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来源

JOURNAL OF HOUSING ECONOMICS,Vol.40,IssueSI,P.83-94

语言

英文

关键字

Income sorting; Racial segregation; Urban spatial structure; Neighborhood choice; EMPLOYMENT; INCOME; SEGREGATION; AREA

作者单位

[Schuetz, Jenny] Brookings Inst, Washington, DC 20036 USA. [Larrimore, Jeff; Merry, Ellen A.; Robles, Barbara J.] Fed Reserve Syst, Board Governors, Washington, DC 20551 USA. [Tranfaglia, Anna] Fed Reserve Bank Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA USA. [Gonzalez, Arturo] Visa Inc, Foster City, CA USA. Schuetz, J (reprint author), Brookings Inst, Washington, DC 20036 USA. E-Mail: jschuetz@brookings.edu

摘要

For much of the 20th century, America's central cities were viewed as synonymous with economic and social hardship, and often used as proxy for low-income communities of color. Since the 1990s, however, many metropolitan areas have seen a resurgence of interest in central city neighborhoods. Theoretical models of income sorting lead to ambiguous predictions about where households of different income levels will live within metropolitan areas. In this paper, we explore infra-city spatial patterns of income and race for U.S. metropolitan areas, focusing particularly on the locations of low-income and minority neighborhoods. Results indicate that, on average, neighborhood income increases with distance to city centers for blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Income among non-Hispanic whites is uncorrelated with distance to CBD. All MSAs exhibit spatial clustering of poor and non-white neighborhoods. Economic sorting within high-minority neighborhoods is apparent for all racial groups.