Parable of the Polygons: notes on Schelling (1971) & Clark (1991)
This is a note for my presentation ofSchelling (1971) andClark (1991) for my supervisor's seminar. Hope I don't run out of time. Title of this note comes from the interactive page made byVi Hart and Nicky Case. todo: - Lyapunov stability - Clark's data The author spend 7 pages of 44 to explain why segregation is an interesting quetion to investigate, and also why it is difficult to do so. In the author's view, mainly three factors can explain segregation: - individual motivation - organized discrimination - economic segregation These factors are ambiguous to differenciate, and often intesect with or lead to each other. For example, although habit is pretty much an individual business, custom and tradition can be historically or institutionally organized. Another example is, although it may be the case that every decision you make isindividual motivated by yourself, those big ones are often associated witheconomic reasons. You never buy a house bey...