Race, waste and long-run outcomes
We examine the hypothesis that hazardous waste facilities are disproportionately located in minority neighborhoods. We also ask whether such facilities provide observable economic benefits to the surrounding community. the results are disturbing. as found by other researchers, neighborhoods with lar...
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MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
2009
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| author | Bernard, Andrew B. |
| author2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. |
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| description | We examine the hypothesis that hazardous waste facilities are disproportionately located in minority neighborhoods. We also ask whether such facilities provide observable economic benefits to the surrounding community. the results are disturbing. as found by other researchers, neighborhoods with large minority populations are more likely to have one or more hazardous waste facilities. we find some evidence that, even controlling for economic and political factors, race still remains associated with site location. Economic outcomes over long horizons are worse for locations that start with a hazardous waste site and for those that acquire one. Areas with sites have lowr income growth, increases rather than drops in poverty rates, and sharper increases in unemployment. In addition, the minority share of the population in such areas rises increasing the exposure. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/502252019-04-11T05:55:51Z Race, waste and long-run outcomes Bernard, Andrew B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. We examine the hypothesis that hazardous waste facilities are disproportionately located in minority neighborhoods. We also ask whether such facilities provide observable economic benefits to the surrounding community. the results are disturbing. as found by other researchers, neighborhoods with large minority populations are more likely to have one or more hazardous waste facilities. we find some evidence that, even controlling for economic and political factors, race still remains associated with site location. Economic outcomes over long horizons are worse for locations that start with a hazardous waste site and for those that acquire one. Areas with sites have lowr income growth, increases rather than drops in poverty rates, and sharper increases in unemployment. In addition, the minority share of the population in such areas rises increasing the exposure. Supported by the MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research. 2009-12-16T00:02:08Z 2009-12-16T00:02:08Z 1996 Working Paper 96009 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50225 36392989 MIT-CEEPR (Series) ; 96-009WP. 39 p application/pdf MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research |
| spellingShingle | Bernard, Andrew B. Race, waste and long-run outcomes |
| title | Race, waste and long-run outcomes |
| title_full | Race, waste and long-run outcomes |
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