@techreport{1a0471bc7b594f02819eb2c0925c7e41,
title = "Immigrants and Native Flight: Geographic Extent and Heterogeneous Preferences",
abstract = "Is ethnic segregation in Europe driven by native flight or immigrant self-isolation? If the former, which natives avoid immigrants? Which immigrants? What is the geographic scope of homophilic residential preferences? We answer these questions using a matched panel containing the universe of individuals and properties in Denmark from 1987 through 2017. We take advantage of the quasi-random nature of refugee placements and simulated exogenous Markov-chain predictions to generate experimental variation regarding local immigrant arrivals. We find strong evidence of native flight, even at the building level. Flight is stronger among the old and a reaction to the arrival of low-income immigrants. As neighborhoods become more immigrantdense, housing prices decline, and subsequent move-ins are more likely to be other immigrants or young, low-income native citizens without children.",
keywords = "International migration, Residential segregation, Native flight, House prices, International migration, Residential segregation, Native flight, House prices",
author = "Bence Boje-Kovacs and Ismir Mulalic and Albert Saiz and Vinicios Sant'Anna and Schultz-Nielsen, {Marie Louise}",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.2139/ssrn.4883600",
language = "English",
series = "MIT Center for Real Estate Research Paper Series",
publisher = "SSRN: Social Science Research Network",
number = "24/08",
type = "WorkingPaper",
institution = "SSRN: Social Science Research Network",
}