S1E3 - Allison Shertzer: Racial Segregation in Housing Markets and the Erosion of Black Wealth

Professor Allison Shertzer, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Pittsburgh, joins the show to discuss her working paper, Racial Segregation in Housing Markets and the Erosion of Black Wealth (joint with Profs. Prottoy A. Akbar, Sijie Li, and Randall P. Walsh).

Professor Devin Michelle Bunten, the Edward H. and Joyce Linde Assistant Professor of Urban Economics and Housing at MIT, joins the show as guest co-host.

Appendices:

Allison Shertzer: covid-related shutdowns of camps and schools prompted new uses of attics and reflections on differential impacts of the pandemic, including on parents

Greg Shill: Battle of Lincoln Park: Urban Renewal and Gentrification in Chicago by Daniel Kay Hertz and Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing In America by Conor Dougherty

Jeff Lin: A Sense of Where You Are by Devin Bunten

Devin Michelle Bunten: Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson and a podcast interview on the subject with Chris Hayes

Follow us on the web or on Twitter: @denselyspeaking, @jeffrlin, @greg_shill. Allison Shertzer can be found at @econhist_allday and Devin Michelle Bunten at @devin_mb.

Producer: Schuyler Pals.

The views expressed on the show are those of the participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the Federal Reserve System, or any of the other institutions with which the hosts or guests are affiliated.