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City structure, income structure, and development

Project Active from 1 Apr 2024 to 30 Sep 2026 Sustainable Growth and Cities that Work

This project uses large-scale travel surveys and fine-grained geographic data to analyse how the internal structure of cities – including residential location, commuting, and infrastructure patterns – varies systematically between high- and low-income countries.

Researchers

Yuhei Miyauchi

Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Lagakos

Professor of Economics, Boston University

Peter Deffebach

Researcher, Boston University

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