Demographic Preferences and Income Segregation

Victor Couture, Jonathan Dingel, Allison Green and Jessie Handbury

No 19904, CEPR Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Policy Research

Abstract: We investigate whether demographic preferences explain income segregation in shared spaces. To distinguish preferences over demographic composition from preferences over other venue characteristics, we study venue choices within business chains. We find two notable regularities: preferences for high-income co-patrons are similar across racial groups, and racial homophily does not vary by income. These demographic preferences are economically large, explain much of the cross-group variation in exposure to high-income co-patrons, and correlate with movers' neighborhood choices.

Keywords: Homophily; Preference estimation; Segregation; Smartphone data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C55 D12 J1 L8 R2 R4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-02
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