Emily Parker
@emilyparker.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Rutgers University. I research how safety net policies and community context shape health and inequality.
https://emilyparker.org/
https://emilyparker.org/
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🚨 Excited to share that my work w/ @loreneri.bsky.social, “Knocking it Down and Mixing it Up: The Impact of Public Housing Regenerations” found a home at @restatjournal.bsky.social.
We study the impact of converting distressed public housing into mixed-income housing on local housing markets. 🧵👇1/9
We study the impact of converting distressed public housing into mixed-income housing on local housing markets. 🧵👇1/9
Replacing distressed public housing with mixed-income housing raises local prices and improves local amenities. Just Accepted new paper by Hector Blanco and Lorenzo Neri Bluesky: @hectorblanco.bsky.social @loreneri.bsky.social zurl.co/dAvES
Knocking It Down and Mixing It Up: The Impact of Public Housing Regenerations
Abstract. Partly due to their negative effects on surrounding neighborhoods, some countries have been replacing distressed public housing developments with mixed-income housing. We study the impact of such policies on local housing markets in London, U.K., where several public housing developments were demolished and rebuilt while adding market-rate units on-site. We show that these ‘regenerations’ increase nearby house prices and rents, consistent with strong demand effects outweighing supply effects from additional market-rate housing in the immediate vicinity. We provide suggestive evidence that these effects are driven by regenerations removing an eyesore, attracting higher-income households, and reducing nearby crime.
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August 29, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🚨 Excited to share that my work w/ @loreneri.bsky.social, “Knocking it Down and Mixing it Up: The Impact of Public Housing Regenerations” found a home at @restatjournal.bsky.social.
We study the impact of converting distressed public housing into mixed-income housing on local housing markets. 🧵👇1/9
We study the impact of converting distressed public housing into mixed-income housing on local housing markets. 🧵👇1/9
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🚨 New paper 🚨
In the latter half of the 20th c, states in the US passed massive suites of “tough-on-crime” sentencing policies.
In this paper, we investigated how (& why) these policies shaped pop health, esp racialized patterns of birth outcomes in the US.
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
In the latter half of the 20th c, states in the US passed massive suites of “tough-on-crime” sentencing policies.
In this paper, we investigated how (& why) these policies shaped pop health, esp racialized patterns of birth outcomes in the US.
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
Heterogeneous and racialized impacts of state incarceration policies on birth outcomes in the United States
Abstract. While state incarceration policies have received much attention in research on the causes of mass incarceration in the United States, their roles
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August 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨 New paper 🚨
In the latter half of the 20th c, states in the US passed massive suites of “tough-on-crime” sentencing policies.
In this paper, we investigated how (& why) these policies shaped pop health, esp racialized patterns of birth outcomes in the US.
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
In the latter half of the 20th c, states in the US passed massive suites of “tough-on-crime” sentencing policies.
In this paper, we investigated how (& why) these policies shaped pop health, esp racialized patterns of birth outcomes in the US.
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
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New work with a fantastic PhD Candidate Aline Vandenbroeck: we find that Targeted Restrictions on Abortion Providers are not so targeted… reshaping the whole OBGYN workforce in curious ways: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
Targeted Regulations Of Abortion Providers Associated With Significant Decreases In OB-GYN Density, 1993–2021 | Health Affairs Journal
Obstetricians and gynecologists (OB-GYNs) provide essential health care to women across their lifespan. Yet nearly half of US counties have no OB-GYNs, with nonmetropolitan communities disproportionately affected. Targeted Regulation of Abortion Providers (TRAP) laws, spurred by the 1992 US Supreme Court decision in Planned Parenthood v. Casey, impose regulatory burdens on abortion providers and may have influenced whether and where OB-GYNs choose to practice, which has not yet been comprehensively studied. Using a staggered difference-in-differences design and county-level data, we found that TRAP laws were associated with an average reduction of 4.67 percent in the density of OB-GYNs per 100,000 women ages 15–44 during the period 1993–2021, between Casey and the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision in 2022. TRAP laws affected both general and fellowship-trained OB-GYNs, as well as counties without abortion facilities. Concerningly, TRAP laws led to lower physician density in nonmetropolitan counties—a difference that persisted for a decade. As OB-GYN shortages are projected to worsen and TRAP laws are still in effect in twenty-four states, policy makers should consider the long-run effects of TRAP laws on women’s access to health care and their potential to exacerbate geographic disparities in access to care.
www.healthaffairs.org
August 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
New work with a fantastic PhD Candidate Aline Vandenbroeck: we find that Targeted Restrictions on Abortion Providers are not so targeted… reshaping the whole OBGYN workforce in curious ways: www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10....
📣 Hot off the press 📣
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...
