Segregation and Homeownership in the Early Twentieth Century
利用1880至1940年县级种族隔离数据，发现城乡隔离程度普遍上升且伴随住房自有率提高，但空间上隔离与住房自有率负相关，且隔离削弱了GI法案对白人住房自有率的促进作用。
We use new county-level segregation estimates for the period of 1880 to 1940 to document a general rise in residential segregation in both urban and rural counties occurring alongside rising homeownership rates. However, we find a negative correlation between segregation and homeownership across space for both black and white households. Following Fetter (2013), we show that living in a more segregated county substantially reduced the impact of GI Bill benefits on white homeownership rates, suggesting that segregated locations potentially hindered both white and black homeownership.