Change in Racial and Ethnic Residential Inequality in American Cities, 1970-2000

Authors: Timberlake, Jeffrey M.¹; Iceland, John²

Source: City & Community, Volume 6, Number 4, December 2007 , pp. 335-365(31)

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Abstract:

We complement and extend research on change in racial and ethnic residential segregation by estimating determinants of change from 1970 to 2000 in four measures of residential inequality—dissimilarity, entropy, isolation, and net difference—between American Whites, Blacks, Asians, and Latinos. Because we use a longer time horizon and multiple measures, our findings clearly demonstrate some convergence in residential location patterns across groups, indicating gradual spatial assimilation in U.S. metropolitan areas. Although Blacks continue to be more segregated than either Asians or Latinos, residential inequality has declined more rapidly for Blacks than for the other two groups, particularly in terms of neighborhood socioeconomic status. We also find that all three groups, but particularly Asians, have been converting income gains relative to Whites into improved neighborhood socioeconomic status more than into increased residential integration with Whites.

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-6040.2007.00231.x

Affiliations: 1: University of Cincinnati 2: University of Maryland

Publication date: 2007-12-01

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