Urban Lab
Urban Lab is an empirically oriented research initiative at Uppsala University, run in cooperation between the Department of Economics and the Institute for Housing and Urban Research.
Urban Facts
Activities
16 June at 13.15–14.30
Size Matters: The Benefits of Large Labor Markets for Job Seekers
Enrico Moretti (University of California, Berkeley)
Contact: Matz Dahlberg
Ongoing projects
RESEARCH ON RENTAL FLATS ASSIGNED USING A LOTTERY
Alive Bostad AB has begun building 162 rental apartments in Rosendal in southern Uppsala. The goal is to offer apartments to young adults (18–35) with about 30 per cent lower rents than equivalent housing. The buildings, designed by Tengbom arkitekter, are being built from wood, and the apartments will be assigned using a lottery.
Urban Lab researcher winner of the 2020 IPUMS Research Award
Raoul van Maarseveen's article “The Effect of Urban Migration on Educational Attainment: Evidence from Africa” has been selected as the 2020 winner of the IPUMS Research Award.
Read about the award and Raoul's research here.
Funding
Urban Lab is a collaboration between Uppsala municipality and Uppsala University.