Robert French
Institute and Harris School of Public Policy Postdoctoral Fellow
Robert French is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation and the Harris School of Public Policy. As an applied urban and public economist, he researches the consequences of urban sorting on spatial inequality, housing affordability, and the welfare of low-income households. His ongoing research combines large-scale administrative data from the US Census Bureau with economic theory to understand the consequences of gentrification for incumbent residents in gentrifying neighborhoods. Before joining the Mansueto Institute, Robert graduated with a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University and received a B.A. and M.A. in Economics from the University of Toronto.
Advisers: Joshua Gottlieb, Professor, Harris School of Public Policy and Christopher Berry, William J. and Alicia Townsend Friedman Professor; Director, Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation.