HKS Affiliated Authors

Additional Authors:

  • Kristina Tobio

Excerpt

The Rise of the Sunbelt. Edward Glaeser, Kristina Tobio, April 2007, Paper. "In the last 50 years, population and incomes have increased steadily throughout much of the Sunbelt. This paper assesses the relative contributions of rising productivity, rising demand for Southern amenities and increases in housing supply to the growth of warm areas, using data on income, housing price and population growth. Before 1980, economic productivity increased significantly in warmer areas and drove the population growth in those places. Since 1980, productivity growth has been more modest, but housing supply growth has been..." Link