Hector Blanco
@hectorblanco.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics at Rutgers U.
Research: Public, Urban, Housing.
https://hector-blanco.github.io/
Research: Public, Urban, Housing.
https://hector-blanco.github.io/
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Hector Blanco
@hectorblanco.bsky.social
· Aug 29
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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🚨 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
🚨 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.
zurl.co
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
Reposted by Hector Blanco
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.
zurl.co
August 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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
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🎓 Say hello to our newest network member, @hectorblanco.bsky.social from Rutgers University!
📈Learn more about his work in Public Economics and Urban Economics: hector-blanco.github.io
📑More Details: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...
📈Learn more about his work in Public Economics and Urban Economics: hector-blanco.github.io
📑More Details: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...
May 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🎓 Say hello to our newest network member, @hectorblanco.bsky.social from Rutgers University!
📈Learn more about his work in Public Economics and Urban Economics: hector-blanco.github.io
📑More Details: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...
📈Learn more about his work in Public Economics and Urban Economics: hector-blanco.github.io
📑More Details: www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ne...
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Call for papers for NBER-Sloan conference on Transport Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: www.princeton.edu/~reddings/Ca... Deadline: June 30, 2025. Organized with Myrto Kalouptsidi. @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social @jintlecon.bsky.social @indorgsociety.bsky.social
www.princeton.edu
May 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Call for papers for NBER-Sloan conference on Transport Networks and the Spatial Distribution of Economic Activity: www.princeton.edu/~reddings/Ca... Deadline: June 30, 2025. Organized with Myrto Kalouptsidi. @nber.org @treballen.bsky.social @jintlecon.bsky.social @indorgsociety.bsky.social
Next week, I will be in Munich visiting @cesifo.org (thank you for the opportunity!). If you are around and want to hang out, let me know!
May 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Next week, I will be in Munich visiting @cesifo.org (thank you for the opportunity!). If you are around and want to hang out, let me know!
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📢New WP w/ @borusyak.bsky.social
We derive the most powerful recentered IVs for formula treatments & propose an algorithm for approximating them
This approach yields *huge* power gains, relative to conventional simulated IV, when estimating Medicaid crowdout effects
Check it out! t.co/UPg2XQBefN
We derive the most powerful recentered IVs for formula treatments & propose an algorithm for approximating them
This approach yields *huge* power gains, relative to conventional simulated IV, when estimating Medicaid crowdout effects
Check it out! t.co/UPg2XQBefN
March 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
📢New WP w/ @borusyak.bsky.social
We derive the most powerful recentered IVs for formula treatments & propose an algorithm for approximating them
This approach yields *huge* power gains, relative to conventional simulated IV, when estimating Medicaid crowdout effects
Check it out! t.co/UPg2XQBefN
We derive the most powerful recentered IVs for formula treatments & propose an algorithm for approximating them
This approach yields *huge* power gains, relative to conventional simulated IV, when estimating Medicaid crowdout effects
Check it out! t.co/UPg2XQBefN
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Working on a new R package. Looking for applications that do two things:
1. DID with y to show an effect
2. DID with X to show a possible “mechanism” of why treatment changed y
This could be a published paper or a paper you're working on (that I might help make "fancier" / cooler !!)
1. DID with y to show an effect
2. DID with X to show a possible “mechanism” of why treatment changed y
This could be a published paper or a paper you're working on (that I might help make "fancier" / cooler !!)
December 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Working on a new R package. Looking for applications that do two things:
1. DID with y to show an effect
2. DID with X to show a possible “mechanism” of why treatment changed y
This could be a published paper or a paper you're working on (that I might help make "fancier" / cooler !!)
1. DID with y to show an effect
2. DID with X to show a possible “mechanism” of why treatment changed y
This could be a published paper or a paper you're working on (that I might help make "fancier" / cooler !!)
