Robert M Adelman
Biographic Data
| ID | 126594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert M Adelman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert M |
| FAMILY NAME | Adelman |
| SIGNATURE | ADELMAN R M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9969-7626 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 349 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 35 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
The Living Project of Long-Term Economic Integration Among Resettled Refugees: Perspectives From Community Leaders and Service Providers
Executive Summary After decades of important work resettling millions of vulnerable people, the United States’ refugee resettlement program has experienced drastic shifts since the start of 2025 as a result of anti-refugee polices by the Trump administration. These changes have also wreaked havoc on the refugee-supporting infrastructure — globally, domestically, and locally in refugee-dense cities like Buffalo, New York — that has been assembled …
Economic Integration of Refugees in the USA: A Scoping Review Using the Socio-Ecological Model (2007–2023)
Considering Small-City Gentrification
Zhe Zhang, Shelley M. Kimelberg, and Robert M. Adelman on underexamined urban change
Studying Immigration during Xenophobic Times
Gentrification in the 'City of Good Neighbors: Race, Class, and Neighborhoods in Buffalo
Many neighborhoods in U.S. cities that were once predominantly black and poor have become largely white and middle class. The process of gentrification has fundamentally changed neighborhoods-and metropolises-throughout the United States. Using in-depth, in-person interview data from black and white young adults in two Buffalo, New York, neighborhoods, we seek to more fully develop the economic, social, and cultural explanations that draw new res…
Cities and Immigrants: The Local in Anti–Immigration Federal Policies
Few Americans would guess that from 2014 to 2017, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Greenville, South Carolina, were among the top ten metropolitan areas where population growth was attributable to immigrants (New American Economy [NAE] [27]) New York City, home to at least 3 million immigrants (Office of Immigrant Affairs [28]), is still the dominant end destination for immigrants and refugees, but not for refugees in their first pla…
Legacies of Marginalization: System Avoidance among the Adult Children of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
The threat of deportation shapes the way that unauthorized immigrants and their families interact with social institutions. For example, the adult children of unauthorized immigrants might avoid institutions that keep formal records (“surveilling” institutions) because such institutions could potentially expose their families to deportation. Using intergenerational data from the Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angel…
Buffalo's West Side Story: Migration, Gentrification, and Neighborhood Change
Using a multi–methods approach, we examine socioeconomic and demographic change in Buffalo, New York's, West Side neighborhood. We do this by performing a systematic case study of the neighborhood analyzing census tract data, crime data, key informant interview data from community leaders and organizational representatives, and content analysis data from local newspaper articles. Results suggest that although the neighborhood has shifted dramatic…
Race, Ethnicity, and the American Criminal Justice System: The Perceptions and Experiences of West Indian Men
Using in-depth interview data from 30 young Black men of West Indian background, we examine their experiences with and perceptions of the American criminal justice system. Their experiences lead these men to contend that the system, especially police authorities, do not differentiate between Blacks based on ethnicity and subsequently treat West Indians and African Americans in a similar manner, that is, race trumps ethnicity. These men discuss th…
New Directions in Research on Immigration, Crime, Law, and Justice
From the early twentieth century onward, research has found little to no support for a positive association between immigration and crime (Hayford 1911). In fact, much available research finds the opposite; more immigration leads to less crime. While the scholarly community has largely debunked as myth the idea that more immigrants lead to more crime, there remain many questions about the nature of the relationship between immigration and crime. …
Going Small: Urban Social Science in the Era of Big Data City & Community Forum on Census Data
Urban crime rates and the changing face of immigration: Evidence across four decades
Research has shown little support for the enduring proposition that increases in immigration are associated with increases in crime. Although classical criminological and neoclassical economic theories would predict immigration to increase crime, most empirical research shows quite the opposite. We investigate the immigration-crime relationship among metropolitan areas over a 40 year period from 1970 to 2010. Our goal is to describe the ongoing a…
