Arthur Acolin
Assistant Professor, Department of Real Estate
University of Washington
Box: 355727
website
CSDE Research Areas:
- Wellbeing of Families and Households
In the News:
- Gentrification Yields Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Exposure to Contextual Determinants of Health: New Research by Acolin, Crowder, Hajat, Woyczynski, Hall, Hurvitz, and Colleagues (02/14/2024)
- Fowle and Acolin to Discuss Health and Housing in Virtual Panel (02/02/2024)
- Walter and Acolin Release New Commentary on Micro-Scale Approaches to Research (05/21/2023)
- CSDE Seminar: Author Meets Critic: The Refugee System by Rawan Arar and David FitzGerald (04/23/2023)
- Acolin Awarded NIH R21 Grant to Study Gentrification, Mobility, and Health (01/07/2023)
- Two New Studies from Walter, Acolin, and Co-Authors Explore Different Aspects of Urban Communities (09/14/2022)
- New Article from Wachter & Acolin: "Homeownership in the Long Run" (05/13/2022)
- Congratulations to CSDE Affiliate Acolin for Tier 2 Seed Grant! (05/11/2021)
- Congratulations to the Best Poster Award Winners! (12/17/2020)
- CSDE Affiliates Awarded PHI COVID-19 Grants (05/02/2020)
- Congratulations to Participants in CSDE's Grant Writing Workshop (09/26/2019)
Arthur Acolin is an Assistant Professor in the University of Washington’s College of Built Environments. He obtained his Ph.D. in Urban Planning and Development from the Sol Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California in May 2017. His dissertation, titled “Three Essays on Frictions in Housing Markets” looked at various market imperfections that affect household housing choices and impact their financial outcomes. His field of research is housing economics with a focus on international housing policy and finance. His particular interest is on how housing market institutions and market designs affect household access to housing (tenure choice, housing consumption and mobility decision). Prior to completing his Ph.D. Acolin was a Research Associate in the Real Estate department of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he worked on housing, urbanization and economic development issues. He obtained a master in Urban Policy from the London School of Economics and Sciences Po Paris and an undergraduate degree in Urban Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.