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Which top 5 Econ journals (excluding AER) are open to short papers? @jpolecon.bsky.social @qjeharvard.bsky.social @reveconstudies.bsky.social @ecmaeditors.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Which top 5 Econ journals (excluding AER) are open to short papers? @jpolecon.bsky.social @qjeharvard.bsky.social @reveconstudies.bsky.social @ecmaeditors.bsky.social
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🧑🎄time! Our @cepr_org @LSEGeography @CEP_LSE
DP #PrimeLocations is forthcoming at AER: Insights.🍾 Our🎁4u: PL shapefiles and employment by sector at micro-geographic grid-level for 381 MSAs and 125 global cities. All free to download from primelocations.ahlfeldt.com Use it wisely!😀
DP #PrimeLocations is forthcoming at AER: Insights.🍾 Our🎁4u: PL shapefiles and employment by sector at micro-geographic grid-level for 381 MSAs and 125 global cities. All free to download from primelocations.ahlfeldt.com Use it wisely!😀
December 10, 2024 at 11:48 AM
🧑🎄time! Our @cepr_org @LSEGeography @CEP_LSE
DP #PrimeLocations is forthcoming at AER: Insights.🍾 Our🎁4u: PL shapefiles and employment by sector at micro-geographic grid-level for 381 MSAs and 125 global cities. All free to download from primelocations.ahlfeldt.com Use it wisely!😀
DP #PrimeLocations is forthcoming at AER: Insights.🍾 Our🎁4u: PL shapefiles and employment by sector at micro-geographic grid-level for 381 MSAs and 125 global cities. All free to download from primelocations.ahlfeldt.com Use it wisely!😀
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Happy to share that my and @cconlon.bsky.social's micro BLP paper was just accepted at the Journal of Econometrics! jeffgortmaker.com/files/Incorp...
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
November 29, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Happy to share that my and @cconlon.bsky.social's micro BLP paper was just accepted at the Journal of Econometrics! jeffgortmaker.com/files/Incorp...
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
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I’m recruiting a research assistant to work on projects spanning neighborhood change, housing investment, highways, and innovation. Starting Summer 2025 or earlier. GIS+coding experience preferred. Please mention in your cover letter if you’re specifically interested in working with me. Job posting:
Research Assistant/Sr. Research Assistant (Hybrid)
Company Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Job Description Summary Research assistants (RAs) at the Philadelphia Fed play a key role in the Economic Research Department. Whether they are helping eco...
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October 8, 2024 at 8:42 PM
I’m recruiting a research assistant to work on projects spanning neighborhood change, housing investment, highways, and innovation. Starting Summer 2025 or earlier. GIS+coding experience preferred. Please mention in your cover letter if you’re specifically interested in working with me. Job posting:
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Just under two weeks till the submission deadline for our @urbaneconomics.bsky.social Berlin conference. Please submit your papers or session proposals. Details here: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu... #EconConf
UEA 2025 Berlin
urbaneconomics.org
November 26, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Just under two weeks till the submission deadline for our @urbaneconomics.bsky.social Berlin conference. Please submit your papers or session proposals. Details here: urbaneconomics.org/meetings/emu... #EconConf
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Man I cannot endorse this abstract more
November 25, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Man I cannot endorse this abstract more
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Falta de vivienda pública en España: los inmuebles de las entidades públicas son solo el 1%: 257.000
Más de 1.152 organismos públicos tienen más de 10 viviendas
Pero solo una tiene más del 20%: ni Vivienda ni Hacienda han podido aclarar qué organismo posee 50.000 www.eldiario.es/economia/100...
Más de 1.152 organismos públicos tienen más de 10 viviendas
Pero solo una tiene más del 20%: ni Vivienda ni Hacienda han podido aclarar qué organismo posee 50.000 www.eldiario.es/economia/100...
November 26, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Falta de vivienda pública en España: los inmuebles de las entidades públicas son solo el 1%: 257.000
Más de 1.152 organismos públicos tienen más de 10 viviendas
Pero solo una tiene más del 20%: ni Vivienda ni Hacienda han podido aclarar qué organismo posee 50.000 www.eldiario.es/economia/100...
Más de 1.152 organismos públicos tienen más de 10 viviendas
Pero solo una tiene más del 20%: ni Vivienda ni Hacienda han podido aclarar qué organismo posee 50.000 www.eldiario.es/economia/100...
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If you want to download the 1990-2023 county-level Census Building Permits data...
(I'll probably have a blog post about this at some point)
h/t @kjhealy.co for the `rvest` code
(I'll probably have a blog post about this at some point)
h/t @kjhealy.co for the `rvest` code
R code to import all years of county-level building permit data and lightly clean
R code to import all years of county-level building permit data and lightly clean - permits-import.r
gist.github.com
November 25, 2024 at 7:08 PM
If you want to download the 1990-2023 county-level Census Building Permits data...
(I'll probably have a blog post about this at some point)
h/t @kjhealy.co for the `rvest` code
(I'll probably have a blog post about this at some point)
h/t @kjhealy.co for the `rvest` code
On my way to SEA. I am excited to present some joint work with Jaehee Song on discrimination in online rental markets. Lucky to be on a panel with such amazing researchers in this space. If you’re around, let’s catch up!
