CARE researchers investigate the impact of housing and other economic factors in low-income communities. Topics studied include:
The impact of place on household and individual outcomes
Residential mobility
Housing market impacts on neighborhoods
Impact of economic policies on low-income households
Impact of race on housing market outcomes
Publications
Zhang, L., Leonard, T., Dias, R. 2017. Foreclosed and Sold: An Examination of Community and Property Characteristics Related to the Sale of REO Properties. Urban Affairs Review. 53(5): 924-949.
Zhang, L., Leonard, T., Dias, R. 2017. Foreclosed and Sold: An Examination of Community and Property Characteristics Related to the Sale of REO Properties. Urban Affairs Review.
Leonard, T., Jha, N., Zhang, L. 2017. Neighborhood Price Externalities of Foreclosure Rehabilitation: An Examination of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Empirical Economics. 52(3): 955-975.
Higashi, R.T., Lee, S.J.C., Leonard, T., Pezzia, C., Pruitt, S.L. 2017. Family and Social Context Contributes to the Interplay of Economic Insecurity, Food Insecurity, and Health. Annals of Anthropological Practice. 41(2), 67-77.
Leonard, T. 2016. Housing Upkeep and Public Good Provision in Residential Neighborhoods. Housing Policy Debate. 1-21.
Leonard, T., Powell-Wiley, T.M., Ayers, C. Murdoch, J.C., Yin, Wenyuan, Pruitt, S.L. 2016. Property Values as a Measure of Neighborhoods-- An Application of Hedonic Price Theory. Epidemiology. 27(4): 518-524
Leonard, T., L. Zhang, C. Hoehner. 2015. Variations in Park Facility Valuations across Neighborhoods. Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy. 8(1): 45-67.
Zhang, L., T. Leonard. 2014. Neighborhood Impact of Foreclosure: A Quantile Regression Approach. Journal of Regional Science and Urban Economics. 48, 133-143.
Leonard, T., Di, Wenhua. 2014. Is Household Wealth Sustainable? An Examination of Asset Poverty Reentry After an Exit. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. 35:2, 131-144.
Caughy, Margaret O., Leonard, T., Beron, K., Murdoch, J. 2013. Defining Neighborhood Boundaries in Studies of Spatial Dependence in Child Behavior Problems. International Journal of Health Geographics. 12:24. http://www.ij-healthgeographics.com/content/12/1/24.
Leonard, T. 2013. The Impact of Housing Market Conditions on Residential Property Upkeep. Housing Studies. 28:1, 33-56.
Leonard T., Caughy M.O., Mays K., Murdoch J.C. 2011. Systematic neighborhood observations at high spatial resolution: Methodology and assessment of potential benefits. PLoS ONE 6(6): e20225. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020225.
Thomson, C.A., Nianogo, R., Leonard, T. 2024. Unaffordable housing and cancer: novel insights into a complex question. JNCI Cancer Spectrum. 8(3).
Zhang, L. Leonard, T. Bitzan, J. 2023. Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on House Prices: Heterogeneous Impacts Over Time and Across the House Price Distribution. Journal of Real Estate Research.
Leonard, T., Yang, X. Zhang, L. 2021. The Impact of Land Use Regulation Across the Conditional Distribution of Home Prices: An Application of Quantile Regression for Group Level Treatments. The Annals of Regional Science. 66(3), 655-676.