An Overview of the Measurement of Segregation: Classical Approaches and Social Network Analysis

Antonio Rodriguez-Moral () and Marc Vorsatz
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Antonio Rodriguez-Moral: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

A chapter in Complex Networks and Dynamics, 2016, pp 93-119 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We present a comprehensive overview of the literature on the measurement on segregation. With a focus on the evenness and exposure dimensions—two of the five dimensions of segregation in the multi-dimensional framework defined by Massey and Denton (Soc Forces 67(2):281–315, 1988)—we introduce some of the most relevant segregation measures developed under the classical statistical approach and under the social networks analysis framework. We also briefly describe two different approaches for the definition of segregation measures when using social networks, namely the use of descriptive graph statistics and the use of spectral graph theory.

Keywords: Assortative mixing; Graph statistics; Homophily; Network; Segregation; Spectral graph theory; C0; D85; Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-40803-3_5

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