Amy Ellen Schwartz is a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Delaware’s Biden School, and Professor Emeritus at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School and NYU’s Wagner School of Public Service. Her research interests span issues in education policy, urban economics, and public finance. Current projects include an investigation of student mobility; the impact of neighborhood crime on student performance; the link between neighborhoods, schools and child obesity; and the impact of housing vouchers on residential location decisions and children’s educational outcomes. Her work has been published in a range of journals and her research has been funded through grants from various federal agencies. In 2009, she served as the President of the Association for Education Finance and Policy, and is currently on the editorial board of Regional Science and Urban Economics and is the Editor of Education Finance and Policy.
