Residential Segregation and Links to Minority Poverty: The Case of Latinos in the United States

Santiago, Anne M.; Wilder, Margaret G.

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“…Research on determinants of Latino poverty, as well as overall poverty research, has emphasized the role of structural changes and skill factors (Eggers & Massey, 1991;Galster & Mincy, 1993;Santiago & Wilder, 1991). However, the dichotomous typology of skills versus structure is too limited to encompass recent discussions on poverty in general and the economic experience of Latinos in the US in particular.…”

Section: A Model Of Latino Neighborhood Povertymentioning

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“…Among the variables affecting poverty and related to economic structure, industrial restructuring is of special interest. Research on Latinos has produced mixed results about the effect of metropolitan-level economic structure on Latino economic status (Eggers & Massey, 1991;Galster & Mincy, 1993;Santiago & Wilder, 1991). The neighborhood-level analysis might be better able to capture neighborhood structural forces that affect poverty.…”

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Latino Neighborhoods and Latino Neighborhood Poverty

Enchautegui

1997

Journal of Urban Affairs

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In this article, I use 1980 and 1990 US census tracts that were 50% or more Latino to present a socioeconomic portrait of Latino neighborhoods and to investigate the determinants of poverty and the factors behind the poverty increase of Latinos in these neighborhoods. Results show that Latinos in Latino tracts rank worse than US Latinos on virtually all socioeconomic measures. Recent immigrants raise Latino neighborhood poverty, while long-term immigrants reduce it. The 1979 to 1989 increase in poverty in Latino neighborhoods can be explained better by changes in the payoffs of the characteristics that affect poverty than by changes in the value of these characteristics. Changes in the industrial composition of employment had a relatively large poverty-increasing effect.Data from the 1980 and 1990 Population Censuses were used to develop a socioeconomic profile of Latino neighborhoods and to examine the causes of poverty in these neighborhoods. The findings revealed that Latino residents of Latino neighborhoods ranked lower in nearly all measures of economic distress than Latinos in non-Latino communities. The worsening poverty rate in Latino neighborhoods between 1979 and 1989 was attributed to changes in the payoffs of the factors that affect poverty.

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Latino Neighborhoods and Latino Neighborhood Poverty

Enchautegui

1997

Journal of Urban Affairs

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“…While Wilson (1997) attributed these persistent problems to a lack of economic integration, not to segregation per se, available evidence supports the idea that the "place stratification" model of segregation better explains the inability of racial and ethnic minorities to escape segregation and reach socioeconomic parity with whites (Charles 2003;Covington 2009;Massey 1990;Massey and Denton 1993;Massey and Eggers 1990;Santiago and Wilder 1991). 6 Further, while economic segregation for blacks, Latinos, and whites is on the rise (Dreier, Mollenkopf, and Swanstrom 2001), the impact of poverty concentration is more detrimental to minorities and is far greater for Latinos and African Americans than their SES would suggest (Logan 2011;Wahl, Breckenridge, and Gunkel 2007).…”

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“…9 As with African Americans, the average wealth of a Latino family in the United States is far below that of white households (Witte and Henderson 2004). Latino economic fortunes are held down by residential concentration (Santiago and Wilder 1991;Waldinger 2001), and their housing is usually valued lower, which lowers the tax base. In ethnically and racially segregated communities, therefore, the local schools have less money to do more.…”

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Aqui No Hay Oportunidades: Latino Segregation and the Keys to Political Participation

Pearson‐Merkowitz

2012

Politics & Policy

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For decades, political scientists, sociologists, and historians have tracked the perils of residential segregation in the African American community. The consensus is clear: segregation has hampered African American socioeconomic mobility and social integration. Given the strong relationship between socioeconomic status and political participation, segregation, therefore, is at least partially responsible for low levels of political participation within the black community. Over the last 20 years, Latinos have started to experience segregation rates similar to African Americans. I argue that the detriments of residential segregation are not isolated to the black community and present similar barriers to Latinos. This finding has important political implications, indicating that Latinos are unlikely to realize their full potential at the ballot box because of the socioeconomic barriers of segregation. Related Articles:“English Proficiency and Latino Participation in U.S. Elections.” (2011) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2011.00302.x/abstract“Racial Self‐Identification and Latino Political Engagement.” (2009) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2009.00220.x/abstract“Boosting Latino and Black Political Participation.” (2005) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1747-1346.2005.tb00803.x/abstract

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“…Because of residential segregation and discrimination, Latinos have experienced higher levels of poverty relative to Anglos (Santiago and Wilder, 1991). These factors equally account for inadequate public services relative to non-Hispanic whites (Claassen, 2004).…”

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Anglo and Latino Differences in Willingness to Pay for Urban Public Services^*

Alozie

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2008

Social Science Quarterly

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Residential Segregation and Links to Minority Poverty: The Case of Latinos in the United States

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Latino Neighborhoods and Latino Neighborhood Poverty

Latino Neighborhoods and Latino Neighborhood Poverty

Aqui No Hay Oportunidades: Latino Segregation and the Keys to Political Participation

Anglo and Latino Differences in Willingness to Pay for Urban Public Services^*

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Latino Neighborhoods and Latino Neighborhood Poverty

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Aqui No Hay Oportunidades: Latino Segregation and the Keys to Political Participation

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