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Metropolitan growth, inequality, and neighborhood segregation.
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| Author | Carlino, Gerald A. Ellen, Ingrid Gould |
| Abstract | by Income OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES, residential segregation by income has become an increasingly important feature of the U.S. metropolitan landscape. From 1970 to 2000, income sorting grew in large cities. In the 1980s almost all American metropolitan areas experienced a rise in segregation of the rich from the poor, though these changes were slightly offset by modest declines in segre-gation during the 1990s. More than 85 percent of the U.S. metropolitan popula-tion lived in an area that was more segregated by income in 2000 than in 1970. The time trend in residential segregation by income hints that income inequal-ity may play an explanatory role. Mayer (2001) uses a panel of states to provide evidence that rising income inequality is associated with rising residential seg-regation by income.1 Income inequality at the top of the income distribution is associated with residential isolation of the rich, while income inequality at the bottom of the distribution is associated with residential isolation of the poor. It is perhaps unsurprising that the metropolitan areas with the largest growth in segregation include a number of distressed cities in industrial decline, such as |
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| Subject Keyword | Metropolitan Growth Income Inequality Neighborhood Segregation Residential Isolation Residential Segregation Modest Decline American Metropolitan Area Residential Seg-regation Metropolitan Area U.s. Metropolitan Popula-tion Income Distribution Explanatory Role U.s. Metropolitan Landscape Large City Distressed City Income Last Three Decade Income Inequal-ity Important Feature Time Trend Industrial Decline Income Sorting Income Hint |
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