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Title: Racial Climate and Homeownership

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Publication Year: 2017

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Abstract: An important question aside from outright discrimination is whether poor underlying race relations in an area might create a chilling effect on decision-making for minorities. To explore this, we examine homeownership among recent movers, which is a more costly decision to reverse than renting. From 2012 onward, there were a series of high-profile events in the U.S. related to police brutality which highlighted racial tension. Using Google Trends, we characterize a locality’s underlying racial climate based on search interest in these charged events. Using data from the American Community Survey prior to any of these flare ups, we show that the ownership decision for African-Americans is responsive to the racial climate; African-American home ownership in localities with the most charged racial climates is 12 percent lower than in the least charged racial climates.

Url: http://www.yelowitz.com/Harris_Yelowitz_racialclimate.pdf

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Authors: Harris, Timothy, F; Yelowitz, Aaron

Publisher: Illinois State University

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Housing and Segregation, Race and Ethnicity

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