Rob Collinson
racollinson.bsky.social
Rob Collinson
@racollinson.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Notre Dame, and LEO;
FRF at NBER

https://sites.google.com/site/collinsonrob/
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How does eviction impact children?
In new WP w/@denizdutz.bsky.social @johneric.bsky.social @dtannenbaum.bsky.social @winnievd.bsky.social: we study this ? using 🔗 data of eviction cases to K-12 & Census data

Eviction causes spikes in homelessness (left), school-switching (right) & absences
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Really enjoyed talking with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social and Jennifer Loving from @destinationhomesv.bsky.social about what we know regarding homeless prevention and drivers of homelessness. A great opportunity to highlight some of the research from @LEOatND & @ndecon.bsky.social !
🎧 Listen to the podcast!

For Episode 1 of #InSearchofHome, @destinationhomesv.bsky.social CEO Jennifer Loving and economics professor @racollinson.bsky.social spoke with @alexis-madrigal.bsky.social about the many reasons why homelessness happens and how to prevent it.

🔗:
In Search of Home Part 1: How to Prevent Homelessness
KQED's Forum · Episode
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September 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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🎙️ ON AIR:

For Episode 1 of #InSearchofHome, we're talking with @destinationhomesv.bsky.social CEO Jennifer Loving and economics professor @racollinson.bsky.social about the reasons why homelessness happens and how to prevent it.

❓ Have you ever been on the brink of losing your home?

📻 Listen:
In Search of Home: Part 1 How to Prevent Homelessness  | KQED
We hear the experiences of people who have, with help, narrowly avoided losing their housing and talk about proven ways to prevent homelessness.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Dr. Erika McEntarfer has devoted her career to public service. She has conducted herself as BLS Commissioner with great integrity. There is no evidence whatsoever that BLS data are politically biased.

#econsky
August 1, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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#QJE Aug 2025, #11, “The Long-Run Effects of America’s Largest Residential Desegregation Program: Gautreaux,” by Chyn (ericchyn.bsky.social), Collinson (@racollinson.bsky.social), and Sandler (@dismalscientist86.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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ericchyn.bsky.social
July 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Our colleague Rob Collinson's work is featured in the May volume of the NBER Digest. Check it out. @nber.org @racollinson.bsky.social www.nber.org/digest/20250...
Long-Term Impacts of Residential Racial Desegregation Programs
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May 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Nice to my work with @ericchyn.bsky.social and @dismalscientist86.bsky.social covered in the latest @nber.org Digest!
nber.org NBER @nber.org · May 5
Featured in the latest Digest: "Long-Term Impacts of Residential Racial Desegregation Programs"

https://www.nber.org/digest/202505/long-term-impacts-residential-racial-desegregation-programs
May 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Eviction has spillover effects on children, with particularly negative effects for boys and older kids. These effects may be moderated by access to family support networks, from Collinson, Dutz, @johneric.bsky.social, Mader, Tannenbaum, and van Dijk https://www.nber.org/papers/w33659
April 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
How does eviction impact children?
In new WP w/@denizdutz.bsky.social @johneric.bsky.social @dtannenbaum.bsky.social @winnievd.bsky.social: we study this ? using 🔗 data of eviction cases to K-12 & Census data

Eviction causes spikes in homelessness (left), school-switching (right) & absences
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April 14, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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New @nber.org working paper from our colleague Rob Collinson @racollinson.bsky.social, "The Effects of Evictions on Children" (with Dutz, Humphries, Mader, Tannenbaum, and van Dijk). Check it out: www.nber.org/papers/w33659
The Effects of Eviction on Children
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April 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “The Long-Run Effects of America’s Largest Residential Desegregation Program: Gautreaux,” by Chyn (ericchyn.bsky.social), Collinson (@racollinson.bsky.social), and Sandler (@dismalscientist86.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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ericchyn.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I typically avoid posting normative analysis of government action.

However, my old office at HUD, PD&R, is on the D0GE chopping block and I want to spell-out why this is a terrible idea...

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February 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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New @nberpubs.bsky.social working paper from our own Rob Collinson (with Chyn and Sandler): "The Long-Run Effects of America's Largest Residential Racial Desegregation Program: Gautreaux." www.nber.org/papers/w33427
The Long-Run Effects of America's Largest Residential Racial Desegregation Program: Gautreaux
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
February 3, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Forthcoming in the Quarterly Journal of Economics, "Eviction and Poverty in American Cities" by our own Robert Collinson, along with Humphries, Mader, Reed, Tannenbaum, and van Dijk. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-...
November 29, 2023 at 3:31 PM
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Cool job alert: jobs.nd.edu/postings/32067

@LEOatND is hiring for 3 research associate positions -- 1 starts now, & 2 start in the summer.

Use your analysis/coding/mgmt skills to fight poverty through rigorous research, identifying promising programs & policies! Posting closes 10/6
Research Associate
Study everything. Do anything.Find your passion. Create knowledge. Serve the common good. Prepare for life.This is what the College of Arts and Letters stands for. We play an integral role in Notre Da...
jobs.nd.edu
September 22, 2023 at 6:10 PM
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Roll call. 📉📈
September 20, 2023 at 12:51 AM