The Effects of a Female Role Model on Academic Performance and Persistence of Women in STEM Courses
Women are more likely to leave science, technology, engineering, and mathematics compared to men, in part because they lack similar role models such as peers, teaching assistants, and instructors. We examined the effect of a brief, scalable online intervention that consisted of a letter from a female role model who normalized concerns about belonging, presented time spent on academics as an investment, and exemplified overcoming challenges on aca…
Deep South demography: New immigrants and racial hierarchies
This research documents the racial-ethnic hierarchy in six Deep South states by focusing on native- and foreign-born groups and key socioeconomic outcomes including labor force participation, employment status, and poverty. The proportion of immigrants from Latin American countries entering these states has increased dramatically over the last 20 years; this is true to a lesser extent for immigrants from Asian nations. Using Public Use Microdata …
Race, Space, and Exclusion: Segregation and Beyond in Metropolitan America
Foreword by Nancy A. Denton 1. Racial Exclusion and Spatial Inequality in Metropolitan America by Christopher Mele and Robert M. Adelman Section 1: Racial Exclusion in Policy and Practice 2. Homeownership Expansion, Suburbanization, and Residential Segregation by Greg Mills and Mary J. Fischer 3. Fair Housing and Residential Segregation by Deirdre Oakley 4. The Lifecourse Perspective and Explaining Racial Residential Segregation by Kris Marsh and…
The feature-positive effect in allocations of responsibility for collaborative tasks
The Measurement of Suburban Sprawl: An Evaluation
We review and analyze how suburban sprawl has been conceptualized and measured in recent urban research. We find that indexes created to measure sprawl in metropolitan areas do so in three different ways. Some measures are based on residential population density, others specifically measure the extent of job or employment sprawl, and others consider sprawl a multidimensional land use phenomenon (and provide separate indexes for each dimension). O…
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Racial Residential Segregation in Urban America
Authors’ introduction We present an overview of research about racial residential segregation. The first part of the article reviews major debates and findings drawn primarily from the sociological literature. The second part of the article identifies new areas of research that in some cases cross into other disciplines such as geography and urban studies. We show the enduring persistence of racial residential segregation as well as its causes an…
Immigrant Settlement Patterns: The Role of Metropolitan Characteristics
Immigration continues to change the social, economic, and political landscapes of urban America. Consequently, scholars, as well as the general public, are interested in the internal migration patterns of immigrants. In this research, we identify and explain the characteristics of metropolitan areas that have the strongest effects on the percentage change in the foreign-born population between 1990 and 2000. Using lagged independent variables and…
Racial Residential Segregation in Urban America
There are numerous causes and consequences of racial residential segregation in American metropolitan areas, and a long‐standing literature is filled with debates about them. We provide an overview of the trends and patterns regarding racial residential segregation, focusing primarily on blacks and whites. We pay special attention to the competing arguments about race and class in the context of residential stratification. We then discuss the man…
Women, Race, and Ethnicity: Exploring Earnings Differentials in Metropolitan America
We draw on leading theories about the structural causes of inequality in the United States to explore inter–metropolitan differences in average earnings for white, black, Hispanic, and Asian women. Our analysis utilizes 2000 census data for a sample of 150 metropolitan areas to investigate the determinants of both women's median earnings and earnings’ inequality by race and ethnicity. We find substantial differences between the earnings of minori…
Occupational Disparity in a Migrant Metropolis: A Case Study of Atlanta
As the populations of immigrant and migrant groups swell in Atlanta, Georgia, the nature of race and ethnic relations in the metropolis, one historically dominated by a black-white dichotomy, is changing. In the 2000 census nearly 40% of the Atlanta metropolitan area's working-age population was an immigrant, a return migrant, or a northern-born migrant. We use the 5% Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) from the 2000 census to examine over- and un…
