A Simulation of Segregation in Cities and its Application for the Analysis of Rent Control

Wolfgang Wagner

No 71, Volkswirtschaftliche Diskussionsbeiträge from Universität Potsdam, Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät

Abstract: Social segregation in cities takes place where different household groups exist and when, according to Schelling, their location choice either minimizes the number of differing households in their neighborhood or maximizes their own group. In this contribution an evolutionary simulation based on a monocentric city model with externalities among households is used to discuss the spatial segregation patterns of four groups. The resulting complex spatial patterns can be shown as graphic animations. They can be applied as initial situation for the analysis of the effects a rent control has on segregation.

Keywords: Simulation; segregation; monocentric city; rent control (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D62 R14 R31 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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