GES: Patrick Bayer, Duke University
We welcome Patrick Bayer, Gilhuly Family Professor of Economics at Duke University, to our General Economics Seminar Series (GES) on 5 May. He will present the paper “On the Dynamics of Racial Segregation and Inequality”.
Patrick Bayer is a Gilhuly Family Professor of Economics at Duke University with a wide range of research interests, including racial inequality and segregation, social interactions, discrimination, neighbourhood effects, housing market dynamics, education, and criminal justice.
Time and place: 5th May, at 12:00-13:15 in B44, Vasagatan 1, Gothenburg.
Title: "On the Dynamics of Racial Segregation and Inequality".
Abstract: “This presentation examines the causes and consequences of racial sorting across neighbourhoods in the United States. The first part draws on recent work, Distinguishing Causes of Neighbourhood Racial Change: A Nearest Neighbour Approach, to identify the role that the race of one’s neighbours plays in shaping individual location decisions, separating these effects from other factors correlated with neighbourhood change. The second part turns to related research, including The Long Road to Equality: Racial Capital and Generational Convergence, to analyse how racial sorting influences inequality in neighbourhood resources and patterns of intergenerational mobility. The talk concludes by considering how these dynamics shape the pace of long-run convergence to racial equality.”