Boustan, Leah P.; Margo, Robert A. - In: Journal of Urban Economics 78 (2013) C, pp. 71-80
Between 1940 and 1980, the homeownership rate among metropolitan African–American households increased by 27 percentage points. Nearly three-quarters of this increase occurred in central cities. We show that rising black homeownership in central cities was facilitated by the movement of white...
