Neighborhood Change, Gentrification, and the Urbanization of College Graduates

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5122777
AutoresVictor Couture (Victor Couture is Assistant Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.), Jessie Handbury (Jessie Handbury is Associate Professor in Real Estate, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.)
Año2023
Volumen37
Número2
Páginas29-52
Fecha de publicación2023-05-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965
EditorialAmerican Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1257/jep.37.2.29
OpenAlexW4381716957
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas7

We study changing trends in within-city sorting by education over the last 40 years. We show that neighborhoods closest to the centers of large US cities rose from having the lowest levels of college attainment in 1980 to the highest in 2017. We discuss the determinants of changes in sorting patterns, focusing on the role of transportation technology and income growth. We outline various consequences of the recent urbanization of college graduates on neighborhood amenities, house prices, and segregation. We highlight the tendency of college graduates to cluster into select central neighborhoods, likely limiting opportunities for interactions across educational lines

Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Educational attainment · Gentrification · Geography · Limiting · Sociology · Sorting · Urbanization · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies