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Introduction:
Residential mobility changes over time, and brings changes to social structures and cultures of a city (Oishi 2010). Atlanta has witnessed an incredible urban expansion, racial re-composition, and migration patterns over decades. Atlanta’s experience is an example of how urban growth is intertwined with a complex mix of Race, Ethnicity, migration and social inequality factors in the United States. A micro level longitudinal study will help to understand how these complex relations among race, social inequalities and urban development are shaping urban landscapes of American cities.
Methods: We use 1990, 2000 and 2010 US census block, tract and county level demographic data for the counties of Atlanta metro area. We also use the Panel for Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) data from 1968 to 2011 to …show more content…

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