Tipping and the Effects of Segregation

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bohlmark, Anders; Willen, Alexander
• 署名单位: Stockholm University; Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-APPLIED ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7782
• DOI: 10.1257/app.20170579
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 318-347
• 关键词: student-achievement; racial segregation; ethnic enclaves; neighborhoods; mobility; outcomes; opportunity; EMPLOYMENT; networks; DYNAMICS

摘要

We analyze how neighborhood ethnic population composition affects the short- and long-run education and labor market outcomes of natives and immigrants. To overcome the problem of nonrandom sorting across neighborhoods, we borrow theoretical insights from the tipping point literature and exploit estimated tipping thresholds as instruments for changes in ethnic population composition. Our results provide little evidence in support of the idea that living in a neighborhood with a higher immigrant share leads to worse outcomes.