Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/20644 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 693
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Since the 1950s, there has been a steady decentralization of entry-level jobs towards the suburbs of American cities, while racial minorities ?and particularly blacks? have remained in city centers. In this context, the spatial mismatch hypothesis argues that because the residential locations of minorities are disconnected from suburban job opportunities, lowskilled minorities residing in inner cities face adverse labor market outcomes. However, the reason why distance to jobs may be harmful to minorities has long remained unclear while the abundant but essentially empirical literature on spatial mismatch has led to much controversy. The present work presents the main stylized facts associated with spatial mismatch and reviews the main theoretical models that started to emerge in the late 1990s.
Subjects: 
ghettos
urban unemployment
segregation
discrimination
JEL: 
J41
R14
J15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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