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Natural amenity-driven segregation: Evidence from location choices in French metropolitan areas

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  • Schaeffer, Y.
  • Cremer-Schulte, D.
  • Tartiu, C.
  • Tivadar, M.

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Casual observation and numerous studies in economics and psychology suggest that households care about the natural environment of their living places. This paper investigates the role played by natural amenities in the formation of segregated residential patterns with respect to household size and socio-professional status. We estimate residential location choice models for large household samples in two metropolitan areas in France: Grenoble in the Alps, and Marseille on the Mediterranean coast. In a second step, we perform counterfactual segregation analysis using Monte Carlo simulations, to compare segregation outcomes “with” and “without” preferences for natural amenities. Our main result is that households' search for natural amenities has significant impacts on residential segregation. It most often contributes to strengthening segregation, but can also be a factor attenuating segregation.

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  • Schaeffer, Y. & Cremer-Schulte, D. & Tartiu, C. & Tivadar, M., 2016. "Natural amenity-driven segregation: Evidence from location choices in French metropolitan areas," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 37-52.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:130:y:2016:i:c:p:37-52
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2016.05.018
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    1. Yuta Kuroda & Takeru Sugasawa, 2023. "The Value of Scattered Greenery in Urban Areas: A Hedonic Analysis in Japan," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 85(2), pages 523-586, June.
    2. Zhaohua Zhang & Derrick Robinson & Diane Hite, 2018. "Racial Residential Segregation: Measuring Location Choice Attributes of Environmental Quality and Self-Segregation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(4), pages 1-20, April.
    3. Pierre Levasseur & Katrin Erdlenbruch & Christelle Gramaglia, 2019. "Why do people continue to live near polluted sites? Empirical evidence from Southwestern Europe," CEE-M Working Papers hal-02277633, CEE-M, Universtiy of Montpellier, CNRS, INRA, Montpellier SupAgro.
    4. Schaeffer, Y. & Dissart, J.-C., 2018. "Natural and Environmental Amenities: A Review of Definitions, Measures and Issues," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 146(C), pages 475-496.
    5. Serge Garcia & Katrin Erdlenbruch & Boniface Derrick Mbarga, 2024. "A discrete choice experiment to measure the impact of flood risk information on residential location choices," Working Papers of BETA 2024-22, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg.
    6. León, Carmelo J. & Hernández-Alemán, Anastasia & Fernández-Hernández, Carlos & Araña, Jorge E., 2023. "Are rural residents willing to trade-off higher noise for lower air pollution? Evidence from revealed preferences," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).
    7. Joséphine Leuba, 2019. "Natural amenities and the spatial distribution of Swiss income," IRENE Working Papers 19-04, IRENE Institute of Economic Research.
    8. Yves Schaeffer & Mihaï Tivadar, 2019. "Measuring environmental inequalities: insights from the residential segregation literature [Mesurer les inégalités environnementales: perspectives issues de la littérature sur la ségrégation réside," Post-Print hal-02610105, HAL.
    9. Schaeffer, Y. & Tivadar, M., 2019. "Measuring Environmental Inequalities: Insights from the Residential Segregation Literature," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 164(C), pages 1-1.

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