Introduction

Abstract

Although the measurement of segregation by gender or ethnic group in the labor force has long been of interest to both sociologists and economists, the sociology and economics literatures on this topic have evolved in different ways and remained largely separate. This has also been the case to some extent with research on the measurement of residential segregation. Although much of the segregation measurement literature is in sociology and geography, economists have contributed to this field as well, particularly in the development of measures of residential income segregation. Again, however, the economics literature has remained largely separate from that in geography and sociology.

Citation

Flückiger, Y., Reardon, S.F. and Silber, J. (2009), "Introduction", Flückiger, Y., Reardon, S.F. and Silber, J. (Ed.) Occupational and Residential Segregation (Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 17), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. xi-xvi. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-2585(2009)0000017003