An Index of Segregation Based on Block Statistics

Cowgill, Donald O.; Cowgill, Mary S.

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“…We are not the first to draw attention to this flaw in measures of segregation, see Cowgill and Cowgill [1951], Appendix A in Taeuber and Taeuber [1965], and Massey and Denton [1988]. While this property is problematic for measures of residential segregation, it is less likely to affect measures of occupational or school segregation-where there is a natural clustering of individuals.…”

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A Measure of Segregation Based on Social Interactions

Echenique

Fryer

2007

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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We develop an index of segregation based on two premises: (1) a measure of segregation should disaggregate to the level of individuals, and (2) an individual is more segregated the more segregated are the agents with whom she interacts. We present an index that satisfies (1) and (2) and that is based on agents' social interactions: the extent to which blacks interact with blacks, whites with whites, etc. We use the index to measure school and residential segregation. Using detailed data on friendship networks, we calculate levels of within-school racial segregation in a sample of U. S. schools. We also calculate residential segregation across major U. S. cities, using block-level data from the 2000 U. S. Census.

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A Measure of Segregation Based on Social Interactions

Echenique

Fryer

2007

The Quarterly Journal of Economics

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“…Much debate has centered upon the validity of the index of dissimilarity. Such discourse has reaffirmed the utility of the index and at the same time has delimited the data conditions under which the index should not be employed (2,4,8,14,15,31,36). Index values may become distorted if any of the following conditions exist: 1) the areal units vary greatly in size; 2) the number of areal units is small; 3) the number of categories is small.…”

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Housing and urban blacks: A social distance-residential distance view

Zonn

1979

Ann Reg Sci

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The relation between the diversity of available housing within the black ghetto and the diversity of demand within the same region is the concern of this study. Specifically, the degree to which the black housing market is able to accommodate the variations in demand by black households is examined. The relation between social and residential distances, which is operationalized by employment of the index of dissimilarity, is used as the means for assessing this degree of housing accommodation. The black population of Milwaukee, Wisconsin is used as a case study, while the white population is included for comparative purposes. Results of the analysis show that the supply and location of housing has failed to provide a housing Stock that is diverse enough to accommodate the needs of the city's blacks. Middle class blacks may be effected most by the constrained market, because these households are less able to adjust housing according to income than are lower income groups. As a result of this housing allocation process, the social spatial form of the ghetto may differ substantially from the remainder of the city.

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“…El estudio de la segregación residencial -sus orígenes, magnitud, dinámica y consecuencias-ha sido largamente abordado por la investigación social debido precisamente a su pertinencia para evaluar los niveles de integración y equidad que alcanzan las sociedades. Ya en los años inmediatamente posteriores a la segunda posguerra, en Estados Unidos la sociología le prestó particular atención, especialmente a los aspectos metodológicos de medición (Jahn et al, 1947;Cogwill y Cogwill, 1951;Bell, 1954, entre otros). las contribuciones de Duncan y Duncan (1955) relativas a la cuestión metodológica dados los diferentes elementos de la segregación; las de Taeuber y Taeuber (1965) que avanzaron en la combinación de los indicadores cuantitativos con las técnicas cartográficas; y las de Schelling (1969), que se centró en los fundamentos microeconómicos del fenómeno, son indicativas del temprano interés y del importante grado de avance de la producción académica sobre la cuestión.…”

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La persistencia de la segregación residencial socioeconómica en Argentina / The Persistence of Socio-Economic Residential Segregation in Argentina

Groisman

2010

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An Index of Segregation Based on Block Statistics

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A Measure of Segregation Based on Social Interactions

A Measure of Segregation Based on Social Interactions

Housing and urban blacks: A social distance-residential distance view

La persistencia de la segregación residencial socioeconómica en Argentina / The Persistence of Socio-Economic Residential Segregation in Argentina

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