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Understanding Racial Segregation: What is known about the Effect of Housing Discrimination

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Stephen L. Ross (University of Connecticut)

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A central purpose of this chapter is to assess whether the available empirical evidence supports the view that current levels of housing discrimination are a significant contributor to residential segregation in U.S. cities and metropolitan areas. Through the course of this chapter, the reader will find that the empirical patterns of racial segregation in the U.S. are often inconsistent the available evidence on housing discrimination. Admittedly, strong evidence exists that both housing discrimination exists today and that housing discrimination throughout much of the Twentieth Century was central to creating the high levels of segregation that we observe in U.S. metropolitan areas today, but the appropriate policy responses may differ dramatically depending upon how these two phenomena are currently interrelated.

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Paper provided by University of Connecticut, Department of Economics in its series Working papers with number 2008-15.

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Date of creation: Apr 2008
Date of revision: Nov 2008
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Keywords: Housing Discrimination; Residential Segregation; Neighborhood Quality;

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J7 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination
L85 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Real Estate Services
R21 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand
R30 - Urban, Rural, and Regional Economics - - Production Analysis and Firm Location - - - General

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  3. Kiel, Katherine A. & Zabel, Jeffrey E., 1996. "House Price Differentials in U.S. Cities: Household and Neighborhood Racial Effects," Journal of Housing Economics, Elsevier, vol. 5(2), pages 143-165, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  6. Clapp, John M. & Nanda, Anupam & Ross, Stephen L., 2008. "Which school attributes matter? The influence of school district performance and demographic composition on property values," Journal of Urban Economics, Elsevier, vol. 63(2), pages 451-466, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  15. Jan Ondrich & Stephen Ross & John Yinger, 2003. "Now You See It, Now You Don't: Why Do Real Estate Agents Withhold Available Houses from Black Customers?," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 85(4), pages 854-873, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  16. John M. Clapp & Stephen L. Ross, 2002. "Schools and Housing Markets: An Examination of School Segregation and Performance in Connecticut," Working papers 2002-08, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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