Racial discrimmination and redlining in cities

Article Abstract:

Spatial discrimination, or redlining, prevents black workers from living in city centers, restricting their access to employment. When access cost for workers to employment centers is too high, cities are segregated by race, while sufficiently small costs segregate cities by employment status.

Unemployment, Causes of, Race discrimination

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Spatial mismatch, search effort, and urban spatial structure

Article Abstract:

A new mechanism for the spatial mismatch hypothesis is provided. Spatial mismatch can be the outcome of optimizing behavior on the part of the labor market participants.

Analysis, Labor market, Metropolitan areas, Labour market

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Property tax and urban sprawl: theory and implications for US cities

Article Abstract:

A study makes an empirical analysis to examine the impact of increasing property taxes on the development of cities in the United States.

Public Finance Activities, Property Taxes, Cities and towns, Local taxation, Property tax

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