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Title: Income Inequality and Income Segregation

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2011

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Abstract: This article investigates how the growth in income inequality from 1970 to 2000 affected patterns of income segregation along three dimensions: the spatial segregation of poverty and affluence, race-specific patterns of income segregation, and the geographic scale of income segregation. The evidence reveals a robust relationship between income inequality and income segregation, an effect that is larger for black families than for white families. In addition, income inequality affects income segregation primarily through its effect on the large-scale spatial segregation of affluence rather than by affecting the spatial segregation of poverty or by altering small-scale patterns of income segregation.

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Authors: Reardon, Sean F.; Bischoff, Kendra

Periodical (Full): American Journal of Sociology

Issue: 4

Volume: 116

Pages: 1092-1153

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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