Concentration Of Affluence Research Articles

Neighbourhood and the Perception of the Quality of Medical Treatment

Numerous studies have explored the role of the economic characteristics of a neighbourhood on the health status of its residents. We contribute to this work by examining the effects of the change in concentration of affluence on the perception of the quality of medical treatment received by the poor. We consider different neighbourhoods characterised by their level of prosperity. Based on the Asset Index, a particular primary sampling unit is identified as poor, middle or rich neighbourhoods to capture regional differences in the level of poverty. In each of these regions, we measure how the percentage of poor who claim that they were treated nicely varies with the change in the percentage of rich. The results reveal that, after a point, the probability of the perception of receiving superior treatment initially increases with an increase in the percentage of rich people and then starts declining. The principal component analysis is used to create weights in the asset index. The estimation is based on the nationally representative India Human Development Survey-2 (IHDS-2) household data collected in 2011–2012. We employ an ordered logit model for the analysis, as the perception of the quality of treatment, the dependent variable, is ordered in nature. Furthermore, we use Heckman’s two-step correction method to control for the plausibility of ‘self-selection’. JEL: I14, I39

Grindsamhälle: the rise of urban gating and gated housing in Sweden

Sweden does not have gated communities, but this paper argues that processes of gating and the associated consequences are apparent in Sweden, particularly in metropolitan regions. Based on interviews, observations and analysis of previous research, the article identifies the rise of urban gating and gated housing. Urban gating restricts access to previously public land through material gating and results in a loss of the right to use-value of urban land. The rise of a new and exclusive form of gated housing associated with the lifestyles of the mobile middle class, referred to here, as the residential hotel, is spotlighted, prompting questions about the concentration of affluence in already privileged areas and the reinforcing effect of gating on existing patterns of socio-spatial polarization.

The Concentration of Affluence in the United States, 1990

The author examines the concentration of affluent households in affluent neighborhoods in U.S. metropolitan areas in 1990. The rate of concentrated affluence, the percentage of affluent households living in affluent neighborhoods, is considered for the total population and separately for blacks and whites. Also, differences in the rate of concentrated affluence between blacks and whites are explored. Models of concentrated affluence that incorporate variables suggested by the literature on economic restructuring in the late twentieth century and by the literature on racial differences in the residential return to individual resources are developed and tested. In general, variables measuring industry/occupation employment mix influence the rate of concentrated affluence mainly through the levels of income they generate. Racial differences in the rate of concentrated affluence are influenced more by income differences between blacks and whites than by residential segregation.

The Spatial Concentration of Affluence in the United States

The Spatial Concentration of Affluence in the United States