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Overview

George Galster is affiliated with Wayne State University in the United States. Their research primarily centers on urban studies, housing markets, and socioeconomic dimensions of residential environments. The main fields of study include Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Social Sciences, with subfields spanning Sociology and Political Science, Economics and Econometrics, Finance, Urban Studies, and Global and Planetary Change.

The research topics covered by Galster encompass a variety of complex issues within urban and housing studies such as:

  • Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
  • Housing Market and Economics
  • Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism
  • Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
  • Flood Risk Assessment and Management
  • Urban and Rural Development Challenges
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth

Galster has published extensively in several academic journals, with frequent contributions to the following venues:

  • Housing Policy Debate
  • Urban Studies
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • International Journal of Urban Sciences
  • Housing Studies

Notable recent papers authored by George Galster include:

  • "Housing affordability: a framing, synthesis of research and policy, and future directions" (2020, International Journal of Urban Sciences)
  • "Introduction to the special issue of the Global crisis in housing affordability" (2020, International Journal of Urban Sciences)
  • "Neighbourhood selection by natives and immigrants: Homophily or limited spatial search?" (2021, Housing Studies)
  • "Decomposing educational disparities between immigrants and natives in Oslo: how gender, parents, and place matter" (2022, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies)

Galster's collaborative network includes several frequent co-authors, indicating a consistent engagement with peers across their research endeavors. These co-authors are:

  • Claudia Aiken
  • Karl Vachuska
  • Anna Maria Santiago
  • Joshua C. Galster
  • Lena Magnusson Turner

Best Publications

  • Wrestling sprawl to the ground - Defining and measuring an elusive concept

    George Galster;Royce Hanson;Michael R. Ratcliffe;Harold Wolman

  • On the Nature of Neighbourhood

    George Galster

  • The Mechanism(s) of Neighbourhood Effects: Theory, Evidence, and Policy Implications

    George C. Galster

  • The geography of metropolitan opportunity: A reconnaissance and conceptual framework

    George C. Galster;Sean P. Killen

  • Residential Satisfaction: Compositional and Contextual Correlates

    George C. Galster;Garry W. Hesser

  • Homeowners and neighborhood reinvestment

    Daphne Spain;George C. Galster

  • Discrimination in Metropolitan Housing Markets: National Results from Phase I HDS 2000

    Margery Austin Turner;Stephen L. Ross;George C. Galster;John Yinger

  • Neighbourhood effects on social opportunities: the European and American research and policy context

    Ju¨rgen Friedrichs;George Galster;Sako Musterd

  • The Maze of Urban Housing Markets: Theory, Evidence, and Policy

    Jerome Rothenberg;George C. Galster

  • Identifying the Correlates of Dwelling Satisfaction: An Empirical Critique

    George Galster

  • Neighbourhood Social Mix as a Goal of Housing Policy: A Theoretical Analysis

    George Galster

  • Discrimination in Metropolitan Housing Markets: National Results from Phase 1 of the Housing Discrimination Study (HDS)

    Margery A. Turner;Stephen L. Ross;George C. Galster;John Yinger

  • Residential segregation in American cities: A contrary review

    George Galster

  • Driving Detroit: The Quest for Respect in the Motor City

    George Galster

  • Quantifying the Effect of Neighbourhood on Individuals: Challenges, Alternative Approaches, and Promising Directions

    George C. Galster

  • Identifying neighborhood thresholds: An empirical exploration

    George C. Galster;Roberto G. Quercia;Alvaro Cortes

  • Spatial Foundations of Inequality: A Conceptual Model and Empirical Overview

    George Galster;Patrick Sharkey

  • The impact of neighbors who use section 8 certificates on property values

    George C. Galster;Peter Tatian;Robin Smith

  • William Grigsby and the Analysis of Housing Sub-markets and Filtering:

    George Galster

  • Should Policy Makers Strive for Neighborhood Social Mix? An Analysis of the Western European Evidence Base

    George Galster

  • Homeowners and Neighborhood Reinvestment

    Valerie Preston;George C. Galster

Frequent Co-Authors

Sako Musterd
Sako Musterd University of Amsterdam
Ade Kearns
Ade Kearns University of Glasgow
Yin Paradies
Yin Paradies Deakin University

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