Ethnic Dimensions of Suburbanisation in Estonia

Tiit Tammaru (), Maarten van Ham, Kadri Leetmaa () and Anneli Kährik ()
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Tiit Tammaru: University of Tartu
Kadri Leetmaa: University of Tartu
Anneli Kährik: University of Tartu

No 5617, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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 into the former member states of the Soviet Union after its dissolution in 1991. We use individual level Estonia Census data in order to investigate the ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation. The results show that ethnic minorities have a considerably lower probability to suburbanise compared to the majority population, and minorities are less likely to move to rural municipalities – the main sites of suburban change – in the suburban ring of cities. Individual characteristics that measure strong ties with the majority population and host society exert a positive effect on ethnic minority suburbanization, and on settling in rural municipalities.

Keywords: Estonia; Census data; suburbanisation; East Central Europe; ethnicity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 R21 R23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2011-04
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Published - revised version published in: Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 2013, 39 (5), 845-862

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