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Stephen L. Ross is a Professor of Economics at the University of Connecticut and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. His academic career spans over three decades with significant contributions to urban economics, housing policy, and discrimination studies. He serves on multiple editorial boards including Regional Science and Urban Economics and Education Finance and Policy, and holds fellowships at the Center for Financial Security and Penn Institute for Urban Research.
His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Economics from Syracuse University (1994), an M.A. in Applied Behavioral Science from Wright State University (1990), and a B.S. in Engineering Physics from the University of Kansas (1984).
Ross's research focuses on critical urban economic issues with particular emphasis on housing and mortgage lending discrimination, residential and school segregation, and neighborhood effects in urban labor markets. His seminal work The Color of Credit (MIT Press, 2002) established foundational frameworks for fair lending enforcement. Recent work examines foreclosure impacts on children's education and subprime lending patterns.
His publication portfolio demonstrates consistent high-impact output across top journals including the Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economics and Statistics, and American Economic Journal series. Research themes show evolution from foundational discrimination studies toward contemporary issues like educational outcomes and housing crisis impacts, with increasing methodological sophistication in spatial analysis and causal inference.
- Chancellor's Fellow, University of Connecticut (2003-04)
- Weimer School Fellow, Homer Hoyt Institute (2011)
- CLAS Research Award - Social Sciences (2009)
- American Real Estate Dissertation Award (1995)
- Editorial roles at 6 major economics journals
- Research Director for 2000 Housing Discrimination Study
Ross has secured major funding from the Ford Foundation, MacArthur Foundation, NIH, and HUD for research on housing discrimination, foreclosure impacts, and educational outcomes. His consulting work with government agencies (NY State Attorney General, HUD) and private entities (FannieMae, Urban Institute) demonstrates strong policy impact. He directs research teams examining neighborhood effects through collaborations with the National Bureau of Economic Research and Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
