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Measuring in Neighborhood Investments: An Examination of Community Choice

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  • Denise DiPasquale
  • Matthew E. Kahn

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Community choice is a very important household decision since it represents an investment in community attributes that can have a significant impact on the quality of life of all household members, particularly by influencing the future prospects of children. In this paper, we examine the housing and community choices of migrants to and within Los Angeles County identified in the 1990 5% public use sample of the Census. Controlling for income, we find that expenditures on housing structure are quite similar across races. However, controlling for income, black and Hispanic households consume significantly less in community attributes than white households.

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  • Denise DiPasquale & Matthew E. Kahn, 1998. "Measuring in Neighborhood Investments: An Examination of Community Choice," Harvard Institute of Economic Research Working Papers 1834, Harvard - Institute of Economic Research.
    • Handle: RePEc:fth:harver:1834
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    1. Francesco Figari & Gerlinde Verbist & Francesca Zantomio, 2022. "Homeownership Investment and Tax Neutrality: a Joint Assessment of Income and Property Taxes in Europe," International Journal of Microsimulation, International Microsimulation Association, vol. 15(2), pages 62-76.
    2. Ingrid Gould Ellen, 2024. "Neighborhoods in the 21st century: What do we know, and what do we still have to learn?: AREUEA Presidential Address," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 52(4), pages 997-1019, July.
    3. Eric Fesselmeyer & Kiat Ying Seah, 2018. "Individual Payoffs and the Effect of Homeownership on Social Capital Investment," Journal of Housing Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1), pages 59-78, January.
    4. Bruce A. Weinberg, 2007. "Social Interactions with Endogenous Associations," NBER Working Papers 13038, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    5. Heilmann, Kilian & Kahn, Matthew E. & Tang, Cheng Keat, 2021. "The urban crime and heat gradient in high and low poverty areas," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 197(C).
    6. Patrick Bajari & Matthew E. Kahn, 2005. "Estimating Housing Demand With an Application to Explaining Racial Segregation in Cities," Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, American Statistical Association, vol. 23, pages 20-33, January.
    7. Matthew E. Kahn, 2024. "Racial and ethnic differences in the financial returns to home purchases," Real Estate Economics, American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association, vol. 52(3), pages 908-927, May.
    8. Edward L. Glaeser & Joshua D. Gottlieb, 2006. "Urban Resurgence and the Consumer City," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 43(8), pages 1275-1299, July.
    9. Binner, Amy & Day, Brett, 2015. "Exploring mortgage interest deduction reforms: An equilibrium sorting model with endogenous tenure choice," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 122(C), pages 40-54.
    10. Holian, Matthew J. & Kahn, Matthew E., 2015. "Household carbon emissions from driving and center city quality of life," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 116(C), pages 362-368.

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