American Economic Journal:
Applied Economics
ISSN 1945-7782 (Print) | ISSN 1945-7790 (Online)
Tipping and the Effects of Segregation
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics
vol. 12,
no. 1, January 2020
(pp. 318–47)
Abstract
We analyze how neighborhood ethnic population composition affects the short- and long-run education and labor market outcomes of natives and immigrants. To overcome the problem of nonrandom sorting across neighborhoods, we borrow theoretical insights from the tipping point literature and exploit estimated tipping thresholds as instruments for changes in ethnic population composition. Our results provide little evidence in support of the idea that living in a neighborhood with a higher immigrant share leads to worse outcomes.Citation
Böhlmark, Anders, and Alexander Willén. 2020. "Tipping and the Effects of Segregation." American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 12 (1): 318–47. DOI: 10.1257/app.20170579Additional Materials
JEL Classification
- I20 Education and Research Institutions: General
- J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics