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Black Suburbanization: Causes and Consequences of a Transformation of American Cities

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: Since 1970, the share of Black individuals living in suburbs of large cities has risen from 16% to 36%. We first show that Black suburbanization has led to major changes in neighborhoods, accounting for the majority of recent increases in both the average Black individual’s neighborhood quality and income segregation within the Black population. We then use an accounting exercise to show that changes in relative suburban amenities and housing prices explain a large share of Black suburbanization, while regional reallocation, changing educational attainment, and gentrification of Black city neighborhoods play only minor roles.

Source: The Review of Economics and Statistics

DOI: 10.1162/rest.a.1770

Authors: Alexander W. Bartik, Evan Mast

Institutions: University of Notre Dame, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Chicago, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

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: gold

OpenAlex ID: W3209196826

FWCI: 2.432

Cites: 25

Cited by: 10

Related to: 10