EthniCity of Leisure: A Domains Approach to Ethnic Integration During Free Time Activities

Kristiina Kamenik (), Tiit Tammaru () and Maarten van Ham
Additional contact information
Kristiina Kamenik: University of Tartu
Tiit Tammaru: University of Tartu

No 10146, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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 segregation during leisure time. We investigate the most common leisure time activities, activity sites and the interaction between members of minority and majority populations as they spend their time out-of- home and out-of-workplace. Conceptually we link leisure time segregation both with residential and workplace segregation, in line with the domains approach. Our case study area is Tallinn, Estonia, and the main findings show that leisure time activity patterns have become very similar across the main ethnic groups, which is different from what is found for workplace and residential segregation. This shows the integrative potential of leisure time activities. However, different ethnic groups tend to visit different activity sites as leisure sites are related to where people live.

Keywords: mixed method approach; ethnic segregation; ethnic segmentation; ethnic integration; leisure time; Estonia (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 20 pages
Date: 2016-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur and nep-ure
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (1)

Published - published in: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 2019, 110 (3), 289 - 302

Downloads: (external link)
https://docs.iza.org/dp10146.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
Journal Article: EthniCity of Leisure: A Domains Approach to Ethnic Integration During Free Time Activities (2019)
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iza:izadps:dp10146

Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from
IZA, Margard Ody, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) IZA, P.O. Box 7240, D-53072 Bonn, Germany. Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Holger Hinte ().