The increase in economic disparities over the past 30 years has prompted extensive
research on the causes and consequences of inequality both in the United States and, more …

This article reviews the literature on place diversity and the quest to use design to promote
social and economic mix in human settlements. The article fits together a large literature on …

According to recent research, ethnoracial diversity negatively affects trust and social capital.
This article challenges the current conception and measurement of “diversity” and invites …

This article investigates how the growth in income inequality from 1970 to 2000 affected
patterns of income segregation along three dimensions: the spatial segregation of poverty …

The United States holds the dubious distinction of having the most unequal income
distribution of any advanced industrialized nation. While other developed countries face …

Residential segregation, by definition, leads to racial and socioeconomic disparities in
neighborhood conditions. These disparities may in turn produce inequality in social and …

How can the United States create the political will to address our major urban problems—
poverty, unemployment, crime, traffic congestion, toxic pollution, education, energy …

Abstract The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) demonstration assigned housing vouchers via
random lottery to public housing residents in five cities. We use the exogenous variation in …

The nature and organization of segregation shifted profoundly in the United States over the
course of the twentieth century. During the first two-thirds of the century, segregation was …

Moving to Opportunity tackles one of America's most enduring dilemmas: the great,
unresolved question of how to overcome persistent ghetto poverty. Launched in 1994, the …