John M. Yinger
Trustee Professor, Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs
Director, Education Finance and Accountability Program (EFAP)
Associate Director, Center for Policy Research
Senior Research Associate, Center for Policy Research
Degree
Ph.D., Princeton University, 1975
Specialties
State and local government finance, education, urban policy, and discrimination in housing
Personal Website
http://joyinger.expressions.syr.edu
Courses
Summer 2020
Not Teaching
Biography
John
Yinger is a Trustee Professor of Economics and Public Administration and
International Affairs, Director of the Education Finance and Accountability
Program, and Associate Director of the Center for Policy Research. He has published dozens of articles in professional journals on the
topics of education finance, discrimination in housing and mortgage markets,
and urban economics. His most recent book, Housing and Commuting: The
Theory of Urban Residential Structure, is forthcoming. His edited volume, Helping
Children Left Behind: State Aid and the Pursuit of Educational Equity,
published in 2004, and his co-authored book, The Color of Credit: Mortgage Discrimination, Research Methodology, and Fair Lending Enforcement,
appeared in 2002. Professor Yinger has also taught at Harvard University, the
University of Michigan, and the University of Wisconsin; served as a senior
staff economist at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers and
co-directed several state-level tax or aid studies. Full Biography
Publications
Selected Papers
Research Interests
School Finance
Racial Discrimination in Housing