@article{40781,
  author = {Yu Xie and Xiang Zhou},
  title = {Modeling individual-level heterogeneity in racialresidential segregation},
  abstract = { <p>We investigate the dynamic relationship between residential choices of individuals and resulting long-term aggregate segregation patterns, allowing for feedback effects of macrolevel neighborhood conditions on residential choices.We reinterpret past survey data on whites{\textquoteright} attitudes about desired neighborhoods as revealing large heterogeneity in whites{\textquoteright} tolerance of black neighbors. Through agent-based modeling, we improve on a previous model of residential racial segregation by introducing individual-level heterogeneity in racial tolerance. Our model predicts, in the long run, a lower level of residential racial segregation than would be true with homogeneous racial tolerance. Further analysis shows that whites{\textquoteright} tolerance of black neighbors is closely associated with their overall racial attitudes toward blacks.</p> },
  year = {2012},
  journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
  volume = {109},
  pages = {11646{\textendash}11651},
  language = {eng},
}