We present a conceptual framework to better understand the interaction between settlement and the emergence of de facto … depending on the violence potentials of de facto and de jure claimants. We examine land settlement and conflict on the frontiers … relatively peaceful where claimants have reasons to organize collectively (Australia and the U.S.). The settlement process will …

chapter, I investigate the extent to which economic models of segregation, information-based discrimination, peer dynamics … consistent with the time-series data. Segregation and models of discrimination both contradict the trends in important ways …

counterfactual reductions in commuting costs lead to marked increases in racial and education segregation and, to a lesser degree …, increases in income segregation, given that households now find it easier to locate in neighborhoods with like households. While … turning off preferences for housing characteristics increases racial segregation, especially for blacks, doing so reduces …

segregation on achievement and attainment, but had no impact on crime. We conclude that the end of busing widened racial … inequality, despite efforts by CMS to mitigate the impact of increases in segregation …