Janet E. Kohlhase

Selected Publications and Working Papers

                   Urban Economics, Regional Science, Environmental Economics



Selected Publications


“Adoption of Technological Change in the Public Sector: Evidence from US States,” (with Edward Hoang and Steven Craig), International Regional Science Review, 2023, vol. 46(3), pp. 299-323.
      ( Paper--offsite link, open access)

"Labor Force Diversity and New Firm Formation," (with Mikaela Backman), Journal of Regional Science, vol. 68(1), pp. 9-28, 2022.
      ( Paper--offsite link, open access)

"The Public Expenditure Impact on Urban Population Growth" (with Steven Craig), in Edward Glaeser, Karima Kourtit and Peter Nijkamp (eds.)
      Urban Empires: Cities as Glabal Rulers in the New Urban World, Routledge, 2021.  ( Link to book )

"Does Closeness in Virtual Space Complement Urban Space?"(with Steven Craig and Edward Hoang), Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, vol.58, June 2017, pp. 22-29.
      ( Paper--offsite link, restricted access)

"Urbanization and Spatial Development of China" (with Zhao Chen), Annals of Regional Science, March 2017, vol.58 (2), pp. 271–274.    (Paper--offsite link, restricted access)

“Empirical Polycentricity: The Complex Relationship Between Employment Centers,” (with Steven Craig and Adam Perdue), Journal of Regional Science, vol. 56, Jan.2016, pp.25-52.
      (abstract)   ( Paper--offsite link, restricted access)

“Entrepreneurship and Economic Development: the Relative Attraction of Employment Centers by Firm Size,” (with Steven Craig and Adam Perdue),
      International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, vol. 13, June 2014, pp.281-93.   (abstract)   (Paper--offsite link, restricted access)

"The New Urban World 2050: Perspectives, Prospects and Problems,” Regional Science Policy and Practice, vol. 6(2), June 2013.   (abstract)   ( Paper--offsite link, restricted access)

"Editor’s Introduction to: A Scholarly Tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Western Regional Science Association," The Annals of Regional Science, vol. 48(2), 2012, pp. 359-362.  (Paper)
      Link to my entire edited volume "A Scholarly Tribute to the 50th Anniversary of the Western Regional Science Association," The Annals of Regional Science, vol. 48(2), 2012,pp. 359-639.

"The Effect of Urbanization on Labor Turnover," (with Miles Finney), Journal of Regional Science, vol. 48(2), May 2008, pp. 311-328.    ( Abstract)   (Paper)

"Firm Location in a Polycentric City: the Effects of Taxes and Agglomeration Economies on Location Decisions," (with Xiahong Ju), Environment and Planning C, vol. 25(5), 2007, pp.671-691.    ( Abstract)   ( Paper)

"Cities, Regions and the Decline in Transport Costs," (with Edward L. Glaeser), Papers of the Regional Science Association, vol. 83, Jan. 2004, pp. 197-228.    ( Paper)    (NBER WP W9886.)

"Quality of Life and Comparative Risk in Houston," (with Sabrina Strawn and John Wilson), Urban Ecosystems, vol. 3, July 1999, pp. 113-129.  ( Paper)

"Houston Environment," (with others), Report of the Science Panel Houston Environmental Foresight Program , Houston Advanced Research Center, 1996.  (Report)

"The Impact of Toxic Waste Sites on Housing Values," Journal of Urban Economics, vol. 30, July 1991, pp. 1-26.   ( Paper)

"Chaos Theory and Microeconomics: An Application to Model Specification and Hedonic Estimation," (with Steven Craig and David Papell), Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 73, May 1991, pp. 208-215.   ( Paper)

"General Equilibrium of Spatial Product and Labor Markets," (with Hiroshi Ohta), Journal of Regional Science, vol. 29, November 1989, pp. 537-553.   ( Paper)

"The Earnings of Soviet Workers: Evidence from the Soviet Interview Project," (with Paul Gregory), Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 70, Feb. 1988, pp. 23-35.  ( Paper)

"Labor Supply and Housing Demand for One- and Two- Earner Households," Review of Economics and Statistics, vol. 68, Feb. 1986, pp. 48-57.   ( Paper)







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