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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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On the dynamics of segregation
Dahlberg, Matz; Fredriksson, Peter; Jofre-Monseny, Jordi - 2011 - Work in progress.
Card et al (2008a) formalize a model of ethnic residential segregation where an ethnically mixed neighborhood is dynamically stable until its minority share reaches a threshold (the tipping point). Once the neighborhood has surpassed the tipping point, it will experience massive white flight....
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011523173
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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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Much ado about nothing? : the role of primary school catchment areas for ethnic school segregation ; evidence from a policy reform
Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - 2013
By the 2008/09 school year the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) abolished binding school catchment areas (SCAs) in all municipalities. The reform has been controversial and it was feared that school choice would increase ethnic segregation. Using data on all primary schools, we...
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Forming of the new ethnic image of Saint Petersburg
Krasnov, Anton I.; Zhitin, Dmitriy V. - 2015
Ethnic and migration processes in Russia after the collapse of The Soviet Union have significantly changed the ethnic composition of major Russian cities. On the one hand, we see continuing of assimilation of most national communities which historically lived in the largest Russian cities...
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Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - 2000
This paper uses two recent UK surveys to investigate labour market performance, the determinants of language proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262366
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The Determination of a Migration Wave Using Ethnicity and Community Ties
Locher, Lilo - 2001
If people come to live in a country different from their nation state, due to border shifts, expulsion, or migration, they adopt some of the new country?s habits after some time. This paper investigates their (return) migration decision when they have been restricted to live in the foreign...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262554
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How important is access to jobs? Old question - improved answer
Åslund, Olof; Östh, John; Zenou, Yves - 2006
We study the impact of job proximity on individual employment and earnings. The analysis exploits a Swedish refugee dispersal policy to get exogenous variation in individual locations. Using very detailed data on the exact location of all residences and workplaces in Sweden, we find that having...
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