When we measure changes in urban segregation, we must be careful in separating changes that originate from inequality and changes that originate from where people decide to live. Understanding those incentives, and how they are related to the growth of the tech sector in a city, is the focus of our research. Your analysis of tech growth and equality indicators in U.S. cities between 1990 and 2010 found a “sorting effect.” What is that and how does it work? Their preliminary study focused on U.S. cities has a startling conclusion — tech industry growth heightens inequality. Toronto is embracing the tech economy with Sidewalk Toronto, Uber’s self-driving car lab and more, while also trying to fight income equality.

Source: thestar November 29, 2017 19:07 UTC