When are ghettos bad? Lessons from immigrant segregation in the United States

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 759-774

  Cutler, David M ^a,b   Glaeser, Edward L ^a,b   Vigdor, Jacob L ^b,c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41149147520     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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