Ethnicity has become an increasingly important factor in neighborhood formation in many developed economies. We specify a gravity model for neighborhoods to assess the role of ethnicity in intra-urban residential relocations. Migration patterns of different ethnic groups are hypothesized to...

This paper identifies racial neighborhood effects at the transaction level. By matching two large micro-datasets (ZTRAX and HMDA) for the state of Virginia, we pin down the impact of a marginal change of racial composition in a neighborhood by looking at price impacts for transactions that...

This study assesses the role of social context in explaining racial and ethnic disparities in arrest, with a focus on how the distinct neighborhood contexts in which different racial and ethnic groups reside explain variations in criminal outcomes. To do so, I utilize a multilevel, longitudinal...

Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...