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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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The effects of physical restructuring on the socioeconomic status of neighborhoods : selective migration and upgrading
Zwiers, Merle; Ham, Maarten van; Kleinhans, Reinout - 2017
In the last few decades, urban restructuring programs have been implemented in many Western European cities with the main goal of combating a variety of socioeconomic problems in deprived neighborhoods. The main instrument of restructuring has been housing diversification and tenure mixing. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011641495
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776022
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011925323
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731890
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011737509
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Divided cities : increasing socio-spatial polarization within large cities in the Netherlands
Zwiers, Merle; Kleinhans, Reinout; Ham, Maarten van - 2015
There is increasing evidence that our societies are polarizing. Most studies focus on labour market and educational outcomes and show a socioeconomic polarization of the bottom and top ends of the population distribution. Processes of social polarization have a spatial dimension which should be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488884
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Socio-economic segregation in European capital cities : increasing separation between poor and rich
Musterd, Sako; Marcińczak, Szymon; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2015
Socio-economic inequality is on the rise in major European cities as are the worries about that, since this development is seen as threatening social cohesion and stability. Surprisingly, relatively little is known about the spatial dimensions of rising socioeconomic inequality. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428229
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Social mobility : is there an advantage in being English in Scotland? : Paper for the 50th Anniversary European Congress of the Regional Science Association International "Sustaina...
Ham, Maarten van; Findlay, Allan M.; Manley, David; … - 2010
A number of powerful forces have produced uneven opportunities for occupational advancement in Scotland. Edinburgh as capital of a devolved nation, hub for financial service activities and regional head office location for many public sector bodies boasts many of the characteristics that one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208345
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Understanding the effects of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on migration during the economic crisis in Spain
Palomares-Linares, Isabel; Ham, Maarten van - 2016
The Spanish labour market is characterised by high levels of unemployment, which have increased during the global …% of households being owner-occupiers. Both regional levels of unemployment and homeownership are known to be important … (2001 and 2011) to study the effect of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on both short and long distance …
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