Population and Deforestation in Costa Rica
Rosero-Bixby, Luis, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 1996-19
Rosero-Bixby, Luis, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 1996-19
Sims, Mario Working paper no. 1996-24 Abstract In this paper, I examine 1960 to 1980 trends in suburbanization and education segregation within the black and white populations of four U.S. metropolitan areas. This analysis provides a test of Wilson’s (1987) social isolation thesis which claims that, during the 1960s and 1970s, middle-class blacks moved out …
Fuguitt, Glenn, Calvin Beale, John Fulton, and Richard Gibson Working paper no. 1997-12
Wilson, Franklin ,and Roger Hammer Working paper no. 1997-18 Abstract We estimate a structural equation model of the association of residential preferences, perceived housing market discrimination, and ethnic composition of neighborhood with other neighborhood attributes, for a sample of black and Hispanic respondents surveyed in the MultiCity Study of Urban Inequality. The results indicate a …
Slesinger, Doris, and Julie Whitaker Working paper no. 1998-30
Fomby, Paula Working paper no. 1998-31 Abstract This paper is intended to enhance the literature on population and the environment by developing a model that takes into account age and gender composition of rural households in order to explain variation in the timing of migration and decisions about land use. In differently structured households, migration …
Wilson, Franklin Working paper no. 1999-29 Abstract This paper reports the findings of a study of labor market niching involving 102 ethnic groups living in 216 metropolitan areas in 1990. Approximately 12 percent of the labor force of the 216 metropolitan areas studied was employed in ethnic niches. The percentage in niches was substantially higher …
Scarano, Francisco A., and Katherine Curtis Working paper no. 2011-04
Curtis, Katherine, Elizabeth Fussell and Jack DeWaard Working paper no. 2014-08 Abstract Changes in the human migration systems of Hurricane Katrina- and Rita-affected Gulf of Mexico coastline counties provide an example of how climate change may affect coastal populations. Crude climate change models predict a mass migration of “climate refugees,” but an emerging literature on …