Are Ghettos Good or Bad?
Spatial separation of racial and ethnic groups may theoretically have positive or negative effects on the economic performance of those groups. We examine the effects of segregation on outcomes for [...]
Prismatic Metropolis: Race and Residential Segregation in the City of the Angels
Most major urban areas remain segregated by race, especially in terms of black segregation from whites. We replicate and extend the innovative approach developed by Farley and colleagues for understanding [...]
Exclusionary Zoning and Equal Protection
It is something of a natural law of urban development that population pressure is exerted from the center of the city outward. Increasing dilapidation of housing in central cities, plus [...]
Interactions, neighborhood selection and housing demand
This paper contributes to the growing literature that aims at identifying and measuring the impact of social context on individual economic behavior. We develop a model of housing structure demand [...]
The Effect of Urban Containment and Mandatory Housing Elements on Racial Segregation in US Metropolitan Areas, 1990–2000
Urban containment and state‐imposed mandatory housing elements in comprehensive land use plans attempt to reshape development patterns. Urban containment programs reign in the outward expansion of urban areas by restricting [...]
The Wrong Side(s) of the Tracks: Estimating the Causal Effects of Racial Segregation on City Outcomes
The strong negative correlation between a city’s level of residential racial segregation and its outcomes, particularly for black residents, is well-established. The interpretation of this relationship, however, is confounded by [...]
Segregation and Black Political Efficacy
The impact of segregation on Black political efficacy is theoretically ambiguous. On one hand, increased contact among Blacks in more segregated areas may mean that Blacks are better able to [...]
Local Land Use Regulation and the Chain of Exclusion
The study reported in this article tested connections between five land use controls and the racial composition of the communities that use them. A survey of localities in the 25 [...]
A Building Block for Inclusion: Housing for Community-Level Diversity, Participation, and Cohesion
As the nation has become more diverse, our neighborhoods, cities, metropolitan areas, and rural communities have strained to keep up. Some have accommodated change well. But for many it has [...]
Cultural dynamics, social mobility and urban segregation
We consider the relationship between cultural dynamics, urban segregation and inequality. To this end, we develop a model of neighbourhood formation and cultural transmission. The tension between culture preservation and [...]