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作者

来源

REGIONAL SCIENCE AND URBAN ECONOMICS,Vol.68,P.277-290

语言

英文

关键字

School segregation; Housing; Foreclosure; RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION

作者单位

[Ihlanfeldt, Keith] Florida State Univ, Dept Econ, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA. [Ihlanfeldt, Keith] Florida State Univ, DeVoe Moore Ctr, Tallahassee, FL 32306 USA. [Mayock, Tom] UNC Charlotte, Dept Econ, Charlotte, NC 28223 USA. [Mayock, Tom] Off Comptroller Currency, Charlotte, NC 28281 USA. Mayock, T (reprint author), UNC Charlotte, Dept Econ, Charlotte, NC 28223 USA.; Mayock, T (reprint author), Off Comptroller Currency, Charlotte, NC 28281 USA. E-Mail: kihlanfeldt@fsu.edu; tmayock@uncc.edu

摘要

One overlooked consequence of America's foreclosure crisis is the impact it had on school segregation. Using data on Florida schools, we find that the crisis reduced the racial segregation of elementary schools by opening up affordable housing opportunities to black families in predominantly white neighborhoods. Our analysis has the added importance of providing a natural experiment testing whether more affordable housing in predominantly white school attendance zones will decrease segregation.