• Corpus ID: 14733138

School Segregation and the Identification of Tipping Points

@inproceedings{Caetano2011SchoolSA,
  title={School Segregation and the Identification of Tipping Points},
  author={Gregorio Caetano and Vikram Maheshri},
  year={2011}
}

• Gregorio Caetano, Vikram Maheshri
• Published 2011
• Economics

We present a structural approach to identify tipping points and stable equilibria in social interaction models and implement it to analyze racial segregation in Los Angeles schools from 2001 to 2006. We allow for heterogeneity in the existence and locations of tipping points and stable equilibria across schools and within schools over time. We find that 53% of schools feature a tipping point ranging from 25% to 75% minority share. Nearly all schools possess a stable, segregated, minority equilibrium, and over half of schools also possess a stable, segregated, white equilibrium. Similar results are also found in other cities.