Beau Bressler
Hello! I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at the University of California, Davis. I am an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of urban economics, economic history, public and labor economics.I am on the 2025/2026 job market.
My research studies how 20th-century urban policies shaped segregation, housing affordability, and neighborhood opportunity in American cities.
My job market paper studies the long-run effects of the American mid-century public housing program on neighborhoods using a newly constructed national dataset.
My second chapter, joint with Tianfang Cui, examines how the 1960s Urban Planning Assistance Program reduced housing supply and institutionalized exclusionary zoning practices.
You can contact me at blbressler@ucdavis.edu.