Distances Traveled during the Great Migration: An Analysis of Racial Differences among Male Migrants
Between 1910 and 1970, millions of southern-born Americans migrated to the northern and western regions of the country in search of better opportunities. Some traveled only short distances, leaving Appalachia for nearby destinations in the southern Midwest. Others made the much longer trek to the West Coast. In this article, we use data from the 1920, 1940, and 1970 Public Use Microdata Samples to investigate the distances traveled by male partic…
Race, gender, and marriage: Destination selection during the great migration
Using historical census microdata, we present a unique analysis of racial and gender disparities in destination selection and an exploration ofhypotheses regarding tied migration in the historical context ofthe Great Migration. Black migrants were more likely to move to metropolitan areas and central cities throughout the period, while white migrants were more likely to locate in nonmetropolitan and farm destinations. Gender differences were larg…
The Roles of Race, Class, and Residential Preferences in the Neighborhood Racial Composition of Middle‐Class Blacks and Whites
Objective. This analysis extends the residential attainment literature by examining the neighborhood racial composition of middle‐class blacks and whites while controlling for residential preferences. Methods. Using the Multi‐City Study of Urban Inequality and 1990 Census data, the spatial assimilation and place stratification theories of locational attainment are tested. Results. As in previous research, support is shown for both theories; for b…
The immigration-crime relationship: Evidence across US metropolitan areas
Neighborhood Opportunities, Race, and Class: The Black Middle Class and Residential Segregation
Racial residential segregation has received considerable attention from social scientists who, in general, have found that African Americans, particularly those in large, northeastern and midwestern metropolitan areas have been highly segregated from whites since at least the beginning of the Great Migration. This analysis combines research on racial residential segregation with research about residential segregation based on social class in orde…
The Roles of Race, Class, and Residential Preferences in the Neighborhood Racial Composition of Middle‐Class Blacks and Whites
Objective. This analysis extends the residential attainment literature by examining the neighborhood racial composition of middle‐class blacks and whites while controlling for residential preferences. Methods. Using the Multi‐City Study of Urban Inequality and 1990 Census data, the spatial assimilation and place stratification theories of locational attainment are tested. Results. As in previous research, support is shown for both theories; for b…
Race, Regional Origin, and Residence in Northern Cities at the Beginning of the Great Migration
Southern blacks and whites began moving to northern and western cities in large numbers during the second decade of the twentieth century. City-level and ward-level data for 103 northern and western cities are used, along with the 1920 Public Use Microdata Sample, to investigate variation in neighborhood characteristics by race and migration history in 1920. The results of multi-level analyses reveal sharp differences between blacks and whites in…
Neighborhood Disadvantage Among Racial and Ethnic Groups: Residential Location in 1970 and 1980
We compare the neighborhood characteristics of native- and foreign-born blacks, whites, Hispanics, and Asians in 1970 and 1980. We broaden the locational attainment literature by emphasizing three contrasts: between black and nonblack groups, between native black and nonblack immigrant groups, and among black groups. Consistent with previous evidence, we find a clear spatial disadvantage for black groups relative to nonblack groups, and for nativ…
Urban crime rates and the changing face of immigration: Evidence across four decades
Research has shown little support for the enduring proposition that increases in immigration are associated with increases in crime. Although classical criminological and neoclassical economic theories would predict immigration to increase crime, most empirical research shows quite the opposite. We investigate the immigration-crime relationship among metropolitan areas over a 40 year period from 1970 to 2010. Our goal is to describe the ongoing a…
Race, gender, and marriage: Destination selection during the great migration
Using historical census microdata, we present a unique analysis of racial and gender disparities in destination selection and an exploration ofhypotheses regarding tied migration in the historical context ofthe Great Migration. Black migrants were more likely to move to metropolitan areas and central cities throughout the period, while white migrants were more likely to locate in nonmetropolitan and farm destinations. Gender differences were larg…
