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How Common Was Blockbusting in the Postwar U.S.?

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  • Katherine Bennett
  • Daniel Hartley
  • Jonathan D. Rose

Abstract

This article documents the prevalence of blockbusting—the orchestration of racial turnover in urban neighborhoods—throughout many major U.S. cities from the 1950s through the 1970s.

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  • Katherine Bennett & Daniel Hartley & Jonathan D. Rose, 2022. "How Common Was Blockbusting in the Postwar U.S.?," Chicago Fed Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, issue 468, pages 1-6, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedhle:94459
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    JEL classification:

    • N32 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • N92 - Economic History - - Regional and Urban History - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • N22 - Economic History - - Financial Markets and Institutions - - - U.S.; Canada: 1913-
    • J15 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
    • R31 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Real Estate Markets, Spatial Production Analysis, and Firm Location - - - Housing Supply and Markets

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