max-width: none }

Research and Publications

ACADEMIC JOURNAL ARTICLES

The Pittsburgh Transition: Not Quite So Simple Coauthor: Sabina Deitrick Economic Development Quarterly (2021) 35(3):197-201.

Quality of life and demographic-racial dimensions of differences in most liveable Pittsburgh Coauthor: Sabina Deitrick Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal (Winter 2022)15(2): 193-209

Contrasting Different Geographies in Fair Market Rents: Implications for the Housing Choice Voucher Program in Pittsburgh, PA Coauthors: Mike Blackhurst and Sabina Deitrick Citiscape A Journal of Policy Development and Research (2019) 21(3)

Employer Support for Vanpooling and Future Opportunities Coauthor: Sabina Deitrick Pennsylvania Geographer (2012) 50(1/2): 106-131.

Gender Wage Disparity in the Pittsburgh Region Coauthor: with Sabina Deitrick American Behavioral Scientist (2009) 53(2): 239-260.

BOOK CHAPTERS

The Role of Universities in the Evolution of Technology-Based Economic Development Policies in the United States Coauthor: Vijai Singh in Routledge Handbook of Politics & Technology, edited by Ulrich Hilpert, Routledge, 2016.

Metropolitan Area Migration Patterns of the Scientific and Engineering Workforce within the United States Coauthor: Vijai Singh.
Chapter 9 of Networking Regionalised Innovative Labour Markets, edited by Ulrich Hilpert, Helen Lawton Smith. Routledge, August 2012.

Dynamics of Growth and Restructuring in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Region Coauthors: Frank Giarratani and Vijai Singh, in Regionalization of Globalized Innovation Locations For Advanced Industrial Development and Disparities In Participation, edited by Ulrich Hilpert. Routledge 2003.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL ARTICLES

How Admiral Souers Shaped the National Security System Naval History Magazine (U.S. Naval Institute), 34(4), August 2020.

Joint is Dead, What Comes Next U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, January 2004.

The Navy Needs More Warrant Officers U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, September 2003.

A 21st Century Draft Will Not Work U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, September 2002.

The Navy Can Not Be Their Last Resort U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, February 2001.

Selected University Publications and Technical Documents

See also past issues of the Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly

And current articles in Pittsburgh Perspectives

State of Aging, Disability, & Family Caregiving in Allegheny County University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh Coauthors: Scott Beach and Janet Schlarb, Everett James and Meredith Hughes, December 2022

Initial Labor Force Impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Allegheny County, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh. June 2020.

EEO Employment Data by Occupation and Race for the Pittsburgh Region, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh. August 2020.

Profile of Change in the City of Pittsburgh, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh. January 2020.

[Comprehensive Assessment of Military Installations and Impacts in Pennsylvania](http://www.entreworks.net/Download/Comprehensive Assessment PA Military Installations.pdf), with Sabina Deitrick and Erik Pages, a report for the Pennsylvania Military Community Enhancement Commission, Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED), 2018

Neighborhood Attraction Factors Impacting the Young Professional African American Population in the city of Pittsburgh, with Donald Musa, Scott Beach, and Laurel Person. University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh. A report for the POISE Foundation, October 2016

The State of Aging in Allegheny County, University Center for Social and Urban Research Coauthors: Donald Musa, Scott Beach and Janet Schlarb, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, October 2014.

Economic and Community Impacts of Small Colleges and Universities in Western Pennsylvania, with William Lafe and Sabina Deitrick. University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, April 2011.

Estimating the Supply and Demand of Affordable Housing in Allegheny County, A report for the Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania, with Deitrick, S., Reynolds, A., Briem C., Gradeck, R., Ashcraft, L., University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, March 2011.

Migration Trends in the Pittsburgh Region Update. University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, December 2011.

Impacts of Vanpooling in Pennsylvania and Future Opportunities, with Sabina Deitrick, for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Contract #510601, December 30, 2010.

The Nonprofit Sector: An Economic and Community Asset. with Sabina Deitrick, Kathryn Collins and Huiping Xie, 2008 Tropman Reports, Volume 7, No. 1. The Forbes Funds, Pittsburgh, PA, 2009.

Workforce Choices: Pennsylvania Bio-Medical Sub Cluster, Keystone Research Center (KRC) for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, 2008.

Impact of Large Landowners on Public Finance in a Fiscally Distressed Municipality: A Case Study of Pittsburgh, with Sabina Deitrick. Lincoln Institute of Land Policy (Cambridge, MA) project: The Impact of Large Landowners on Land Markets. 2006-2007.

The Impact of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute and UPMC Cancer Centers on the Pittsburgh Regional Economy,, with Sabina Deitrick. University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, October 2007.

Taxpayer Return on Investment (ROI) in Pennsylvania Public Libraries (contributor). University of North Carolina, School of Information and Library Science, September 2006.

Allegheny County Municipalities Employment by Place of Work Profiles and City of Pittsburgh Neighborhood Employment by Place of Work Profiles University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, March 2006.

Allegheny County Housing and Socio-Demographic Trends and Allegheny County Economic Trends Report. Prepared for the Allegheny County Comprehensive Plan, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, December 2005.

Allegheny County Economic Trends Report. Prepared for the Allegheny County Comprehensive Plan, University Center for Social and Urban Research, University of Pittsburgh, December 2005.

Commuting Patterns in the Pittsburgh Region. Expert report submitted to United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in case of Citizens Financial Group, Inc., vs. Citizens National Bank of Evans City And Citizens, Inc., Civil Action No. 01-1524, March 2005.

How Migration Flows Shape the Elderly Population of Metropolitan Pittsburgh, with Peter Morrison (RAND). Presented at the Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting, October 15, 2004.

Voting Patterns by Race in Allegheny County. January 2002. Expert report submitted to the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in case of Dailey, et al vs. DeFazio, et at, Civil Action 01-1911.