Seminar Series: Immigration & Native Mobility Decisions: The Influences of Local & Extralocal Conditions

About the Talk

Amid signs of increasing residential equity in the U.S., racial isolation of Latino and Asian populations, and especially the foreign-born members of these groups, has actually grown in recent decades.  This trend is likely influenced by the settlement patterns of Latino and Asian immigrants but the mobility reactions of native-born residents are also crucial in determining the trajectory of immigrant residential incorporation.  Crowder will discuss his recent research on these dynamics in which he uses multi-level data and spatial regression analysis to examine the mobility decisions of native black and white householders as a function of concentrations of immigrants in the neighborhood of residence and surrounding, extralocal areas.  The analysis tests various theoretical arguments for the link between immigrant concentrations and native mobility decisions and offers reflections on implications for processes of neighborhood change and broader patterns of residential segregation.

About the Speaker

Kyle Crowder is the Howard W. Odum Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. His research focuses broadly on the causes and consequences of residential stratification. Much of his recent work has dealt with questions related to racial and ethnic differences in residential mobility outcomes and neighborhood attainment, as well as the effects of community context on individual behavior.

 Website:  http://sociology.unc.edu/directory/faculty/kcrowder