Explaining Recent Trends in US School Segregation

• 成果类型: Article; Early Access
• 署名作者: Caetano, Gregorio; Maheshri, Vikram
• 署名单位: University System of Georgia; University of Georgia; University of Houston System; University of Houston
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/718975
• 发表日期: 2023
• 关键词: racial segregation; white flight; CHOICE; desegregation; models; preferences; education; IMPACT; brown; end

摘要

From 2002 to 2018, the fraction of minority-segregated public schools in the United States roughly doubled, but the fraction of White-segregated schools decreased at an even faster rate. Endogenous segregation fueled by parents choosing schools on the basis of their racial compositions can in principle dwarf all other determinants of segregation over time because of social multiplier effects. However, we find that demographic change from Hispanic immigration has been the biggest driver of these trends. These findings are particularly pronounced in urban areas, which experienced the largest changes in segregation and are where policy makers are most concerned about the pernicious effects of segregation.