STRUCTURAL SOURCES OF SOCIOECONOMIC SEGREGATION IN BRAZILIAN METROPOLITAN-AREAS

This article evaluates the impact of industrialization and urbanizatio n on residential segregation by income among Brazilian metropolitan ar eas. Using data from the 1980 census of Brazil, the author finds that more-industrialized areas have lower segregation because they have low er income inequality. However, urbanization, particularly population s ize, explains most of the variation in segregation among metropolitan areas. The conclusion is that the extent of urbanization, which is ind ependent of industrialization, is key to understanding socioeconomic s patial inequalities in the large and rapidly growing cities of less-de veloped countries, but that conclusions regarding the effects of indus trialization through industrial location or investment in real estate have been overgeneralized.