National Bureau Of Economic Research

Big cities pack a punch equal to some national economies. The fraction of high-income families in superstar cities is 43 percent higher than in average cities, and those cities' share of poor families is 11 percent lower.

The results of a large scale experiment seem to indicate that better neighborhoods don't actually result in an improvement in academic performance for any age group.

When a sex offender moves into a neighborhood, prices of houses within a one-tenth mile area around the sex offender's home fall.

The next generation of second-generation workers, who will make up an important part of the workforce in 2030, may suffer from a sizable wage disadvantage of around 10 percent.

Ross Levin explains what accounts for differences in protection of property rights across different societies.