Residential Mobility 4

Question 1

What is the human capital perspective?

Answer 1

Higher levels of education and income should improve residential options in general.

Question 2

Do smaller or larger metropolitan areas exhibit higher levels of residential separation of whites from Asians, Latinos, and African Americans?

Answer 2

Larger, implying that minority residential options are more severely constrained in bigger metropolises. (Logan et al. 2004)

Question 3

Why do cities with functional specializations of government workers have lower segregation?

Answer 3

The government workers are thought to reflect the fact that these areas tend to boast highly educated and somewhat transient populations that my be least resistant to integration. (Farley & Frey 1994)