Intermetropolitan Migration and Locational Improvement for African American Males, 1970-1990
Black-White Income Inequality and Metropolitan Socioeconomic Structure
We draw on leading theories about the structural causes of racial inequality in the US to investigate inter-metropolitan differences in white and black per capita income. The analysis, which is based on a sample of 112 metropolitan areas and uses 1990 census data, examines the influence of spatial, economic, and demographic factors on black-white income inequality. Our results show severe income inequality between blacks and whites in most metrop…
Distances Traveled during the Great Migration: An Analysis of Racial Differences among Male Migrants
Between 1910 and 1970, millions of southern-born Americans migrated to the northern and western regions of the country in search of better opportunities. Some traveled only short distances, leaving Appalachia for nearby destinations in the southern Midwest. Others made the much longer trek to the West Coast. In this article, we use data from the 1920, 1940, and 1970 Public Use Microdata Samples to investigate the distances traveled by male partic…
Buffalo's West Side Story: Migration, Gentrification, and Neighborhood Change
Using a multi–methods approach, we examine socioeconomic and demographic change in Buffalo, New York's, West Side neighborhood. We do this by performing a systematic case study of the neighborhood analyzing census tract data, crime data, key informant interview data from community leaders and organizational representatives, and content analysis data from local newspaper articles. Results suggest that although the neighborhood has shifted dramatic…
Racial Residential Segregation in Urban America
There are numerous causes and consequences of racial residential segregation in American metropolitan areas, and a long‐standing literature is filled with debates about them. We provide an overview of the trends and patterns regarding racial residential segregation, focusing primarily on blacks and whites. We pay special attention to the competing arguments about race and class in the context of residential stratification. We then discuss the man…
Jobs, Poverty, and Earnings in American Metropolises: Do Immigrants Really Hurt the Economic Outcomes of Blacks
We contribute to the debate about the effects of immigration in the United States by analyzing the impact of recent (1980-2000) immigration on the economic outcomes of African Americans. We use Census 2000 data for a sample of 150 U.S. metropolitan areas to examine these outcomes. Our findings indicate that after controlling for a variety of theoretically relevant control variables, increases in recent immigration decrease labor force non-partici…
The Measurement of Suburban Sprawl: An Evaluation
We review and analyze how suburban sprawl has been conceptualized and measured in recent urban research. We find that indexes created to measure sprawl in metropolitan areas do so in three different ways. Some measures are based on residential population density, others specifically measure the extent of job or employment sprawl, and others consider sprawl a multidimensional land use phenomenon (and provide separate indexes for each dimension). O…
Immigrant Settlement Patterns: The Role of Metropolitan Characteristics
Immigration continues to change the social, economic, and political landscapes of urban America. Consequently, scholars, as well as the general public, are interested in the internal migration patterns of immigrants. In this research, we identify and explain the characteristics of metropolitan areas that have the strongest effects on the percentage change in the foreign-born population between 1990 and 2000. Using lagged independent variables and…
Narrow and Filthy Alleys of the City: The Residential Settlement Patterns of Black Southern Migrants to the North
Stewart E. Tolnay, Kyle D. Crowder, Robert M. Adelman, "Narrow and Filthy Alleys of the City"?: The Residential Settlement Patterns of Black Southern Migrants to the North, Social Forces, Vol. 78, No. 3 (Mar., 2000), pp. 989-1015
Legacies of Marginalization: System Avoidance among the Adult Children of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
The threat of deportation shapes the way that unauthorized immigrants and their families interact with social institutions. For example, the adult children of unauthorized immigrants might avoid institutions that keep formal records (“surveilling” institutions) because such institutions could potentially expose their families to deportation. Using intergenerational data from the Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angel…
Deep South demography: New immigrants and racial hierarchies
This research documents the racial-ethnic hierarchy in six Deep South states by focusing on native- and foreign-born groups and key socioeconomic outcomes including labor force participation, employment status, and poverty. The proportion of immigrants from Latin American countries entering these states has increased dramatically over the last 20 years; this is true to a lesser extent for immigrants from Asian nations. Using Public Use Microdata …
