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Deciphering the dynamics of segregation: The role of schools in the housing choice process

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This paper examines the ways in which segregation in schools contributes to the perpetuation of residential segregation, and the ways in which metropolitan-wide school desegregation supports housing integration. An empirical analysis of real estate advertising practices in fourteen American cities is outlined, and supplemented by a discussion of the character of real estate agent advice to homeseekers. Conclusions are drawn about the differences in the housing choice process in communities with segregated as opposed to desegregated schools. Finally, implications for urban policy are presented.

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  1. Center for National Policy Review, Catholic University School of Law, USA

    Diana M. Pearce (Director of Research)

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The research reported here was supported by the National Institute of Education, Grant HEW-NIE G-78-0125/1.

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Pearce, D.M. Deciphering the dynamics of segregation: The role of schools in the housing choice process. Urban Rev 13, 85–101 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01956010

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