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Valentine Gilbert is an Assistant Professor at the Hobby School of Public Affairs, University of Houston, where he teaches economics and policy analysis to undergraduate students. His academic background includes a Ph.D. in public policy with a specialty in economics from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a B.A. in economics from the University of Rochester.
- Ph.D., Public Policy (Economics), Harvard University
- B.A., Economics, University of Rochester
His research focuses on urban and public economics, particularly housing affordability and the geographic and distributional consequences of changes in housing supply and costs. He employs large-scale administrative data and economic theory to analyze residential mobility and neighborhood change. A central theme in his work is understanding how new housing construction affects welfare and prices across different neighborhoods, especially low-income urban areas.
His recent articles explore topics such as residential vacancy chains, gentrification impacts on incumbent renters, the heterogeneity of new housing effects, and developer behavior under market power. These works demonstrate a strong methodological foundation in applied econometrics and structural modeling.
Notable scientific awards include the Best Junior Paper Award from the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association and the Best Paper on Housing Prize from the Joint Center for Housing Studies.
- Best Junior Paper Award, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association
- Best Paper on Housing Prize, Joint Center for Housing Studies
Valentine Gilbert has served as a Teaching Fellow for graduate econometrics courses at Harvard Kennedy School, including Econometric Methods for Applied Research I & II, where he received consistently high student evaluations. He has developed comprehensive section notes covering causal inference, machine learning, randomized trials, and instrumental variables. There is no mention of formal advisees or grants in the provided texts. His work is supported by access to restricted-use Census data and large-scale administrative datasets.
He is actively engaged in research through works in progress that investigate the nuanced effects of housing development and market dynamics on urban affordability. His research contributes significantly to housing policy debates by providing empirical evidence on the real-world impacts of new construction and neighborhood change.
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