Occupational Disparity in a Migrant Metropolis: A Case Study of Atlanta
As the populations of immigrant and migrant groups swell in Atlanta, Georgia, the nature of race and ethnic relations in the metropolis, one historically dominated by a black-white dichotomy, is changing. In the 2000 census nearly 40% of the Atlanta metropolitan area's working-age population was an immigrant, a return migrant, or a northern-born migrant. We use the 5% Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) from the 2000 census to examine over- and un…
Occupational Status of Immigrants and African Americans at the Beginning and End of the Great Migration
This analysis utilizes data from the 1920 and 1970 Public Use Microdata Samples to examine the occupational status of immigrants and native-born blacks and whites in northern urban areas at the beginning and end of the Great Migration. In general, for both time periods we find that native-born black men, southern migrants and native northerners alike, fared worse than immigrants in terms of average SEI and level of white-collar employment. Furthe…
Poverty, Race, and Us Metropolitan Social and Economic Structure
This research evaluates the link between social and economic structural features of US urban areas and the poverty rates of black and white residents in 1990. Using a sample of 112 metropolitan areas (with poverty rates ranging from 9.4% to 45.4% for blacks, and 3.5% to 16.0% for whites) and multiple regression analysis, we find that metropolitan location in the Northeast lowers poverty rates of blacks and whites compared to metropolitan areas in…
Gentrification in the 'City of Good Neighbors: Race, Class, and Neighborhoods in Buffalo
Many neighborhoods in U.S. cities that were once predominantly black and poor have become largely white and middle class. The process of gentrification has fundamentally changed neighborhoods-and metropolises-throughout the United States. Using in-depth, in-person interview data from black and white young adults in two Buffalo, New York, neighborhoods, we seek to more fully develop the economic, social, and cultural explanations that draw new res…
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Racial Residential Segregation in Urban America
Authors’ introduction We present an overview of research about racial residential segregation. The first part of the article reviews major debates and findings drawn primarily from the sociological literature. The second part of the article identifies new areas of research that in some cases cross into other disciplines such as geography and urban studies. We show the enduring persistence of racial residential segregation as well as its causes an…
Women, Race, and Ethnicity: Exploring Earnings Differentials in Metropolitan America
We draw on leading theories about the structural causes of inequality in the United States to explore inter–metropolitan differences in average earnings for white, black, Hispanic, and Asian women. Our analysis utilizes 2000 census data for a sample of 150 metropolitan areas to investigate the determinants of both women's median earnings and earnings’ inequality by race and ethnicity. We find substantial differences between the earnings of minori…
Poverty, Race, and Us Metropolitan Social and Economic Structure
This research evaluates the link between social and economic structural features of US urban areas and the poverty rates of black and white residents in 1990. Using a sample of 112 metropolitan areas (with poverty rates ranging from 9.4% to 45.4% for blacks, and 3.5% to 16.0% for whites) and multiple regression analysis, we find that metropolitan location in the Northeast lowers poverty rates of blacks and whites compared to metropolitan areas in…
Narrow and Filthy Alleys of the City: The Residential Settlement Patterns of Black Southern Migrants to the North
Stewart E. Tolnay, Kyle D. Crowder, Robert M. Adelman, "Narrow and Filthy Alleys of the City"?: The Residential Settlement Patterns of Black Southern Migrants to the North, Social Forces, Vol. 78, No. 3 (Mar., 2000), pp. 989-1015
Neighborhood Disadvantage Among Racial and Ethnic Groups: Residential Location in 1970 and 1980
We compare the neighborhood characteristics of native- and foreign-born blacks, whites, Hispanics, and Asians in 1970 and 1980. We broaden the locational attainment literature by emphasizing three contrasts: between black and nonblack groups, between native black and nonblack immigrant groups, and among black groups. Consistent with previous evidence, we find a clear spatial disadvantage for black groups relative to nonblack groups, and for nativ…
Intermetropolitan Migration and Locational Improvement for African American Males, 1970-1990
Race, Regional Origin, and Residence in Northern Cities at the Beginning of the Great Migration
