Nathaniel Baum-Snow Phone: (401) 863-2697
Office: Robinson 214
Email: Nathaniel_Baum-Snow@brown.eduTitle: Assistant Professor of Economics
Background info:
Nathaniel Baum-Snow, Assistant Professor of Economics has been affiliated with the Population Studies and Training Center at Brown University since 2005. He is also affiliated with Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences (S4).
Dr. Baum-Snow received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago in 2005.
Research interests:
Land use patterns in U.S. metropolitan areas, changes in the spatial distribution of population and employment, urban transportation, urban economics.
Current research:
Nathaniel Baum-Snow is currently working to better understand trends in the spatial distribution of population and employment in U.S. metropolitan areas. In particular, he is investigating the role of transportation infrastructure in the location decisions of firms and households. In addition, he is investigating the role of local public goods such as school quality in determining residential location decisions.
In collaboration with Matthew E. Kahn, Dr. Baum-Snow is investigating reasons for the decline in public transit ridership in U.S. cities.
Publications:
Baum-Snow, Nathaniel and Matthew E. Kahn 2005. “Effects of Urban Rail Transit Expansions: Evidence from Sixteen Cities” Forthcoming, Brookings Papers on Urban Affairs.
Working papers:
“The Effects of Changes in the Transportation Infrastructure on Suburbanization: Evidence from the Construction of the Interstate Highway System” (under review)
“Data Problems and the Measurement of Racial and Gender Wage Gaps Over Time” (with Derek Neal)
“Decentralized Employment in Cities”