Evaluates potential race-migration consequences of proposed urban programs on the basis of various types of census data. Issues include decreases in city revenue-producing capacity, changes in residential socio-economic characteristics, and continued inability of resident minority populations to upgrade their standards of living or relocate to the…

This study is concerned with evaluating some demographic and policy-relevant attributes of central cities that have been proposed as determinants of class-specific, white, city-to-suburb movement. Drawing on migration data from the 1970 census for 39 metropolitan areas, the present investigation: (1) evaluates the aggregate impact that the white…

The cumulative adverse impact of residential white flight from large central cities on the residual population has led policy makers to be wary of instituting programs which will further exacerbate the process. Recent policy debates have evolved over the question of whether white city-to-suburb movement is affected more significantly by…

Factors related to race, central city decline, and demographic structure are assessed as determinants of White city-to-suburb movement in 39 large metropolitan areas. Findings show that most factors affect central city flight more through the choice of destination than through the decision to move. (Author/MC)