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New perspectives on ethnic segregation over time and space : a domains approach

Ham, Maarten van; Tammaru, Tiit - 2016

The term segregation has a strong connotation with residential neighbourhoods, and most studies investigating ethnic … segregation focus on the urban mosaic of ethnic concentrations in residential neighbourhoods. However, there is now a small, but … visible in cities as segregated neighbourhoods often have their own distinct identity and reputation. Residential segregation …

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Trajectories of neighborhood change : spatial patterns of increasing ethnic diversity

Zwiers, Merle; Ham, Maarten van; Manley, David - 2016

Western cities are increasingly ethnically diverse and in most cities the share of ethnic minorities is growing. Studies analyzing changing ethnic geographies often limit their analysis to changes in ethnic concentrations in neighborhoods between two points in time. Such a static approach limits...

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EthniCity of leisure : a domains approach to ethnic integration during free time activities

Kamenik, Kristiina; Tammaru, Tiit; Ham, Maarten van - 2016

This paper takes a domains approach to understanding ethnic segregation; ethnic segregation occurs in different ways in different domains (such as the residential neighbourhood, workplaces, leisure, etc.). Where most studies focus on residential segregation, this study focusses on ethnic...

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Ethnic differences in realising desires to leave the neighbourhood

Boschman, Sanne; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2014

Selective mobility into and out of neighbourhoods is one of the driving forces of segregation. Empirical research has … revealed who wants to leave certain types of neighbourhoods or who leaves certain neighbourhoods. A factor which has received … neighbourhood are actually successful, and to which neighbourhoods they move. A more thorough insight in who wants to leave which …

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Social assistance receipt among young adults grown up in different neighbourhoods of metropolitan Sweden

Gustafsson, Björn; Katz, Katarina; Österberg, Torun - 2020

Using large samples of persons born in 1985 we investigate the relationship between characteristics of the neighbourhood where young people lived as adolescents and the probability that they will receive social assistance when aged 19, 20, and 21, for the three Swedish metropolitan regions -...

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In and out of privileged and disadvantaged neighborhoods in Sweden : on the importance of country of birth

Gustafsson, Björn; Österberg, Torun - 2023

Moves into and out of privileged neighborhoods as well as moves into and out of disadvantaged neighborhoods in metropolitan Sweden are studied using register data on all moves by adults that took place between 2004 and 2006. Based on estimated multivariate models, we find that, for all four...

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A life course approach to understanding neighbourhood effects

Vuijst, Elise de; Ham, Maarten van; Kleinhans, Reinout - 2016

, intergenerational effects of neighbourhoods. However, these temporal dimensions of neighbourhood effects receive only limited attention … effects is that it does not only allow us to incorporate residential neighbourhoods into individual biographies, but also …

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Why do some young adults not graduate from upper secondary school? : on the importance of signals of labour market failure

Gustafsson, Björn; Katz, Katarina; Österberg, Torun - 2016

In high-income countries, not completing secondary school often entails a high risk of social exclusion. Using data on young adults born in 1985 that grew up in metropolitan Sweden, we study factors associated with not graduating from upper secondary school at age 21. Our hypothesis is that if a...

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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, however, much less attention is spend on studying neighbourhood and school effects simultaneously. Because the demographic composition of both contexts likely overlaps to some...

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Migration's income and poverty impact has been underestimated

Schiff, Maurice W. (contributor) - 2006

This paper examines two issues associated with the impact of migration on household income and poverty. First, existing studies have typically overlooked a feature of migration that should be taken into account in estimating its impact, namely the fact that migration changes the size of the...

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