TY - JOUR
T1 - White flight in Los Angeles county, 1960-1990
T2 - A model of fuzzy tipping
AU - Wang, Yiming
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Schelling's (J Math Sociol 1:143-186, 1971) tipping model is a classic model of racial residential segregation. In this paper, the Schelling original is translated into a fuzzy set version and tested against demographic census data in Los Angeles county from 1960 to 1990. Results of nonlinear least squares regressions indicate that the tipping point has shifted from around 0. 36 between 1960 and 1970 to 0. 78 between 1980 and 1990. Regression results also suggest a constantly decreasing extent of White flight in the census tract level. These findings confirm the existence of the fuzzy tipping mechanism. They also reflect steady progression toward racially integrated urban residential pattern in Los Angles county from 1960 to 1990.
AB - Schelling's (J Math Sociol 1:143-186, 1971) tipping model is a classic model of racial residential segregation. In this paper, the Schelling original is translated into a fuzzy set version and tested against demographic census data in Los Angeles county from 1960 to 1990. Results of nonlinear least squares regressions indicate that the tipping point has shifted from around 0. 36 between 1960 and 1970 to 0. 78 between 1980 and 1990. Regression results also suggest a constantly decreasing extent of White flight in the census tract level. These findings confirm the existence of the fuzzy tipping mechanism. They also reflect steady progression toward racially integrated urban residential pattern in Los Angles county from 1960 to 1990.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00168-009-0343-2
DO - 10.1007/s00168-009-0343-2
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:79959314849
SN - 0570-1864
VL - 47
SP - 111
EP - 129
JO - Annals of Regional Science
JF - Annals of Regional Science
IS - 1
ER -