When: Monday, November 19, 2012 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Where: Cole Student Activities Building : 0124B
Event Type(s): Seminar

Kris Marsh, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland

About the Talk: This study combines data from the 1969-2009 waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) with tract-level decennial census data to explore hypotheses regarding racial differences in adolescent neighborhood context and adult residential attainment for black and non-Hispanic white householders. Theories of racial differences in adult residential location decisions implicate a combination of economic constraints, neighborhood preferences and discrimination. Using a life course perspective, the authors examine how these theories explain differences in adult residential decisions and how location decisions are molded by residential histories formed in adolescence and developed throughout adulthood.

Website: www.popcenter.umd.edu/new_e/event_1351886242059

For more information, contact:
Tiffany L Pittman
MPRC
+1 301 405 6403
tpittman@umd.edu