Mark Colas

Mark Colas Scholar

Assistant Professor of Economics University of Oregon

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Research interests

labor economics, public economics, urban economics

Content by Mark

Institute Working Paper 54 (November 2021)

Social Transfers and Spatial Distortions

Mark Colas and Robert McDonough

Topics: Public Policy; Low & Moderate Income

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Institute Working Paper 38 (October 2020)

The Indirect Fiscal Benefits of Low-Skilled Immigration

Mark Colas and Dominik Sachs

Topics: Immigration; Employment & Labor Markets

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Institute Working Paper 20 (June 2019)

The Environmental Cost of Land Use Restrictions

Mark Colas and John M. Morehouse

Published in: _Quantitative Economics_ (Vol. 13, Iss. 1, January 2022) https://qeconomics.org/ojs/index.php/qe/article/view/1612.

Topics: Climate; Housing; Public Policy

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Institute Working Paper 14 (September 2018)

Optimal Need-Based Financial Aid

Mark Colas, Sebastian Findeisen, and Dominik Sachs

Published in _Journal of Political Economy_ (Vol. 129, No. 2, February 2021, pp. 492-533), https://doi.org/10.1086/711952.

Topics: Higher Education; Public Policy

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Institute Working Paper 6 (January 2018)

Dynamic Responses to Immigration

Mark Colas

Topics: Immigration; Employment & Labor Markets

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Institute Working Paper 3 (November 2017)

Heterogeneous Workers and Federal Income Taxes in a Spatial Equilibrium

Mark Colas and Kevin Hutchinson

Published in _American Economic Journal: Economic Policy_ (vol. 13, iss. 2, May 2021, pp. 100-134), https://doi.org/10.1257/pol.20180529.

Topics: Taxes & Tax Policy; Inequality

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