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What Drives Racial Segregation? New Evidence Using Census Microdata [PDF]

This paper sheds new light on the forces that drive residential segregation on the basis of race, assessing the extent to which across-race differences in other household characteristics can explain a significant portion of observed racial segregation ...
Kim Rueben, Patrick Bayer, Robert McMillan   +2 more
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Evolving demographics: a dynamic clustering approach to analyze residential segregation in Berlin

EPJ Data Science
This paper examines the phenomenon of residential segregation in Berlin over time using a dynamic clustering analysis approach. Previous research has examined the phenomenon of residential segregation in Berlin at a high spatial and temporal aggregation ...
Víctor H. Masías H., Julia Stier, Pilar Navarro R., Mauricio A. Valle, Sigifredo Laengle, Augusto A. Vargas, Fernando A. Crespo R.   +6 more
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Equally Strange Fruit: Catholic Health Care and the Appropriation of Residential Segregation

Journal of Moral Theology, 2019
Over the twentieth century, consolidation and intense focus on the bottom line by highly trained management executives have transformed Catholic health care into multi-billion dollar corporations once unimaginable by the founding sisters and brothers ...
Cory D. Mitchell, M. Therese Lysaught
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When Are Ghettos Bad? Lessons from Immigrant Segregation in the United States [PDF]

Recent literature on the relationship between ethnic or racial segregation and outcomes has failed to produce a consensus view of the role of ghettos; some studies suggest that residence in an enclave is beneficial, some reach the opposite conclusion ...
David M. Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser, Jacob L. Vigdor   +2 more
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Ethnic Divisions Within Unity: Insights into Intra-Group Segregation from Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox Society

Social Sciences
Ethnic segregation, a global phenomenon shaping social dynamics, urban development, and political behavior, is typically studied between distinct racial or national groups.
Boris Gorelik
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Residential segregation of socioeconomic variables and health indices in Iran

International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2013
Background: Measures of segregation are essential tools for evaluation of social equality. They describe complex structural patterns by single quantities and allow the comparison of inequalities over time or between residential places. In many countries,
Seyed Saeed Hashemi Nazari, Mahmood Mahmoodi, Kourosh Holakouie Naieni   +2 more
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An agent-based model to investigate the effects of urban segregation around the clock on inequalities in health behaviour

EPJ Data Science
Social segregation in cities refers to the uneven spatial distribution of individuals from unequal social groups, such as affluent and economically vulnerable people. Social segregation may, in turn, produce social inequalities through contextual effects,
Clémentine Cottineau-Mugadza, Julien Perret, Romain Reuillon, Sébastien Rey-Coyrehourcq, Julie Vallée   +4 more
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Living and Working in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency of Immigrants in U.S. Metropolitan Areas [PDF]

Learning English is a potentially profitable investment for immigrants in the U.S.: while there are initial costs, the subsequent benefits include the ability to communicate with the majority of the population, potentially leading to better paying jobs ...
Beckhusen, Julia, de Graaff, Thomas, Florax, Raymond J.G.M., Poot, Jacques, Waldorf, Brigitte   +4 more
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National Getis-Ord Gi*statistics datasets for select populations, 2019-2023 American community survey 5-year estimatesICPSR

Data in Brief
Racial or ethnic residential segregation is the physical separation of individuals into different neighborhoods by race or ethnicity. This selective sorting process has a large impact on the social, economic, political, and health outcomes of populations,
Cyanna McGowan, Shaina J. Alexandria, Kiarri N. Kershaw   +2 more
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Job accessibility and employment probability [PDF]

The objective of this paper is to estimate the impact of residential job accessibility on female employment probability in the metropolitan areas of Barcelona and Madrid.
Anna Matas Prats, José Luís Raymond Bara, José Luís Raymond Bara   +2 more
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