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The Minority Homeownership Gap, Home Foreclosure, and Nativity: Evidence From Miami‐dade County*

Year: 2013

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper investigates the interplay between nativity and both homeownership and foreclosure in Miami‐Dade County, Florida at both the individual and community levels. We estimate the likelihood of individual‐level home ownership based on place of birth and year of entry to the U.S., and separately estimate community‐level foreclosures based on the demographic composition of neighborhoods. Results confirm previous work: all subgroups, except Cubans, are less likely to be homeowners than white, non‐Hispanics and only Cuban neighborhoods had foreclosure rates significantly lower than rates in white, non‐Hispanic neighborhoods. Nativity has a stronger effect on homeownership than on foreclosure levels.

Source: Journal of Regional Science

DOI: 10.1111/jors.12014

Authors: Meagan E. Cahill, Rachel S. Franklin

Institutions: Urban Institute, Brown University

Language: English

Topic: Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Reduced inequalities, Sustainable cities and communities

Open Access status: green

Funder: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development