Sarah Riley

Expertise

• Econometrics
• Microeconomic theory/Industrial organization
• SAS programming

Education

• Ph.D., 2009, Economics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• M.A., 2002, Policy Economics, Tulane University
• B.S., 2001, Mathematical Economics and Italian Language and Literature, Tulane University
• Diploma, 1997, The Lawrenceville School

Sarah Riley manages the Center's data stores and conducts research in the areas of real estate economics and finance. Her most recently published research has examined the determinants of house price appreciation and volatility for low-income homeowners, with special emphasis on the roles played by land use regulations, land scarcity, and proximate subprime lending activity. She is also currently comparing the user costs of owned and rented housing for the low-income population and is investigating possible links among household mobility, negative equity, and mortgage default.  Sarah also collaborates on experimental research concerning ways to reduce non-response bias in panel surveys.