Land-use regulations can restrict urban growth by increasing housing costs. This article investigates the heterogeneous effects of land-use regulations among different racial groups. It uses U.S. Census Bureau data from 202 U.S. metropolitan areas from 1980 to 2010 to investigate how land-use regulations affect changes in the share of African Americans in response to local economic demand. The research finds that highly regulated metropolitan areas experienced a much smaller increase (sometimes a decrease) in the share of African American workers in response to an increase in local labor demand. These results suggest that land-use regulations can restrict the urban growth of African Americans in areas with demand.

土地使用法规可以通过增加住房成本来限制城市发展。本文研究了土地使用法规在不同种族群体中的异质性影响。它使用美国人口普查局 1980 年至 2010 年 202 个美国大都市区的数据来调查土地使用法规如何影响非裔美国人比例的变化以响应当地经济需求。研究发现，由于当地劳动力需求的增加，受到高度监管的大都市区的非裔美国工人比例的增长幅度要小得多（有时会下降）。这些结果表明，土地使用法规可以限制非洲裔美国人在有需求地区的城市发展。