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RACE AND HOME OWNERSHIP: IS DISCRIMINATION DISAPPEARING?
Author(s) -
ROISTACHER ELIZABETH A.,
GOODAN JOHN L.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
economic inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1465-7295
pISSN - 0095-2583
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7295.1976.tb00378.x
Subject(s) - metropolitan area , race (biology) , contrast (vision) , demographic economics , economics , estimation , labour economics , geography , sociology , gender studies , management , archaeology , artificial intelligence , computer science
Racial differentials in home ownership rates are examined using data on households in the twenty‐four largest metropolitan areas. considerable recent reduction in racial discrimination is indicatd, in contrast to the findings of a previous analysis of the St. Louis housing market. The results are maintained under a number of modifications of the model and estimation technique.