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Title: Still Paying the Race Tax? Analyzing Property Values in Homogenous and Mixed-Race Suburbs
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Publication Year: 2010
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Abstract: Racial and ethnic inequality has manifested itself in wealth ownership and accessto quality housing. Home ownership is considered a good basis on which to build equity. Whereasproperty values and their appreciation have been analyzed in those inner city neighborhoods thathave high proportions of racially and ethnically underrepresented groups, not much systematicresearch has been undertaken on these issues in homogeneous versus mixed-race suburbs. Byanalyzing census tracts within select counties across the United States with weighted least squares(WLS) regressions, this article investigates differences among suburban census tracts in termsof several factors, including property values and their appreciation rates and factors, that haveinfluenced property values. Based on the results, it is concluded that the assumption that homeownership in the suburbs leads to the building of housing wealth needs to be differentiated.
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Authors: Anacker, Katrin B.
Periodical (Full): Journal of Urban Affairs
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Pages: 55-77
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Housing and Segregation, Other, Race and Ethnicity
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