Black Suburbanization
Causes and Consequences of a Transformation of American Cities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19313312 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alexander W Bartik (Department of Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign [email protected]), Alexander Bartik (University of Notre Dame), Evan Mast (0000-0002-0774-0664, Department of Economics, University of Notre Dame [email protected]) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Pages | 1-45 |
| Publication date | 2026-05-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Review of Economics and Statistics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-6535 • E-ISSN: 1530-9142 |
| Publisher | MIT Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1162/rest.a.1770 |
| OpenAlex | W3209196826 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 12 |
Since 1970, the share of Black individuals living in suburbs of large cities has risen from 16% to 36%. We first show that Black suburbanization has led to major changes in neighborhoods, accounting for the majority of recent increases in both the average Black individual’s neighborhood quality and income segregation within the Black population. We then use an accounting exercise to show that changes in relative suburban amenities and housing prices explain a large share of Black suburbanization, while regional reallocation, changing educational attainment, and gentrification of Black city neighborhoods play only minor roles
Demographic economics · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Population · Sociology · Suburbanization · Demography · Housing Market and Economics · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |