Neighbourhood selection of non-Western ethnic minorities

Testing the Own-Group Effects Hypothesis Using a Conditional Logit Model

Bibliographic Data

ID4139738
AuthorsSanne Boschman (0000-0002-2806-751X, Delft University of Technology, corresponding author), Maarten Van Ham (0000-0002-2106-0702, OTB—Research for the Built Environment, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, Delft University of Technology, PO Box 5030, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands, and University of St Andrews, United Kingdom, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume47
Issue5
Pages1155-1174
Publication date2015-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning A Economy and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0308-518X • E-ISSN: 1472-3409
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0308518x15592300
OpenAlexW1792647767
LanguageEN
Citations received46
References cited46

The selective inflow and outflow of residents of different ethnic groups is the main mechanism behind ethnic residential segregation. In many studies it has been found that ethnic minorities are more likely than others to move to high-ethnic-minority-concentration neighbourhoods. An important question which remains largely unanswered is whether this can be explained by own-group effects, including own-group preferences, or by other neighbourhood factors. We use unique longitudinal register data from the Netherlands, which allow us to distinguish between different ethnic minority groups and simultaneously to take into account multiple neighbourhood characteristics. This allows us to test own-group effects-the effect of the share of the own-ethnic group on neighbourhood selection-while also taking into account other neighbourhood characteristics such as housing market composition. Using a conditional logit model, we find that housing-market constraints can partly explain the moves of ethnic minorities to high-ethnic-minority-concentration neighbourhoods: own-group effects are also found to be important in explaining neighbourhood selection. There are, however, important differences between ethnic minority groups. While these effects together explain why Surinamese and Antilleans move to high-ethnic-minority-concentration neighbourhoods, Turks and Moroccans are still found to move to neighbourhoods with concentrations of minorities other than their own ethnic group

Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economics · Ethnic composition · Ethnic group · Geography · Logit · Sociology · Demography · Housing Market and Economics · Mathematics · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban Transport and Accessibility · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

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