| Rajiv Sethi rs328@columbia.edu (212) 854-5140 Office hours: T 9:30-12:00, & by appointment Office location: 5b Lehman Hall |
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This course is concerned with the causes and consequences
of racial segregation in residential patterns in the United States.
We begin by looking at the extent to which individuals belonging to
different groups live in segregated neighborhoods. We then explore the
relative importance of the three main factors that have been said to
cause segregation, namely (i) racial disparities in income and wealth,
(ii) preferences over neighborhood racial composition, and (iii) discrimination
in markets for real estate and mortgage lending. Theoretical models
of residential choice and neighborhood transition will be studied. The
latter part of the course deals with the effects of segregation on levels
of education and income across generations. Here we consider employment
opportunities in inner cities, the quality and funding of public education,
and neighborhood effects on the transfer of knowledge and skills from
one generation to the next.
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