The wrong side(s) of the tracks: The causal effects of racial segregation on urban poverty and inequality

American Economic Journal: Applied Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 34-66

  Ananat, Elizabeth Oltmans ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79957855767     PISSN: 19457782     EISSN: 19457790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/app.3.2.34     Document Type: Article

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