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Life-Course Exposure to Neighborhood Poverty and Migration Between Poor and Non-poor Neighborhoods

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  • Ying Huang

    (University of Texas at San Antonio)

  • Scott J. South

    (University at Albany, State University of New York)

  • Amy Spring

    (Georgia State University)

  • Kyle Crowder

    (University of Washington)

Abstract

Drawing on the life-course perspective, this study examines the effect of residential histories spent living in poor neighborhoods on the contemporaneous likelihood of moving between poor and non-poor neighborhoods. We use individual-level data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1970 to 2013 in conjunction with neighborhood-level data derived from four U.S. censuses. Results from logistic regression analyses show that a longer residential history spent in poor neighborhoods both reduces the likelihood of moving from a poor to a non-poor neighborhood and increases the likelihood of moving from a non-poor to a poor neighborhood. A decomposition analysis reveals that a sizeable portion of the racial differences in the likelihood of moving between poor and non-poor neighborhoods is attributable to differences between blacks and whites in the duration of time they have spent living in a poor neighborhood. Our study highlights the salient role of residential histories in perpetuating racial inequality in neighborhood poverty over the life course and across generations.

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  • Ying Huang & Scott J. South & Amy Spring & Kyle Crowder, 2021. "Life-Course Exposure to Neighborhood Poverty and Migration Between Poor and Non-poor Neighborhoods," Population Research and Policy Review, Springer;Southern Demographic Association (SDA), vol. 40(3), pages 401-429, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:poprpr:v:40:y:2021:i:3:d:10.1007_s11113-020-09580-0
    DOI: 10.1007/s11113-020-09580-0
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