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Vassar Scholarship

Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

Land Use Restrictions and Segregation: The Effect of Single-Family Zoning in Austin

Publication Date
2023-May-02
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I study the effect of zoning on segregation in Austin, Texas. I use municipal data on zoning for each address in Austin, and census data on demographics. I find that a one standard deviation increase in single-family zoning in a...

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White Food, Black Spaces: Food, Privilege, And Gentrification In Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Publication Date
2013-January-01
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This project seeks to investigate the intersections of race, class, and food: examining how access and acceptance to good quality food is shaped and changed through the process of gentrification. I ask why it is predominately upper-middle class whites that...

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