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Title: A silver lining to white flight? White suburbanization and African-American homeownership, 1940-1980

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Publication Year: 2013

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Abstract: Between 1940 and 1980, the rate of homeownership among African-American households increasedby 27 percentage points. Nearly three-quarters of this increase occurred in central cities. We show that risingblack homeownership in central cities was facilitated by the movement of white households to the suburban ring, which reduced the price of urban housing units conducive to owner-occupancy. Our OLS and IV estimates imply that 26 percent of the national increase in black homeownership over the period is explained by white suburbanization.

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Authors: Margo, Robert A.; Boustan, Leah P.

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Publication Number: 16702

Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Publisher Location: Cambridge, MA

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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