Housing Discrimination in Metropolitan America: Explaining Changes between 1989 and 2000

Ross, Stephen L.; Turner, Margery Austin

doi:10.1525/sp.2005.52.2.152

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“…26 However, we find evidence that this pattern has been changing over time with the effect of Hispanic students declining and an increased importance being placed on test scores. These changes may reflect a decline in bias against Hispanics over the decade consistent with general patterns of declining discrimination in housing markets (Ross and Turner [36]). Alternatively, these changes may reflect a more general public awareness of readily available information on Our analysis also confirms earlier findings by Black [3] that cross-sectional studies that do not control for unobservable components of neighborhood quality overstate the influence of test scores on property values.…”

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Which school attributes matter? The influence of school district performance and demographic composition on property values

Clapp

Nanda

Ross

2008

Journal of Urban Economics

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Increasing levels of segregation in American schools raises the question: do home buyers pay for test scores or demographic composition? This paper uses Connecticut panel data spanning eleven years from 1994 to 2004 to ascertain the relationship between property values and explanatory variables that include school district performance and demographic attributes, such as racial and ethnic composition of the student body. Town and census tract fixed effects are included to control for neighborhood unobservables. The effect of changes in school district attributes is also examined over a decade long time frame in order to focus on the effect of long run changes, which are more likely to be capitalized into prices. The study finds strong evidence that increases in percent Hispanic has a negative effect on housing prices in Connecticut, but mixed evidence concerning the impact of test scores on property values. Evidence is also found to suggest that student test scores have increased in importance for explaining housing prices in recent years while the importance of percent Hispanic has declined. Finally, the study finds that estimates of property tax capitalization increase substantially when the analysis focuses on long run changes.Journal of Economic Literature Classification: D1, D4, I2, R2, R5.

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Which school attributes matter? The influence of school district performance and demographic composition on property values

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Nanda

Ross

2008

Journal of Urban Economics

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“…Although a poor fit at any income level could signal the potential for poor transportation performance, prior work has consistently demonstrated the unique barriers faced by low-income households, especially low-income households of color, as they engage in housing searches (Pendall, 2000b;Sharkey, 2012). In addition to outright discrimination in the housing market (Massey & Denton, 1993;Ross & Turner, 2005), land-use policies that restrict the supply of affordable housing, sometimes referred to as exclusionary zoning, are prevalent in suburban areas across the United States and have been shown to have measurable effects on neighborhood composition (Pendall, 2000a). Although some progress has been made in increasing affordable housing production in certain locations that have enacted inclusionary zoning policies, the pace of change has been slow (Bratt & Vladeck, 2014).…”

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Low-wage jobs-housing fit: identifying locations of affordable housing shortages

Benner

Karner

2016

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Finding the right jobs-housing balance has long been an important concern for urban planners. More recently, attention has turned to jobs-housing fit -the extent to which housing price is well matched to local job quality. Prior analyses have been constrained by a lack of local data on job quality, making it difficult to identify the geography and scale of the problem. We introduce a new methodology for calculating the low-wage jobs-housing fit at both a jurisdiction and neighborhood scale that was designed in collaboration with affordable housing advocates and has been directly applied in urban planning and affordable housing policy efforts. Low-wage fit is particularly important because of ongoing difficulties with affordable housing provision and the disproportionate benefits of reducing transportation costs for low-income earners. We use the calculated metric at both a city and neighborhood scale to identify what can be learned from a low-wage jobshousing fit metric that is not evident in traditional measures of jobs-housing balance. In contrast to jobs-housing balance, the low-wage fit analysis clearly highlights those jurisdictions and neighborhoods where there is a substantial shortage of affordable housing in relation to the number of low-wage jobs. Because of the geographic coverage of the data sources used, the results can be widely applied across the United States by affordable housing advocates, land-use planners, and policy makers. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…6, No. 5, May 2016 uneasiness and awkwardness when they interact with the locals or natives because of the fear of being stigmatised or discriminated against [38]. This is often amplified if there is a sense of insecurity and difficulty in communicating in the native language [39].…”

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Immigrant Indian Professional‟s Experiences with Perceived Discrimination in the Australian Workpl

Gowan¹,

Teal²

2016

IJSSH

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Abstract-This qualitative study aims to explore the process underlying perceived discrimination in the workplace. Based on twenty in-depth interviews with Indian immigrants who are professionals or managers, we argue that due to tougher legislation against discrimination in the workplace, discrimination continues to exist in Australian organisations, but in subtle forms. These include ridicule, withholding information, social isolation, passing remarks and making unfair accusations, each causing ethnic minority professional's stress. The research also provides evidence that there is devaluation of skilled immigrants in Australia, at a time when the country is in competition with other migration nations for scarce and in-demand human capital. With the increasing diversity in the work environment, Australian organisations need to make proper adjustments regarding workers' interests and needs, and to make sure the work environment is equitable and inclusive.

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Housing Discrimination in Metropolitan America: Explaining Changes between 1989 and 2000

Cited by 261 publications

References 26 publications

Which school attributes matter? The influence of school district performance and demographic composition on property values

Which school attributes matter? The influence of school district performance and demographic composition on property values

Low-wage jobs-housing fit: identifying locations of affordable housing shortages

Immigrant Indian Professional‟s Experiences with Perceived Discrimination in the Australian Workpl

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