Abstract: This paper shows that the mortgage credit boom has significantly affected urban and school racial segregation from 1995 to 2007. We develop a model of urban segregation with credit constraints that shows that easier credit can either increase or decrease segregation, depending on the race of the marginal consumer who benefits from the expansion of credit. We then use school demographics from 1995 to 2007, matched to a national comprehensive dataset of mortgage originations, to document the link between credit supply and schools' racial demographics.

Watch video. Abstract This panel discussion will present a number of different approaches to urban food retail in the city of Detroit, including: a program that touches on the conventional grocery industry; a program to develop grocery sector entrepreneurs; a new model for community grocery stores; and alternative formats/vehicles for urban residents to get fresh food. Mo

Pamela Smock, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology. Senior Associate Research Scientist, ISR/Population Studies. Associate Director, Institute for Social Research. View PowerPoint Presentation. (5.5M)

William H. Frey, Population Studies Center, U-M. Center on Urban and Metropolitan Policy, The Brookings Institution. View PowerPoint Presentation. (2.8M)

Daniel Weinberg, U.S. Bureau of the Census, with comments by Rebecca Blank and Sheldon Danziger View PowerPoint Presentation Read article from University Record

Angus Deaton, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. Co-sponsored with the William Davidson Institute & the Department of Economics Labor Seminar. Read Professor Deaton's paper.

Co-sponsored with the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. More information about the workshop.

Marta Tienda, Princeton University with with comment from Patricia Gurin, University of Michigan.

Larry M. Bartels, Princeton University. Read Professor Bartels' paper (.doc)

Pamela Smock and Kristin Seefeldt, University of Michigan.