Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration

@article{Boustan2007WasPS,
  title={Was Postwar Suburbanization "White Flight"? Evidence from the Black Migration},
  author={Leah Platt Boustan},
  journal={International Political Economy: Migration eJournal},
  year={2007}
}
  • L. Boustan
  • Published 1 October 2007
  • History
  • International Political Economy: Migration eJournal
Residential segregation by jurisdiction generates disparities in public services and education. The distinctive American pattern - in which blacks live in cities and whites in suburbs - was enhanced by a large black migration from the rural South. I show that whites responded to this black influx by leaving cities and rule out an indirect effect on housing prices as a sole cause. I instrument for changes in black population by using local economic conditions to predict black migration from… 
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