The Effect of State Policy on Urban Performance


September 1, 2004

Funding: The Fannie Mae Foundation

Summary: To what extent and how does state government policy affect the performance of major cities within the state on a wide variety of indicators of resident well-being? The project will proceed by first identifying cities that have performed well between 1990-2000 on each of a series of 20 indicators (e.g., change in poverty rate, unemployment rate, housing affordability, crime rate, etc.). It will then model performance on each of these indicators to identify cities that performed better than the model would have predicted. Case studies will then be conducted to assess whether this better than expected performance was due to state (or city) policies directed at the state’s cities.

 

Researcher(s)

Hal Wolman - Research Professor

Products

States and Their Cities: Partnerships for the Future

August 01, 2007

What Explains Central City Performance?

December 22, 2006

Explaining City Performance: how Important is State Policy?

April 20, 2006

State Policy Effects on Urban Performance

April 02, 2005

State Policy Effects on Urban Performance

April 02, 2005