucher Program”
- “Understanding the Locational Decisions and Outcomes of Assisted Housing Recipients”, “Crime and Inequality in Academic Achievement Across School Districts in the United States”
- “Neighbors and Networks: The Role of Social Interactions on the Residential Choices of Housing Choice Voucher Holders”
Other NYU Furman Center research affiliates and alumni participating in the conference, and their relevant research, included:
- Brian McCabe: “Waitlists and Preferences: Understanding How Public Housing Authorities Administer the Housing Choice Voucher Program”, “Understanding the Locational Decisions and Outcomes of Assisted Housing Recipients”, “Housing Affordability, Inequality, and Well-Being”
- Sam Dastrup: “Housing Affordability, Inequality, and Well-Being”, “Low-Income Families with Rental Subsidy Vouchers Are More Likely to Move to High-Opportunity Neighborhoods When Subsidies Vary with Neighborhood Rent Levels”
- Michael Suher: “Trickle Down or Crowd out? The Effects of High-Skill Employment and Income Growth on the Consumption, Housing, and Neighborhood Conditions of Low-Skill Households”, “The Efficacy of Hiring Credits in Distressed Areas”, “Neighbors and Networks: The Role of Social Interactions on the Residential Choices of Housing Choice Voucher Holders”
- Michael Lens: “Post-Incarceration Housing Challenges and Strategies”, “City and Neighborhood Determinants of Eviction in California”, “The Housing Choice Voucher Program and Proximity to Jobs”
- Vincent Reina: “Improving Understanding of Evictions and Gentrification with Better Data”, “Voucher Rent Limits and Housing Choice Sets: The Case of Hud’s Small Area Fair Market Rent Program”
- Jorge De la Roca: “Measuring Neighborhood Opportunity”
- Andrew Breck: “Shot in the Arm: State Policies for Pharmacy-administered Vaccines and the Likelihood of Adult Immunization”
- Jacob Faber: “Discipline, Discrimination, and Disadvantage: New Insights into the Causes and Consequences of Inequalities in Education”, “The Effect of Stop and Frisk on Student Test Scores”
- Martha Galvez: “Housing Measurement Matters: Examining, Constructing, and Testing New Housing Security Measures”
- Johanna Lacoe: “The Impact of out-of-School Suspensions on Student Outcomes”, “Reforming School Discipline: The Impact of District-Level Policy Reform on Suspended Students and Their Peers”
- Mike Mueller-Smith: “Beyond Prediction: Machine Learning and Causal Inference in Public Policy Research”
See more about APPAM 2017 conference on the APPAM website or view recent NYU Furman Center research.