Is immigrant neighborhood inequality less pronounced in suburban areas?

Volume: 57, Pages: 161 - 176
Published: May 1, 2016
Abstract
We investigate suburbanization and neighborhood inequality among 14 immigrant groups using census tract data from the 2008-2012 American Community Survey. Immigrant neighborhood inequality is defined here as the degree to which immigrants reside in neighborhoods that are poorer than the neighborhoods in which native whites reside. Using city and suburb Gini coefficients which reflect the distributions of groups across neighborhoods with varying...
Paper Details
Title
Is immigrant neighborhood inequality less pronounced in suburban areas?
Published Date
May 1, 2016
Volume
57
Pages
161 - 176
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