November 24, 2024 at 2:58 PM
On my way to SEA. I am excited to present some joint work with Jaehee Song on discrimination in online rental markets. Lucky to be on a panel with such amazing researchers in this space. If you’re around, let’s catch up!
November 24, 2024 at 1:33 PM
On my way to SEA. I am excited to present some joint work with Jaehee Song on discrimination in online rental markets. Lucky to be on a panel with such amazing researchers in this space. If you’re around, let’s catch up!
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📜 Just published in the Journal of Public Economics 📜
"Specialised courts and the reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from Spain"
I am lucky to have worked with @martammatute.bsky.social and @jorgeghombrados in this paper and thankful for all I learned from them. Thread below!
"Specialised courts and the reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from Spain"
I am lucky to have worked with @martammatute.bsky.social and @jorgeghombrados in this paper and thankful for all I learned from them. Thread below!
Specialised courts and the reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from Spain
This paper assesses the effect of the creation of specialised intimate partner violence (IPV) courts on the reporting of IPV, and the incidence of IPV…
sciencedirect.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:45 AM
📜 Just published in the Journal of Public Economics 📜
"Specialised courts and the reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from Spain"
I am lucky to have worked with @martammatute.bsky.social and @jorgeghombrados in this paper and thankful for all I learned from them. Thread below!
"Specialised courts and the reporting of intimate partner violence: Evidence from Spain"
I am lucky to have worked with @martammatute.bsky.social and @jorgeghombrados in this paper and thankful for all I learned from them. Thread below!
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Después del feliz desembarco de estos dias, ya casi llegamos a 150.
No están todos los que son, pero son todos los que están.
Encantado de añadirte si acabas de llegar y quieres formar parte de la comunidad.
go.bsky.app/8tkeVED
No están todos los que son, pero son todos los que están.
Encantado de añadirte si acabas de llegar y quieres formar parte de la comunidad.
go.bsky.app/8tkeVED
November 19, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Después del feliz desembarco de estos dias, ya casi llegamos a 150.
No están todos los que son, pero son todos los que están.
Encantado de añadirte si acabas de llegar y quieres formar parte de la comunidad.
go.bsky.app/8tkeVED
No están todos los que son, pero son todos los que están.
Encantado de añadirte si acabas de llegar y quieres formar parte de la comunidad.
go.bsky.app/8tkeVED
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Grad students: Read everything Jesse Shapiro posts at scholar.harvard.edu/shapiro/note.... Office meetings and student talks are often just me reciting "write an aspirational intro", "Your audience does not care about your topic", or "No one wants to see your underwear".
Notes and Lectures
Introduction to Quantitative Economics: Complete form to request a copy of book-in-progress. Political Economy of Electoral Democracies (PhD Course Syllabus, Spring 2024, with Vincent Pons and Aakaas...
scholar.harvard.edu
November 17, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Grad students: Read everything Jesse Shapiro posts at scholar.harvard.edu/shapiro/note.... Office meetings and student talks are often just me reciting "write an aspirational intro", "Your audience does not care about your topic", or "No one wants to see your underwear".
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Quick econ tip: here's a list of over 100 economics conferences: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Curated by @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and @bartonwillage.com.
Economics Conferences (Compiled by Anne M. Burton and Barton Willage)
docs.google.com
November 18, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Quick econ tip: here's a list of over 100 economics conferences: docs.google.com/spreadsheets.... Curated by @anne-m-burton.bsky.social and @bartonwillage.com.
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Our paper quantifying the negative effects of urban freeways on local neighborhood quality of life appears in the September issue of REStat. doi.org/10.1162/rest...
Freeway Revolts! The Quality of Life Effects of Highways
Abstract. Why do freeways affect spatial structure? We identify and quantify the local disamenity effects of freeways. Freeways cause slower growth in central neighborhoods (where local disamenities e...
doi.org
November 19, 2024 at 2:03 AM
Our paper quantifying the negative effects of urban freeways on local neighborhood quality of life appears in the September issue of REStat. doi.org/10.1162/rest...
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Ok, trying this thing out. Sorry my first thing is an ask but... favorite event study plots, go! Just looking for nice examples for a PhD methods class. I've got some of the obvious ones, but feel free to give those too. #EconSky
November 18, 2024 at 4:48 PM
Ok, trying this thing out. Sorry my first thing is an ask but... favorite event study plots, go! Just looking for nice examples for a PhD methods class. I've got some of the obvious ones, but feel free to give those too. #EconSky
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The Journal of Urban Economics turns 50 years old: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Forward to the Special Issue “Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Journal of Urban Economics”
www.sciencedirect.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:53 PM
The Journal of Urban Economics turns 50 years old: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...