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Inequality, reordering and divergent growth : processes of neighbourhood change in dutch cities

Modai-Snir, Tal; Ham, Maarten van - 2018

The socio-economic mosaic of urban neighbourhoods changes under the influence of three distinctive distributional processes: reordering of the socio-economic position of urban neighbourhoods; changing levels of inequality between neighbourhoods; and an overall growth or decline in income levels...

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The moderating effect of higher education on intergenerational spatial inequality

Vuijst, Elise de; Ham, Maarten van; Kleinhans, Reinout - 2015

It is well-known that socioeconomic outcomes and (dis)advantage over the life course can be transmitted from parent to child. It is increasingly suggested that these intergenerational effects also have a spatial dimension, although empirical research into this topic remains scarce. Previous...

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Geographies of socio-economic inequality

Ham, Maarten van; Manley, David; Tammaru, Tiit - 2022

Over many decades, academics, policymakers and governments have been concerned with both the presence of inequalities and the impacts these can have on people when concentrated spatially in urban areas. This concern is especially related to the influence of spatial inequalities on individual...

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Inequalities and segregation across the long-term economic cycle : an analysis of South and North European cities

Tammaru, Tiit; Marcinczak, Szymon; Aunap, Raivo; Ham, … - 2017

The aim of this paper is to get new insight into the complex relationship between social inequalities and socioeconomic segregation by undertaking a comparative study North and South European cities. Our main finding shows that during the last global economic cycle from the 1980s through the...

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Income increase and moving to a better neighbourhood : an enquiry into ethnic differences in Finland

Vaalavuo, Maria; Ham, Maarten van; Kauppinen, Timo M. - 2017

Concentration to disadvantaged neighbourhoods may hinder immigrants' opportunities for social integration, so equal chances of translating available economic resources into mobility to less disadvantaged neighbourhoods are important. This paper adds to existing research on exits from poor...

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The roles of increasing inequality and divergent urban development in understanding spatial polarization in Tel-Aviv

Modai-Snir, Tal; Ham, Maarten van - 2017

Many studies of urban and neighbourhood change investigate changes in the relative positions of neighbourhoods within an urban region, without looking at the underlying processes. Often, changes in socio-spatial structures reflect intensifying socio-spatial divisions caused by both increasing...

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Does segregation reduce socio-spatial mobility? : evidence from four European countries with different inequality and segregation contexts

Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Tammaru, Tiit; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2017

The neighbourhoods in which people live reflects their social class and preferences, so studying socio-spatial mobility between neighbourhoods gives insight in the openness of spatial class structures of societies and in the ability of people to leave disadvantaged neighbourhoods. We study the...

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Structural and exchange components in processes of neighbourhood change : a social mobility approach

Modai-Snir, Tal; Ham, Maarten van - 2017

Neighbourhood socioeconomic change is a complex phenomenon which is driven by multiple macro- and micro-level processes. Most theoretical and empirical work has focused on the role of urban-level processes, such as filtering, life-cycle, and social dynamics. For individual neighbourhoods, these...

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Neighbourhood and school poverty simultaneously predicting educational achievement, taking into account timing and duration of exposure

Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Kleinepier, Tom; Ham, Maarten van - 2019

Research on neighbourhood effects indicates that neighbourhood poverty is related to educational outcomes of youth … examine the timing and duration of exposure to poverty in neighbourhood and school contexts between ages 10 and 16, to predict … educational achievement of adolescents at age 16. Our results indicate that neighbourhood poverty impacts on educational …

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Lessons learned from the largest tenure mix operation in the world : right to buy in the United Kingdom

Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2013

these renewal policies is a strong belief in negative neighborhood effects of living in poverty concentration areas, often … mobility ; poverty neighbourhoods …

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