Cassidy Myers

Date of Award

2021

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Yu, Sherry

Area of Concentration

Economics

Abstract

Institutional racism is pervasive across many different economic and social sectors. This thesis studies the relationship between these sectors and residential segregation in hopes of better understanding the degree to which institutional inequity is driven by racial differences in location. The literature review examines these relationships nationally, while the second and third chapters look specifically at Chicago. We examine demographic data from 76 neighborhoods in Chicago as reported by the 2019 American Community Survey to empirically evaluate the effects of segregation, educational attainment and unemployment on median income. We also complete a sector analysis on Chicago Public Schools and the extent to which these inequalities exist within that system. Our results indicate that there are statistically significant differences between Black and non-Black neighborhoods in Chicago as well as nationally. The sector analysis showed that though some policy measures have been attempted, they are not consistently effective at reducing inequality between white and Black schools.

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