Everyone Pays a Hefty Price for Segregation, Study Says

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NPR

“Researchers … found that if Chicago – the fifth most racially and economically segregated city in the country – were to lower its level of segregation to the national median … it would have a profound impact … including raising the region’s gross domestic product, raising incomes, and lowering the homicide rate… Less segregation would also make Chicago and its environs more educated, with an estimated 83,000 more people who have bachelor’s degrees, bringing the region an added $90 billion in total lifetime earnings.”

Read more at http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/03/31/522098019/everyone-pays-a-hefty-price-for-segregation-study-says.

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