Urban

Work From Home and Urban Structure
The sustained increase inworking from home in thewake of Covid has the potential to reshape the U.S. urban landscape. This article describes the big picture of pre-2020 remote work in the U.S., and summarizes how that picture changed during the subsequent three years.
Matt Delventhal, Eunjee Kwon, Andrii Parkhomenko
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Work From Home and Urban Structure
Spatial Implications of Telecommuting
We use a quantitative model to explore the implications of increased remote work for the U.S. urban landscape. Our framework robustly predicts changes in residents observed 2020-2021. We use our model to evaluate two competing interpretations of the 2020 remote work shock, and conclude the change in preferences was more important than the change in technology.

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Media: LA Times, Skift, Fast Company, Wallethub
Matt Delventhal, Andrii Parkhomenko
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Spatial Implications of Telecommuting
JUE Insights: How Do Cities Change When We Work from Home?
We use a quantitative model to explore the impact of increased remote work on the location of jobs and residents, real estate prices, and traffic congestion in the Los Angeles metro area.

Journal of Urban Economics

Media: LA Times, Time Magazine, USC Tommy Talks, USC Marshall News, Academic Times, Fast Company
Matt Delventhal, Eunjee Kwon, Andrii Parkhomenko
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JUE Insights: How Do Cities Change When We Work from Home?
Demographic Transitions Across Time and Space
We compile a data set of birth and death rates for 186 countries spanning more than 250 years. We document that (i) a demographic transition has been completed or is ongoing in nearly every country; (ii) the speed of transition has increased over time; and (iii) having more neighbors that have started the transition is associated with a higher probability of a country beginning its own transition. To account for these observations, we build a quantitative model in which parents choose child quantity and educational quality.

Media: The Economist, El Confidencial, The Public Discourse, Penn’s Exchange
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Demographic Transitions Across Time and Space
Zoning and the Density of Development
We build a quantitative general equilibrium model of residence and employment choices under municipal density limits. Developers decide where to build, businesses decide where to offer jobs, and workers decide where to live and work given exogenous location characteristics, transport infrastructure, and zoning restrictions.
Matt Delventhal, Eunjee Kwon, Andrii Parkhomenko
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Zoning and the Density of Development