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
📣 Hot off the press 📣
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...
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...
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We are seeking to hire a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor for appointment beginning July 2026. Candidates should have a specialty in #urbanplanning #housing and #quantitativemethods and/or #planninglaw #landuse #finance. To apply visit jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/254...
June 18, 2025 at 4:05 PM
We are seeking to hire a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor for appointment beginning July 2026. Candidates should have a specialty in #urbanplanning #housing and #quantitativemethods and/or #planninglaw #landuse #finance. To apply visit jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/254...
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Join us for the Penn Population Studies Colloquium on Mon 3/24 @ 12PM in the PSC Commons, 403 McNeil
Emily Parker @emilyparker.bsky.social of @bloustein.rutgers.edu presents
Geography of the U.S. Health Care Safety Net and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality
www.aging.upenn.edu/events/collo...
Emily Parker @emilyparker.bsky.social of @bloustein.rutgers.edu presents
Geography of the U.S. Health Care Safety Net and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality
www.aging.upenn.edu/events/collo...
March 19, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Join us for the Penn Population Studies Colloquium on Mon 3/24 @ 12PM in the PSC Commons, 403 McNeil
Emily Parker @emilyparker.bsky.social of @bloustein.rutgers.edu presents
Geography of the U.S. Health Care Safety Net and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality
www.aging.upenn.edu/events/collo...
Emily Parker @emilyparker.bsky.social of @bloustein.rutgers.edu presents
Geography of the U.S. Health Care Safety Net and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Mortality
www.aging.upenn.edu/events/collo...
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I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x
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Just keeps getting worse: the reason Trump wants recess appointments is because a hearing will be a shitshow www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/p...
Trump picks Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his Department of Health and Human Services secretary | CNN Politics
President-elect Donald Trump has picked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be his next secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, a choice that would add to Trump’s list of provocative picks whos...
www.cnn.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Just keeps getting worse: the reason Trump wants recess appointments is because a hearing will be a shitshow www.cnn.com/2024/11/14/p...
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To state the very obvious, this would put an avowed anti-vaxxer in charge of vaccines, allowing him to thwart the development and approval of life-saving shots. It's almost too horrific to fathom—a potential death sentence for our families and children. It's lethal. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
Trump expected to select Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS
The choice will roil many public health experts after his years of touting debunked claims that vaccines cause autism.
www.politico.com
November 14, 2024 at 8:37 PM
To state the very obvious, this would put an avowed anti-vaxxer in charge of vaccines, allowing him to thwart the development and approval of life-saving shots. It's almost too horrific to fathom—a potential death sentence for our families and children. It's lethal. www.politico.com/news/2024/11...
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🚨New pub w @emilyparker.bsky.social & @drschut.bsky.social in Social Forces🚨
“The promise & limits of inclusive public policy: federal safety net clinics & immigrant access to health care in the US”
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“The promise & limits of inclusive public policy: federal safety net clinics & immigrant access to health care in the US”
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The promise and limits of inclusive public policy: federal safety net clinics and immigrant access to health care in the U.S.
Abstract. In the United States, exclusionary public policies generate inequalities within and across labor, financial, and legal status hierarchies, which
academic.oup.com
September 6, 2024 at 1:12 PM
🚨New pub w @emilyparker.bsky.social & @drschut.bsky.social in Social Forces🚨
“The promise & limits of inclusive public policy: federal safety net clinics & immigrant access to health care in the US”
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
“The promise & limits of inclusive public policy: federal safety net clinics & immigrant access to health care in the US”
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
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Are you a social scientist using Generative AI in your research?
Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15.
For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai
Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15.
For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai
November 15, 2023 at 11:04 PM
Are you a social scientist using Generative AI in your research?
Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15.
For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai
Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15.
For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai
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New working paper with Ranjit Lall and Felix Hagemeister: osf.io/7xqkz/
We leverage the exogeneity of early super spreader events to analyze how the onset of the pandemic boosted support for right-wing populists in Europe using data from Twitter, French elections, and British and Dutch surveys.
We leverage the exogeneity of early super spreader events to analyze how the onset of the pandemic boosted support for right-wing populists in Europe using data from Twitter, French elections, and British and Dutch surveys.
October 16, 2023 at 2:20 PM
New working paper with Ranjit Lall and Felix Hagemeister: osf.io/7xqkz/
We leverage the exogeneity of early super spreader events to analyze how the onset of the pandemic boosted support for right-wing populists in Europe using data from Twitter, French elections, and British and Dutch surveys.
We leverage the exogeneity of early super spreader events to analyze how the onset of the pandemic boosted support for right-wing populists in Europe using data from Twitter, French elections, and British and Dutch surveys.