Dr. Brendan O’Flaherty is a member of the Executive Committee for the Columbia University Center for Homelessness Prevention Studies. He is also an Associate Professor of Economics and Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Dr. O’Flaherty is an expert in urban macroeconomics, and has authored several important publications on housing and homelessness, and brings an important perspective to our multidisciplinary Center.

Areas of expertise
The economics of homelessness; urban economics

Selected publications

O'Flaherty B. (1996) Making room : the economics of homelessness. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press) xi, 349

Cragg M, O'Flaherty B. (1999) Do homeless shelter conditions determine shelter population? The case of the Dinkins deluge. Journal of Urban Economics 46: 377-415.

Ellen I, O'Flaherty B. (2003) How housing and social policies affect household size: Evidence from New York. Unpublished manuscript.