Southern blacks and whites began moving to northern and western cities in large numbers during the second decade of the twentieth century. City-level and ward-level data for 103 northern and western cities are used, along with the 1920 Public Use Microdata Sample, to investigate variation in neighborhood characteristics by race and migration history in 1920. The results of multi-level analyses reveal sharp differences between blacks and whites in…
Black-White Income Inequality and Metropolitan Socioeconomic Structure
We draw on leading theories about the structural causes of racial inequality in the US to investigate inter-metropolitan differences in white and black per capita income. The analysis, which is based on a sample of 112 metropolitan areas and uses 1990 census data, examines the influence of spatial, economic, and demographic factors on black-white income inequality. Our results show severe income inequality between blacks and whites in most metrop…
Dialectical Urbanism: Social Struggles in the Capitalist City
Occupational Status of Immigrants and African Americans at the Beginning and End of the Great Migration
This analysis utilizes data from the 1920 and 1970 Public Use Microdata Samples to examine the occupational status of immigrants and native-born blacks and whites in northern urban areas at the beginning and end of the Great Migration. In general, for both time periods we find that native-born black men, southern migrants and native northerners alike, fared worse than immigrants in terms of average SEI and level of white-collar employment. Furthe…
Neighborhood Opportunities, Race, and Class: The Black Middle Class and Residential Segregation
Racial residential segregation has received considerable attention from social scientists who, in general, have found that African Americans, particularly those in large, northeastern and midwestern metropolitan areas have been highly segregated from whites since at least the beginning of the Great Migration. This analysis combines research on racial residential segregation with research about residential segregation based on social class in orde…
Distances Traveled during the Great Migration: An Analysis of Racial Differences among Male Migrants
Between 1910 and 1970, millions of southern-born Americans migrated to the northern and western regions of the country in search of better opportunities. Some traveled only short distances, leaving Appalachia for nearby destinations in the southern Midwest. Others made the much longer trek to the West Coast. In this article, we use data from the 1920, 1940, and 1970 Public Use Microdata Samples to investigate the distances traveled by male partic…
Race, gender, and marriage: Destination selection during the great migration
Using historical census microdata, we present a unique analysis of racial and gender disparities in destination selection and an exploration ofhypotheses regarding tied migration in the historical context ofthe Great Migration. Black migrants were more likely to move to metropolitan areas and central cities throughout the period, while white migrants were more likely to locate in nonmetropolitan and farm destinations. Gender differences were larg…
The Roles of Race, Class, and Residential Preferences in the Neighborhood Racial Composition of Middle‐Class Blacks and Whites
Objective. This analysis extends the residential attainment literature by examining the neighborhood racial composition of middle‐class blacks and whites while controlling for residential preferences. Methods. Using the Multi‐City Study of Urban Inequality and 1990 Census data, the spatial assimilation and place stratification theories of locational attainment are tested. Results. As in previous research, support is shown for both theories; for b…
Jobs, Poverty, and Earnings in American Metropolises: Do Immigrants Really Hurt the Economic Outcomes of Blacks
We contribute to the debate about the effects of immigration in the United States by analyzing the impact of recent (1980-2000) immigration on the economic outcomes of African Americans. We use Census 2000 data for a sample of 150 U.S. metropolitan areas to examine these outcomes. Our findings indicate that after controlling for a variety of theoretically relevant control variables, increases in recent immigration decrease labor force non-partici…
The immigration-crime relationship: Evidence across US metropolitan areas
Occupational Disparity in a Migrant Metropolis: A Case Study of Atlanta
As the populations of immigrant and migrant groups swell in Atlanta, Georgia, the nature of race and ethnic relations in the metropolis, one historically dominated by a black-white dichotomy, is changing. In the 2000 census nearly 40% of the Atlanta metropolitan area's working-age population was an immigrant, a return migrant, or a northern-born migrant. We use the 5% Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) from the 2000 census to examine over- and un…
Racial Residential Segregation in Urban America
