Large data sources would allow us to test the impact of neighborhood characteristics, such as poverty rates , on the attitudes and behavior ot residents. The article explores the feasibility of existing large date sets for such a purpose. Unfortunately, none of the three sets reviewed, the...

The city of Cologne is, like Frankfurt/Main, Munich and Stuttgart, one of the German cities with high shares of ethnic minorities. In this paper, ethnic segregation in Cologne is analysed for three points in time: 1984, 1989 and 1994. One of the main conclusions is that segregation is declining...