The Causes and Consequences of Residential Segregation: an Equilibrium Analysis of Neighborhood Sorting
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* We would like to thank Fernando Ferreira (University of California – Berkeley) for outstanding rese arch assistance. Financial support from the Public Policy Institute of California is gratefully acknowledged. We would also like to thank the California Census Data Research Center for providing access to the data, and Ritch Milby in particular. Please send correspondence to any of the authors-patrick.
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