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Title: Race, Space, and Life-Chances: The Role of Parental Housing in Stratification Processes
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Aratani, Yumiko |
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Race, Space, and Life-Chances: The Role of Parental Housing in Stratification Processes Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University, 2006. DAI-A 67/04, October 2006. Also: http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?did=1144195251&sid=1&Fmt=7&clientId=3959&RQT=309&VName=PQD Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) Keyword(s): Ethnic Studies; Family Studies; Income Level; Intergenerational Patterns/Transmission; Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID); Propensity Scores; Public Housing; Racial Differences; Racial Studies Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. In this dissertation, I examine the role of parental housing tenure on stratification processes in the contemporary United States. The study employs two national longitudinal surveys, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID). Using propensity score matching estimation, the study finds the following. First, public housing residence has a detrimental effect on housing self-sufficiency and on car ownership of black offspring but no effect on whites. Secondly, long-term residence in a single-family owner-occupied home has a significant positive effect on the housing tenure of offspring; however, the positive effect of single-family owner-occupied homes differs by race, income status, and the housing career of parents. In particular, families who initially lived in a multi-family renter-occupied home (a category predominantly occupied by black, low-income families) are less capable of translating the advantage of single-family owner-occupied homes to offspring. Hence, by examining two elements of the American housing policy (public housing and a single-family owner occupied home), the author demonstrates that the American housing policy has contributed to racial and class inequalities in the post-Civil Rights era. |
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Aratani, Yumiko. Race, Space, and Life-Chances: The Role of Parental Housing in Stratification Processes. Ph.D. Dissertation, Columbia University, 2006. DAI-A 67/04, October 2006.. |