SCHOOL SEGREGATION, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, AND CRIME: EVIDENCE FROM THE END OF BUSING IN CHARLOTTE-MECKLENBURG

We study the end of race-based busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools (CMS). In 2001, school boundaries in CMS were redrawn dramatically, and half of students received a new assignment. Using addresses measured prior to the policy change, we compare students in the same neighborhood that lived on o...

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Published in:The Quarterly journal of economics 2014-02, Vol.129 (1), p.435-476
Main Authors: Billings, Stephen B., Deming, David J., Rockoff, Jonah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
1995-2011
Attainment
Bus transport
Charlotte North Carolina
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools-North Carolina
College students
Crime
Educational attainment
Level of education
Minority groups
Minority students
Neighborhoods
Policy making
Race
Racial differences
Racial differentiation
Racial inequality
Racism
Resource allocation
School busing
School desegregation
Schools
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Segregation
Students
Studies
Tests
United States
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