Amy Ellen Schwartz

Amy Ellen Schwartz is professor of public policy, education, and economics, and director of the New York University Institute for Education and Social Policy. She teaches courses in public finance and policy at both the Wagner School and the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Her research is primarily in applied econometrics, focusing on issues in urban policy, education policy, and public finance. Her current research in K–12 education examines the relationship between student performance and housing and neighborhood change, the role of schools and neighborhoods in shaping childhood obesity, immigration and mobility in urban schools, and the efficacy of school reforms. Her research on urban economic development has included work on Business Improvement Districts, housing investment, school choice, and investment in infrastructure, among other issues in public finance. Schwartz has published numerous articles in academic journals including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Human Resources, the Journal of Public Economics, and the Journal of Urban Economics. Her research has been supported by grants from the Spencer Foundation, National Institute of Health, Institute of Education Sciences, National Science Foundation, W. T. Grant Foundation, and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, among others. Schwartz received her doctorate in economics from Columbia University.

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