Edward Glaeser: belief

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…Even adjusting for numbers, it seems there’s more clustering. How you adjust for numbers — it’s never entirely clear. Remember, David and I struggled with this in our 100 years of American segregation. It’s very hard to know exactly how to adjust for numbers. It’s also a question of how linguistically distinct the immigrants are, how educationally distinct the immigrants are. Our view was that, in general, segregation is more harmful the less educated the group is. We should particularly worry about the segregation of those groups that have less skills, and maybe take policies to fight against it. Although it’s not clear, apart from policies that ban outright housing discrimination — which, of course, has been illegal for 50 years — it’s not quite clear what strong policies we have for reducing levels of segregation within cities. How dense should Los Angeles become?…

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