The Effect of School Choice and Residential Location on the Racial Segregation of Students

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Advances in Applied Microeconomics

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Title:	The Effect of School Choice and Residential Location on the Racial Segregation of Students
Author(s):	Hamilton Lankford, James Wyckoff
Volume:	14 Editor(s): Timothy J. Gronberg, Dennis W. Jansen ISBN: 978-0-76231-351-8 eISBN: 978-1-84950-446-1
Citation:	Hamilton Lankford, James Wyckoff (2006), The Effect of School Choice and Residential Location on the Racial Segregation of Students, in Timothy J. Gronberg, Dennis W. Jansen (ed.) Improving School Accountability (Advances in Applied Microeconomics, Volume 14), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.185-239
DOI:	10.1016/S0278-0984(06)14008-0 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	The pattern of racial segregation in U.S. elementary and secondary schools has changed significantly over the last 25 years. This chapter examines the relationship between the racial composition of schools and the choices white parents make concerning the schools their children attend. Restricted access files at the Bureau of the Census allow us to identify each household's Census block of residence and, in turn, suburban public school districts and urban public school attendance areas. We find that the racial composition of schools and neighborhoods are very important in the school and location decisions of white families.