Table 3 Sorting Model Robustness Checks
10% Housing Cost Premium
for Black Residents		$90 Search Cost
for Black Residents		Increase Catch-All
Population to Cook County
Attribute(1)(2)(3)
Cleanups: per sq. km × black−143.807**
(70.753)		−146.268**
(71.623)		−186.022**
(82.406)
TRI facilities × black−161.799
(100.201)		−167.052
(101.432)		−151.430
(116.703)
Index crimes × black0.154*
(0.089)		0.150*
(0.090)		0.170
(0.103)
% performing schools × black−418.282***
(115.347)		−429.677***
(116.765)		−509.415***
(134.344)
% overcrowded schools × black−135.171*
(72.686)		−134.221*
(73.580)		−120.253
(84.657)
Rapid transit (Pink Line) update × black−264.108**
(125.102)		−266.228**
(126.639)		−308.768**
(145.705)
Black386.342***
(109.375)		384.445***
(110.719)		463.935***
(127.388)
% change in 1990–2000 black population × black−11.567**
(4.885)		−12.265**
(4.945)		−12.083**
(5.690)
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  • Note: Standard errors are in parentheses below coefficients.

  • ↵*, **, and *** Significance at the 10%, 5%, and 1% levels, respectively.