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@ Ohio State University. Believing that academics must generate knowledge useful for academics and non-academics to make this society better.

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We had a pleasure of Joanna Ganning of Cleveland State University speaking at our colloquium of City and Regional Planning. Thanks for sharing a sneak preview of the forthcoming book from Lincoln Institute: Rust in my blood: Planning for urban population decline!
With @jclarkcrp.bsky.social

24.02.2026 13:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The gender wage gap reevaluated: A regional perspective - Xinyun Jiang, Yasuyuki Motoyama, 2025 Over the past decades, the gender wage gap has been observed to fall due to women’s better performance in higher education as well as rising labor force partici...

The gender wage gap comes partly from differences in education & occupation, but also from regional factors: Some regions have more equal pays; other regions have more wage gaps. My former student, Xinyun Jiang, and I had a few more findings in Local Economy:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

01.12.2025 13:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How Much Were Minority Neighborhoods in the United States Affected During COVID-19 in the Aspect of Business Closure Rates? Evidence From Six Metropolitan Areas - Shan Yang, Yasuyuki (Yas) Motoyama, 2... This study evaluates business closure rates in minority neighborhoods within a metropolitan area and extends this analysis across six U.S. metropolitan areas du...

It is more exciting when I could publish with my (former) student! Shan Yang and I examined business closures after the COVID particularly in minority neighborhoods. It was not a simple answer like minority = poor = more closures:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

24.11.2025 11:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.

It is worth experimenting in many other cities.
As simple as: Free bus => Bus ride up => Car ride down
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...

19.11.2025 13:25 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Spatial Heterogeneities in Healthcare Visits and their Socioeconomic Determinants: A Comprehensive Analysis Using Traffic Flow Data - Armita Kar, Yasuyuki Motoyama, 2025 Spatial accessibility to healthcare is widely studied across various disciplines, primarily to identify underserved neighborhoods. Whereas most studies focus on...

It's easy to guess that people visit healthcare facilities close to you. Does the same pattern apply to poor and people without health insurance?
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

18.11.2025 02:34 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0