226 - Special Session. New Developments in Residential Income Segregation

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Abstract

As income inequality in the United States has grown in recent decades, so too has residential sorting by income. The increasing spatial separation of families and households by income has diminished the share of middle-income neighborhoods while creating more communities at the extremes of the income distribution. By extension, children's environments are becoming more disparate as local institutions such as schools, and local public amenities, such as libraries and recreation facilities, often depend on local resources.This panel lays out the latest evidence on the segregative turn.

Sub Unit

• Special Sessions

Session Organizer

• Kendra Bischoff, Cornell University

Presider

• Kendra Bischoff, Cornell University

Panelists

• Kendra Bischoff, Cornell University

• Elizabeth Bruch, University of Michigan

• Patrick T. Sharkey, New York University

• Richard Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation