Leaving Home and Destination of Early Nest Leavers: Ethnicity, Spaces and Prices

Aslan Zorlu () and Ruben Gaalen ()
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Ruben Gaalen: Statistics Netherlands

European Journal of Population, 2016, vol. 32, issue 2, No 5, 267-291

Abstract: Abstract This study examines ethnic differences in leaving the parental home and the choice of destination (both location and quality of housing) in the Netherlands. Using unique individual administrative panel data, we study the mobility of the entire birth cohort 1983. In contrast to previous studies, this paper includes the geographical location and the quality of destination living arrangements in the analysis, in an attempt to explain ethnic differences in leaving the parental home. We show that ethnic minority youth, in particular those from Turkish and Moroccan origin, improve their housing quality when leaving the parental home. This results in earlier home-leaving than among young people of native Dutch origin. Our results on the early home-leaving behaviour of ethnic minority youth are robust with regard to the geographical distance of nest leavers.

Keywords: Migrants; Transition to adulthood; Housing quality; Location choice (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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