To Ghetto or Not to Ghetto: Ethnicity and Residential Segregation / George J. Borjas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Borjas, George J.

Contributor:

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) no. w6176.

NBER working paper series no. w6176

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource: illustrations (black and white);

Other Title:

To Ghetto or Not to Ghetto

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1997.

Summary:

This paper analyzes the link between ethnicity and the choice of residing in ethnically segregated neighborhoods. Data drawn from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth show that there exist strong human capital externalities both within and across ethnic groups. As a result, the segregation choices made by particular households depend both on the household's economic opportunities and on aggregate characteristics of the ethnic groups. The evidence suggests that highly skilled persons who belong to disadvantaged groups have lower probabilities of ethnic residential segregation relative to the choices made by the most skilled persons in the most skilled groups.

Notes:

Print version record

September 1997.