USC Price School of Public Policy

Jenny Schuetz

Jenny Schuetz

Assistant Professor

Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D. in Public Policy

Harvard University

Expertise

Urban and real estate economics, housing policy, local public finance

Biographical sketch

Jenny Schuetz is an Assistant Professor in the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. Her primary research interests are urban and real estate economics, local public finance, and housing policy. Her research has been published in a variety of journals, including Regional Science and Urban Economics, the Journal of Housing Economics, Real Estate Economics, the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, and Urban Studies. Current research projects include urban retail location patterns and the relationship between art galleries and neighborhood change. Dr. Schuetz teaches classes in real estate finance and policy analysis.

Dr. Schuetz earned a B.A. with Highest Distinction in Economics and Political and Social Thought from the University of Virginia, a Master’s in City Planning from M.I.T., a Ph.D. in Public Policy from Harvard University, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at NYU’s Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy. Previously Dr. Schuetz worked for Abt Associates Inc., the Fannie Mae Foundation and the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University

Publications

  • Meltzer, R. and J. Schuetz, “Bodegas or Bagel Shops? Neighborhood differences in retail and household services”; Economic Development Quarterly; Forthcoming
  • Schuetz, J., J. Kolko and R. Meltzer, “Are Poor Neighborhoods ‘Retail Deserts’?”; Regional Science and Urban Economics, 42(1): 269-285; 2012
  • Schuetz, J., R. Meltzer and V. Been, “Silver Bullet or Trojan Horse? The Effects of Inclusionary Zoning on Local Housing Markets in the United States”; Urban Studies , 48(2): 297-329; 2011
  • Meltzer, R. and J. Schuetz, “What Drives the Diffusion of Inclusionary Zoning?”; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 29(3): 578-602; 2010
  • Schuetz, J., “No Renters in My Suburban Backyard: Land use regulation and rental housing”; Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 28(2): 298-322; 2009
  • Schuetz, J., V. Been and I. G. Ellen, “Neighborhood Effects of Concentrated Mortgage Foreclosures”; Journal of Housing Economics, 17(4): 306-319.; 2008
  • Schuetz, J., “Guarding the Town Walls: Mechanisms and motives for restricting multifamily housing in Massachusetts”; Real Estate Economics, 36(3): 555-586.; 2008
  • Sims, K. R. E. and J. Schuetz, “Environmental Regulation and Land Use Change: Do Local Wetlands Bylaws Slow the Conversion of Open Space to Residential” Uses?; Regional Science and Urban Economics, 39(4): 409-421.; 2009

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