Racial discrimination and redlining in cities

The aim of this paper is to bring together spatial and racial discriminatio n in an urban framework. While racial discrimination is against black worke rs, spatial discrimination (or redlining) is against residents living in th e city-center. When the relative access cost for black workers to employmen t centers is sufficiently large, a city is segregated by race. When the rel ative access cost is sufficiently small, a city is segregated by employment status. By examining the interaction between land and labor markets, the a uthors find that both race and space are responsible for the high unemploym ent rate among blacks. (C) 2000 Academic Press.