New Apartment Construction: The Impact on Existing Apartments

Part of the 2020 Research Forum Webinar Series

Evan Mast, of the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research will discuss findings from his recent work Supply Shock Versus Demand Shock: The Local Effects of New Housing in Low-Income Areas, a new paper that analyzes the impacts of gentrification by examining the effects of new apartment construction on low-income neighborhoods.