Abstract

In spite of the growing relevance of the socioeconomic residential segregation (SRS) in academic debates and public agendas in Latin American and the Caribbean, the evidence regarding its intensity and magnitude, its tendencies, in reproductive mechanisms and consequences, is fragmentary and weak. Moreover there is little work on comparative indicators of socioeconomic residential segregation between countries (or even in a diachronic way for each country). In this regard, this document offers some pieces of empiric evidence about this social phenomenon, focused in Latin America cities. It aims to contribute in four directons: (a) to advance in the measurement of the SRS in the countries of the region; (b) to study in determinants, especially the intra-metropolitan migration patterns; (c) to explore disparities in behavior and life conditions between rich and poor areas, as first step for the study of the consequences of the SRS; (d) to revise and to analyze policy options considering the international experience.