While multiple theories attempt to explain the relationship between race/ethnicity, immigration, and neighborhood change, sociological examinations have been limited by the lack of systematic and freq

The gap

Consensus across the literature

Supporting evidence — 3 representative gaps

• PROSPERITY, IMMIGRATION, AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGE IN SILICON VALLEY: 1990–2000 (2010) · doi

  The argument that economic prosperity promotes ethnic group assimilation is confronted by mixed findings that ethnic residential segregation intensified in Silicon Valley during the 1990s, regardless of the income level of neighborhoods, and that some second generation immigrants have begun to assimilate residentially.

  Keywords: ethnic argument economic prosperity promotes group assimilation confronted mixed residential segregation intensified silicon valley regardless
• Immigration and Neighborhood Change: Methodological Possibilities for Future Research (2017) · doi

  While multiple theories attempt to explain the relationship between race/ethnicity, immigration, and neighborhood change, sociological examinations have been limited by the lack of systematic and frequently collected data.

  Keywords: multiple theories attempt explain relationship race ethnicity immigration neighborhood change sociological examinations limited lack systematic
• The Racial Residential Segregation of Black Single Living Alone Households (2010) · doi

  While many studies have examined the intersection of race and class with residential segregation and residential preferences, very little is known about the role played by household composition in shaping residential patterns.

  Keywords: residential examined intersection race class segregation preferences little known role played household composition shaping patterns