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assess the relative importance of two major determinants of segregation stressed by the economic literature (Bartolome and …). The contribution of each mechanism to the observed social and ethnic segregation is finally appreciated by comparing the … households distribution. “Tiebout-sorting” emerges as the primary cause of social segregation among wage-earning households. On …
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the UK, which has long had high levels of social inequalities and high levels of socio-economic segregation, we find that … socio-economic status in different inequality and segregation contexts in four European countries: Sweden, the Netherlands … of the most liberal and market oriented countries, we find high levels of mobility, but these reproduce segregation …
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The homeownership rate in Germany is one of the lowest among advanced economies. To better understand this fact, we analyze the role of three specific policies which discourage homeownership in Germany: an extensive social housing sector with broad eligibility criteria, high transfer taxes when...
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the UK, which has long had high levels of social inequalities and high levels of socio-economic segregation, we find that … socio-economic status in different inequality and segregation contexts in four European countries: Sweden, the Netherlands … of the most liberal and market oriented countries, we find high levels of mobility, but these reproduce segregation …
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examine how this increase in public housing participation has affected segregation. While segregation levels have increased … projects and the surrounding non-public dwellings. As a result, contemporary differences in segregation levels across … segregation has been ambiguous. While large projects have increased segregation, the inflows of non-European immigrants into small …
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In 2001, the AZF plant exploded in Toulouse (France). The accident was unexpected, it strongly damaged local housing and benefited from a wide media coverage. It provides a rare opportunity to analyze the consequences of a shift in risk perception on housing markets and neighborhoods subject to...
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This paper studies the evolution of the residential segregation of immigrants between and within urban areas in France … from 1968 to 1999 using census data. During this period, European and non-European immigrant segregation followed diverging … and highlights how public housing participation is related to contemporary segregation. At the macro-geographical level …
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