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Mundane objects in the city: Laundry practices and the making and remaking of public/private sociality and space in London and New York

Watson, Sophie - In: Urban Studies 52 (2015) 5, pp. 876-890

The paper considers how shifting laundry practices and technologies associated with dirty washing have over time summoned different spaces, socialities and socio-spatial assemblages in the city, enrolling different actors and multiple publics and constituting different associations, networks and...

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Trajectories of middle-class belonging: The dynamics of place attachment and classed identities

Benson, Michaela - In: Urban Studies 51 (2014) 14, pp. 3097-3112

This paper examines the processes by which middle-class belonging is generated, through the exploration of social and spatial trajectories in narratives of residential choice and mobility. It is based on an understanding of residential choice as indicative and constitutive of social mobilities....

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Ethno-religious neighbourhood infrastructures and the life satisfaction of immigrants and their descendants in Germany

Wiedner, Jonas; Schaeffer, Merlin; Carol, Sarah - In: Urban Studies 59 (2022) 14, pp. 2985-3004

Urban research assigns immigrant enclaves an ambiguous role. While such areas are seen as rich in beneficial ethno-religious infrastructures and networks, they also tend to be located in deprived and stigmatised inner-city neighbourhoods. Research on neighbourhood attainment provides evidence...

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Internal migration industries: Shaping the housing options for refugees at the local level

Bernt, Matthias; Hamann, Ulrike; El-Kayed, Nihad; … - In: Urban Studies (2021) Online First

In this article, we focus on ways in which 'internal migration industries' shape the housing location of refugees in … rise to a broad variety of 'internal migration industries' that provide the housing infrastructure, but also control access …

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Are Commuters in the EU Better Educated than Non-commuters but Worse than Migrants?

Huber, Peter - In: Urban Studies 51 (2014) 3, pp. 509-525

This paper analyses the skill and age structure of commuters in 14 EU countries. Theory implies that commuters can be either more or less able than stayers, but are always less able and older than migrants. Empirically, all types of commuters are younger and have higher education than region...

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Optimal Commuting and Migration Decisions under Commuting Cost Uncertainty

Schmidt, Christian - In: Urban Studies 51 (2014) 3, pp. 477-492

The aim of this paper is to assess the implications of economic uncertainty on individual mobility behaviour at the local and regional levels. Focusing especially on uncertainty with respect to the evolution of commuting costs, a model is developed that describes the interrelated decisions of...

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Relative deprivation and â€˜the diversity effectâ€™ in explaining neighbourhood attachment: Alternative or complementary mechanisms?

Górny, Agata; Sabina ToruÅ„czyk-Ruiz - In: Urban Studies 52 (2015) 5, pp. 984-990

In a 2014 paper, we demonstrated that the negative relationship between ethnic diversity and neighbourhood attachment was moderated by interethnic ties differently for migrants and natives living in ethnically diverse neighbourhoods. In this article, we respond to the Comment on our paper by...

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What Makes Cities Attractive? The Determinants of Urban Labour Migration in Germany

Buch, Tanja; Hamann, Silke; Niebuhr, Annekatrin; … - In: Urban Studies 51 (2014) 9, pp. 1960-1978

labour market conditions or amenities via their impact on migration primarily account for differences in citiesâ …€™ demographic development is an important issue. This paper investigates the determinants of the migration balance of German cities … between 2000 and 2007. The focus is on the mobility of workers because labour migration in particular affects the future …

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Self-employment and intention of permanent urban settlement: Evidence from a survey of migrants in Chinaâ€™s four major urbanising areas

Cao, Guangzhong; Li, Ming; Ma, Yan; Tao, Ran - In: Urban Studies 52 (2015) 4, pp. 639-664

Drawing on a survey of migrants in 12 cities across four major urbanising areas in China, this paper analyses rural migrantsâ€™ intention for permanent urban settlement. We focus on one sizeable but often overlooked group of rural migrants, that is, the self-employed. Our hypothesis is that...

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