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Papers by George Galster

The Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics

Infill investments are argued to mitigate environmental footprints, regenerate places and accommo... more Infill investments are argued to mitigate environmental footprints, regenerate places and accommodating population growth, but frequently generate local opposition. However, there is a dearth of knowledge around how different types of infill affect different segments of local property markets, how persistent effects are and how far they reach. Using detailed geocoded infill development activity and sales data, we test the price level and trajectory impacts of five infill types, distinguished by the net scale of additional dwellings, on property prices within five concentric 100-meter rings. Using an adjusted interrupted time-series estimation strategy with locality, property and neighborhood characteristic controls we find that developments that generate a net increase in dwellings of four or less, typically result in an appreciation in the average sales prices of proximate dwellings. Moderate and large-scale developments generate negative price effects, but these effects predominan...

Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019

International Journal of Housing Policy, 2019

George Galster explains how children are harmed by growing up in predominantly poor neighborhoods... more George Galster explains how children are harmed by growing up in predominantly poor neighborhoods. He also recommends ways to improve federal and state housing programs to avoid high concentrations of poverty. George Galster is an Urban Institute Affiliated Scholar and the Clarence B. Hilberry Professor of Urban Affairs at Wayne State University.

Handbook of Urban Geography, 2019

Residents, academics, and policy makers frequently believe that certain neighbourhood composition... more Residents, academics, and policy makers frequently believe that certain neighbourhood compositions impact on opportunities of those who are exposed to them. Social outcomes such as those connected to employment, levels of education and income and the risk of becoming involved in illegal activity, are frequently seen as influenced by the neighbourhood one is living in. However, isolating the so-called ‘neighbourhood effect’ on social outcomes from other impacts on these outcomes is not trivial. In this chapter we address some of the challenges researchers and policy makers are confronted with when getting involved in ‘neighbourhood effects’ debates. Challenges include conceptual issues related to the types of contexts (residential, work, school) and types of compositions (social or other); questions related to the scales to consider, and how to approach the temporal dimension; issues about what mechanisms would produce the effects; and methodological issues (data types, model choices, sources of bias, detecting thresholds).

Housing Policy Debate, 2017

Abstract We conduct an impact analysis of the Denver, Colorado, Housing Authority’s Home Ownershi... more Abstract We conduct an impact analysis of the Denver, Colorado, Housing Authority’s Home Ownership Program (HOP) employing quasi experimental methodologies (i.e., nearest-neighbor matching, inverse probability weighting with regression adjustment) that permit causal inferences of program impacts with substantial confidence. HOP is an unusual, enhanced variant of the Family Self-Sufficiency program that incentivizes and assists participants’ purchase of a home. We analyze whether, compared with the control group, HOP participants exhibited significantly greater earnings growth during the program, enhanced economic security, and rates of home buying. We find that participants with a high intensity of treatment showed significant improvement in all outcomes. Results are robust to model specification and insensitive to omitted variable bias typically found in the social sciences. We conclude that a well-conceived and well-executed public housing authority program aimed at building the financial, human and social assets of low-income households receiving housing assistance can yield substantial benefits to participants.

The Quest for Respect in the Motor City

The Encyclopedia of Housing

Southern Economic Journal, 1993

This powerful new theoretical approach to analyzing urban housing problems and the policies desig... more This powerful new theoretical approach to analyzing urban housing problems and the policies designed to rectify them will be a vital resource for urban planners, developers, policymakers, and economists. The search for the roots of serious urban housing problems such as homelessness, abandonment, rent burdens, slums, and gentrification has traditionally focused on the poorest sector of the housing market. The findings set forth in this volume show that the roots of such problems lie in the relationships among different parts of the market—not solely within the lower-quality portion—though that is where problems are most dramatically manifested and housing reforms are myopically focused. The authors propose a new understanding of the market structure characterized by a closely interrelated array of quality submarkets. Their comprehensive models ground a unified theory that accounts for demand by both renters and owner occupants, supply by owners of existing dwellings, changes in the stock of housing due to conversions and new construction, and interactions across submarkets.

Housing Studies, 2003

What impact do neighbourhoods have on social mobility? For years, this question has received wide... more What impact do neighbourhoods have on social mobility? For years, this question has received widespread international attention in scholarly debates and within society at large. This paper seeks to contribute to this discussion by presenting the results of an investigation into the relationship between household social mobility and the composition of the residential environment. The analyses are based on an

Housing Policy Debate, 2012

Martin Abravanel, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC Bora Aktan, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey... more Martin Abravanel, The Urban Institute, Washington, DC Bora Aktan, Yasar University, Izmir, Turkey Richard Alba, City University of New York Ryan Allen, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Brent Ambrose, Pennsylvania State University, University Park Katrin Anacker, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia Phil Ashton, University of Illinois at Chicago Edem Avakame, Rutgers-Newark, New Jersey William Baer, University of Southern California, Sacramento Edith Barrett, University of Connecticut, West Hartford Carlos Barros, Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão, Lisbon, Portugal David Bartelt, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Victoria Basolo, University of California, Irvine Lisa Bates, Portland State University, Oregon John Bauman, University of Southern Maine, Portland Eric Baumer, Florida State University, Tallahassee Vern Baxter, University of New Orleans, Louisiana Robert Beauregard, Columbia University, New York, New York Eric Belsky, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts Eugenie Birch, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Edward Blakely, University of New Orleans, Louisiana Thomas Boehm, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Steven Bourassa, University of Louisville, Kentucky Corey Bower, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee Rachel Bratt, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts Raymond Brescia, Albany Law School, New York Xavier Briggs, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge James Brown, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Sarah Bryant, Shippensburg University, Pennsylvania Ralph Buehler, Virginia Tech, Alexandria Michael Burayidi, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana Thomas Byrne, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Nico Calavita, San Diego State University, California Housing Policy Debate Vol. 22, No. 4, September 2012, 633–638