observed in the 1940 Census and the amount of return migration by Mexican immigrants during the 1930s. As such, this variation …

and across ethnic groups. As a result, the segregation choices made by particular households depend both on the household … who belong to disadvantaged groups have lower probabilities of ethnic residential segregation relative to the choices made …

This chapter examines the causes and consequences of black-white residential segregation in the United States …. Segregation can arise through black self-segregation, collective action to exclude blacks from white neighborhoods, or individual … that blacks who live in segregated metropolitan areas have lower educational attainment and lower earnings than their …

segregation. We first report that household moves from a given neighborhood are concentrated to a few destinations. For minority … that overall labor market area segregation decreases after a gentrification shock because highly Black neighborhoods become …

Recent literature on the relationship between ethnic or racial segregation and outcomes has failed to produce a … data on first-generation immigrants in the United States. Using average group characteristics as instruments for … segregation, controlling for individual characteristics and both metropolitan area and country-of-origin fixed effects, we …

consistent across time and space. To do so, we adapt the Logan-Parman method to immigrants by measuring segregation based on the …We provide the first estimates of ethnic segregation between 1850 and 1940 that cover the entire United States and are … nativity of the next-door neighbor. In addition to providing a consistent measure of segregation, we also document new patterns …

We present the first quantitative analysis of the impact of ending de jure segregation of Mexican-American school … attainment for Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites in California. Our identification strategy relies on comparing individuals … for Hispanics who were fully exposed to school desegregation …