TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borjas,George J.
TI  - To Ghetto or Not to Ghetto: Ethnicity and Residential Segregation
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 6176
PY  - 1997
Y2  - September 1997
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6176
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w6176.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
George J. Borjas
Harvard Kennedy School
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Tel: 617/495-1393
Fax: 617/495-9532
E-Mail: gborjas@harvard.edu
AB  - This paper analyzes the link between ethnicity and the choice of residing in ethnically segregated neighborhoods.  Data drawn from the National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth show that there exist strong human capital externalities both within and across ethnic groups.  As a result, the segregation choices made by particular households depend both on the household's economic opportunities and on aggregate characteristics of the ethnic groups.  The evidence suggests that highly skilled persons who belong to disadvantaged groups have lower probabilities of ethnic residential segregation relative to the choices made by the most skilled persons in the most skilled groups.
ER  -