Allison Shertzer

Allison Shertzer is an Economic Adviser and Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia. Her research focuses on the economic history of cities in the United States. Much of her work centers on the origins of residential segregation by race in northern American urban areas. She is also interested in early land use regulation and the impact of immigration on the provision of public goods. Her current research is focused on housing and land prices in urban areas since the Civil War.