Research Papers

Land Fragmentation and Land Market Frictions

1. Land Market Frictions in Developing Countries: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in India, under review 

SSRN Media Coverage: Heller-Hurwicz Institute

Effects of Zoning Regulations 

2. Under the (neighbor)Hood: Understanding Interactions Among Zoning Regulations with Amrita Kulka (Warwick) and Nick Chiumenti (USDA), R&R Review of Economics and Statistics

SSRN MAPC Parcel Level Zoning Atlas Data 

Media Coverage: The Bloomberg News 1, The Bloomberg News 2, Forbes, Brookings Institute, GWU Regulation Digest, Science Vs. 

Adoption and Effects of Racial Covenants 

3. The Long Shadow of Housing Discrimination: Evidence from Racial Covenants with Kevin Ehrman-Solberg (Mapping Prejudice), under review

SSRN Mapping Prejudice Data

Media Coverage: Wall Street Journal, PBS, Philadelphia Inquirer, InequaliTalks Podcast, Richmond Fed Economic Brief, Heller-Hurwicz Institute, University of Toronto School of Cities

4. De Jure versus De Facto Discrimination: Evidence from Racial Covenants, with Milena Almagro (Chicago Booth) [slides available on request]

Awarded Russell Sage Foundation and Gates Foundation Pipeline Grant Media Coverage: Chicago Booth Review

5. Building the Divide: Roles of Developers in Racial Segregation, with Milena Almagro (Chicago Booth)  [work in progress]

Teacher Labor Market and Student Outcomes

6. Gains from Reassignment: Evidence from a Two-Sided Teacher Market, with Mariana Laverde (Boston College), Elton Mykerezi (Minnesota), and Aaron Sojourner (Upjohn)

SSRN Upjohn Institute Working Paper

Policy Publications

1. 1. Sood, Aradhya, and Nicholas Chiumenti. “Local Zoning Laws and the Supply of Multifamily Housing in Greater Boston.” Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Reports, vol. 22, no. 1, Oct. 2022.

Research Report Link         Companion Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Working Paper No. 22-10

1. 2. Sood, Aradhya. "Land Market Frictions in India." India in Transition Series, Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 12 September 2022.

Article Link  

Reprinted in Scroll.in, September 20, 2022 (Scroll.in) and Amar Ujala (Hindi), September 16, 2022 (Amar Ujala)