
Ann Owens
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Owens's research focuses on the causes and consequences of social inequality, with expertise in education and urban sociology. Overarching themes in Owens's writings include documenting trends and patterns of neighborhood and school segregation; identifying the consequences of segregation; describing patterns of neighborhood change; and examining education and housing policies that may alleviate or exacerbate contextual inequalities in schools and neighborhoods.
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Have Reforms in U.S. Housing Assistance Reduced Neighborhood Poverty?
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Examines how communities have fared in the Great Recession in terms of poverty, vacancy, and unemployment rates. Shows that reductions in neighborhood well-being were borne unequally across neighborhoods during the recession, with already disadvantaged and minority communities experiencing larger increases in poverty, vacancy, and particularly unemployment rates, suggesting that the Great Recession has intensified inequality among neighborhoods.