There are numerous causes and consequences of racial residential segregation in American metropolitan areas, and a long‐standing literature is filled with debates about them. We provide an overview of the trends and patterns regarding racial residential segregation, focusing primarily on blacks and whites. We pay special attention to the competing arguments about race and class in the context of residential stratification. We then discuss the man…
Women, Race, and Ethnicity: Exploring Earnings Differentials in Metropolitan America
We draw on leading theories about the structural causes of inequality in the United States to explore inter–metropolitan differences in average earnings for white, black, Hispanic, and Asian women. Our analysis utilizes 2000 census data for a sample of 150 metropolitan areas to investigate the determinants of both women's median earnings and earnings’ inequality by race and ethnicity. We find substantial differences between the earnings of minori…
Teaching and Learning Guide for: Racial Residential Segregation in Urban America
Authors’ introduction We present an overview of research about racial residential segregation. The first part of the article reviews major debates and findings drawn primarily from the sociological literature. The second part of the article identifies new areas of research that in some cases cross into other disciplines such as geography and urban studies. We show the enduring persistence of racial residential segregation as well as its causes an…
Immigrant Settlement Patterns: The Role of Metropolitan Characteristics
Immigration continues to change the social, economic, and political landscapes of urban America. Consequently, scholars, as well as the general public, are interested in the internal migration patterns of immigrants. In this research, we identify and explain the characteristics of metropolitan areas that have the strongest effects on the percentage change in the foreign-born population between 1990 and 2000. Using lagged independent variables and…
The Measurement of Suburban Sprawl: An Evaluation
We review and analyze how suburban sprawl has been conceptualized and measured in recent urban research. We find that indexes created to measure sprawl in metropolitan areas do so in three different ways. Some measures are based on residential population density, others specifically measure the extent of job or employment sprawl, and others consider sprawl a multidimensional land use phenomenon (and provide separate indexes for each dimension). O…
The feature-positive effect in allocations of responsibility for collaborative tasks
Race, Space, and Exclusion: Segregation and Beyond in Metropolitan America
Foreword by Nancy A. Denton 1. Racial Exclusion and Spatial Inequality in Metropolitan America by Christopher Mele and Robert M. Adelman Section 1: Racial Exclusion in Policy and Practice 2. Homeownership Expansion, Suburbanization, and Residential Segregation by Greg Mills and Mary J. Fischer 3. Fair Housing and Residential Segregation by Deirdre Oakley 4. The Lifecourse Perspective and Explaining Racial Residential Segregation by Kris Marsh and…
The Effects of a Female Role Model on Academic Performance and Persistence of Women in STEM Courses
Women are more likely to leave science, technology, engineering, and mathematics compared to men, in part because they lack similar role models such as peers, teaching assistants, and instructors. We examined the effect of a brief, scalable online intervention that consisted of a letter from a female role model who normalized concerns about belonging, presented time spent on academics as an investment, and exemplified overcoming challenges on aca…
Deep South demography: New immigrants and racial hierarchies
This research documents the racial-ethnic hierarchy in six Deep South states by focusing on native- and foreign-born groups and key socioeconomic outcomes including labor force participation, employment status, and poverty. The proportion of immigrants from Latin American countries entering these states has increased dramatically over the last 20 years; this is true to a lesser extent for immigrants from Asian nations. Using Public Use Microdata …
Urban crime rates and the changing face of immigration: Evidence across four decades
Research has shown little support for the enduring proposition that increases in immigration are associated with increases in crime. Although classical criminological and neoclassical economic theories would predict immigration to increase crime, most empirical research shows quite the opposite. We investigate the immigration-crime relationship among metropolitan areas over a 40 year period from 1970 to 2010. Our goal is to describe the ongoing a…
Sociology (32 works) · Geography (28 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (24 works) · Economics (22 works) · Demographic economics (21 works) · Demography (21 works) · Political science (20 works) · Population (20 works) · Immigration (19 works) · Census (15 works)