In a paper published in the Review of Economics and Statistics some 20 years ago (Gabriel and Rosenthal [1989]), we sought to assess the disparate residential location choices of black and white households in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The paper showed that simulated closure of...

Recent studies have documents substantially depressed levels of homeownership among African-American households. While prior analysis have focused largely on racial disparities in household financial characteristics, few studies have assessed the potential role of location choice and locational...

This paper applies Census microdata from 1980 and 1990 to assess the determinants of housing tenure choice among racial and ethnic groups in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Like previous research, our results indicate that endowment differences (income, education, and immigrant status)...

This paper applies Census microdata from 1980 and 1990 to assess the determinants of housing tenure choice among racial and ethnic groups in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Like previous research, our results indicate that endowment differences (income, education, and immigrant status)...

Recent studies have documented substantially depressed levels of homeownership among African-American households. While prior analyses have focused largely on racial disparities in household financial characteristics, few studies have assessed the potential role of location choice and locational...