SPACE AND THE MEASUREMENT OF INCOME SEGREGATION
提出一种新的空间排序指数，用于量化收入隔离模式对社区空间布局的依赖程度，该指数对异常值不敏感、满足转移原则，并以巴尔的摩市为例展示其性质。
ABSTRACT This paper proposes a new spatial ordering index that that can be used to quantify the dependence of a given pattern of income segregation on the spatial arrangement of neighborhoods. Unlike other spatial measures of income segregation proposed in the literature, the spatial ordering index is less sensitive to the presence of outliers, satisfies the “principle of transfers,” and is flexible enough to quantify a variety of spatial patterns of segregation. The index can be interpreted in terms of the ratio of two covariances. Properties of the proposed measure are demonstrated using an example from the city of Baltimore, Maryland.