Yuval Elmelech

Biographic Data

ID193025
NAMEYuval Elmelech
GIVEN NAMESYuval
FAMILY NAMEElmelech
SIGNATUREELMELECH Y
AFFILIATIONSBard College
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS58
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1997
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX4

  • Wealth mobility and inequality

    Open AccessYuval ElmelechARTICLESocial Science Research2026References: 102

  • Housing Inequality in the United States

    Sanjaya DeSilva, Yuval ElmelechARTICLEHousing Studies2012Cited by: 25References: 40

    As the homeownership rate in the United States reached its highest ever level in 2004, the distribution of homeownership remained uneven along racial and ethnic lines. Using data from the 2005–2007 3-Year Sample of the American Community Survey (ACS), this paper employs a multivariate regression model and a decomposition technique to delineate the socio-economic and demographic characteristics as well as the immigration and spatial patterns that …

  • Attitudes toward Familial Obligation in the United States and in Japan

    Open AccessYuval ElmelechARTICLESociological Inquiry2005References: 31

    With the global changes in industrial structure and demographic composition, families across the globe are facing increasing economic constraints reconciling their responsibility for the welfare of their children with the needs of older family members. Utilizing data from the Generations Survey, this article documents, and examines the sociodemographic determinants of and attitudes toward familial obligation in the United States and in Japan. The…

  • Housing Inequality in New York City

    Yuval ElmelechARTICLEHousing Theory and Society2004Cited by: 15References: 6

    During the 1970s and 1980s, New York City experienced large‐scale and ethnically diverse immigration, which coincided with an increase in housing prices and severe affordability problems. This study utilizes the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data from the 1990 Census, to examine the extent to which immigration characteristics shape racial and ethnic differences in housing tenure and housing expenditure in New York City. A multivariate analys…

  • Race, ethnicity, and the gender poverty gap

    Open AccessYuval Elmelech, Hsien-Hen LuARTICLESocial Science Research2004Cited by: 9References: 29

  • Ethnic Inequality in Home Ownership and the Value of Housing

    N Lewin-Epstein, Yuval Elmelech et al.ARTICLESocial Forces1997Cited by: 9

    This article aims to contribute to an understanding of how immigrants are incorporated into the stratification system by focusing on ownership of housing. The hypothesis is that time of immigration and place of residence account for a large portion of the ethnic disparities in wealth in Israel, independent of human capital and success in the labor market. Data from the 1986/87 Household Expenditure Survey were employed in order to estimate the pr…