How Common Was Blockbusting in the Postwar U.S.?

Katherine Bennett, Daniel Hartley and Jonathan Rose

Chicago Fed Letter, 2022, issue 468, 6

Abstract: This article documents the prevalence of blockbusting—the orchestration of racial turnover in urban neighborhoods—throughout many major U.S. cities from the 1950s through the 1970s.

JEL-codes: J15 N22 N32 N92 R31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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