Alexandra Cooperstock
acooperstock.bsky.social
Alexandra Cooperstock
@acooperstock.bsky.social
Sociologist @PSTC_Brown @AnnenbergInst studying education, neighborhoods, social policy, and inequality & former K12 teacher
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📄 How has federal place-based policymaking evolved over the past three decades? New research employing a novel dataset from Annenberg Postdoc Alexandra Cooperstock and coauthors explores this topic.

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August 1, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Reposted by Alexandra Cooperstock
We started collecting the data for this project almost ten (!!!) years ago. Very happy to finally be able to share this paper coauthored with Laura Tach, @microsamonomics.bsky.social, & @acooperstock.bsky.social
July 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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We document tremendous growth in U.S. federal place-based funding, show it has disproportionately gone to areas with more nonprofits & stronger housing markets, and find a pattern of cumulative advantage in funding among high-poverty neighborhoods.

doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Federal place-based policy and the geography of inequality in the United States, 1990–2019
Abstract. This paper assesses the growth and spatial distribution of federal place-based policies in the United States. Using a novel dataset of federal pl
doi.org
July 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM