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Types of Spatial Mobility and the Ethnic Context of Destination Neighbourhoods in Estonia
Mägi, Kadi - 2016
Most studies of the ethnic composition of destination neighbourhoods after residential moves do not take into account the types of moves people have made. However, from an individual perspective, different types of moves may result in neighbourhood environments that differ in terms of their...
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Contextualised mobility histories of moving desires and actual moving behaviour
Coulter, Rory; van Ham, Maarten - 2011
Conceptually, adopting a life course approach when analysing residential mobility enables us to investigate how experiencing particular life events affects mobility decision-making and behaviour throughout individual lifetimes. Yet although a growing body of longitudinal research links mobility...
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Does migration make you happy? A longitudinal study of internal migration and subjective well-being
Nowok, Beata; van Ham, Maarten; Findlay, Allan M.; … - 2011
The majority of modelling studies on consequences of internal migration focus almost exclusively on the labour market outcomes and the material well-being of migrants. We investigate whether individuals who migrate within the UK become happier after the move than they were before it and whether...
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Understanding the Effects of Homeownership and Regional Unemployment Levels on Migration During the Economic Crisis in Spain
Palomares-Linares, Isabel - 2016
economic crisis. Spain is also a country which is characterised by a very high percentage of homeownership, with more than 83 …% 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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Gender Differences in the Effect of Residential Segregation on Workplace Segregation among Newly Arrived Immigrants
Tammaru, Tiit; Strömgren, Magnus; van Ham, Maarten; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Contemporary cities are becoming more and more diverse in population as a result of immigration. Research also shows that within cities residential neighborhoods are becoming ethnically more diverse, but that residential segregation has remained persistently high. High levels of segregation are...
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New Directions for Residential Mobility Research: Linking Lives through Time and Space
Coulter, Rory; van Ham, Maarten; Findlay, Allan M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
While researchers are increasingly reconceptualising international migration, less interest is being shown in rethinking the geographies of short-distance residential mobility and immobility. Short-distance moves are crucial for the structuration of everyday life, the operation of housing and...
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Ethnic Dimensions of Suburbanisation in Estonia
Tammaru, Tiit; van Ham, Maarten; Leetmaa, Kadri; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Large scale suburbanisation is a relatively recent phenomenon in East Central Europe and responsible for major socio-spatial changes in metropolitan areas. Little is known about the ethnic dimensions of this process. However, large minority population groups, mainly ethnic Russians, remained...
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Partner (Dis)agreement on Moving Desires and the Subsequent Moving Behaviour of Couples
Coulter, Rory; van Ham, Maarten; Feijten, Peteke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Residential mobility decisions are known to be made at the household level. However, most empirical analyses of residential mobility relate moving behaviour to the housing and neighbourhood satisfaction and pre-move thoughts of individuals. If partners in a couple do not share evaluations of...
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Pre-Hire Factors and Workplace Ethnic Segregation
Strömgren, Magnus; Tammaru, Tiit; van Ham, Maarten; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In addition to neighbourhoods of residence, family and places of work play important roles in producing and reproducing ethnic segregation. Therefore, recent research on ethnic segregation and contact is increasingly turning its attention from residential areas towards other important domains of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008924601
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The Impact of Union Dissolution on Moving Distances and Destinations in the UK
Feijten, Peteke; van Ham, Maarten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The number of people who have ever experienced a divorce, or a split up of a non-marital union, is rising every year. It is well known that union dissolution has a disruptive effect on the housing careers of those involved, often leading to downward moves on the housing ladder. Much less is...
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