Measuring Neighborhood Investments: An Examination of Community Choice
利用1990年人口普查数据，研究洛杉矶县移民的住房和社区选择，发现控制收入后不同种族在住房结构支出上相似，但黑人和西班牙裔家庭在社区属性上的消费显著低于白人家庭。
Community choice is a very important household decision, since it represents an investment in community attributes that can have a significant effect on the quality of life of all household members, particularly by influencing the future prospects of children. In this paper, we examine the housing and community choices of migrants to and within Los Angeles County identified in the 1990 5% public‐use sample of the Census. Controlling for income, we find that expenditures on housing structure are quite similar across races. However, controlling for income, black and Hispanic households consume significantly less in community attributes than white households.