Location Choices of Migrant Nest-Leavers: Spatial Assimilation or Continued Segregation?

Aslan Zorlu () and Clara H. Mulder ()
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Clara H. Mulder: University of Groningen

No 5141, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: We examine ethnic differences in the ethnic composition of the destination neighbourhood upon leaving the parental home using administrative data for the entire birth cohort 1983 living in the Netherlands. The analysis provides little evidence of a clear intergenerational break in the location choices of young men and women from a non-western origin compared to their parents. The neighbourhood choice pattern of those who leave the parental home for independent and shared living arrangements does not differ markedly from that of their parents, while nest-leavers for union formation are more likely to move to neighbourhoods with a relatively small proportion of non-western inhabitants. A decomposition analysis indicates that an overwhelmingly large part of neighbourhood choice is explained by differences in background variables. Particularly, the origin neighbourhood type of nest-leavers seems to be a driving force underlying the choice of destination neighbourhood, given individual and parental socioeconomic characteristics.

Keywords: spatial assimilation; leaving home; migrants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J15 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 23 pages
Date: 2010-08
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-geo, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Published - published in: Advances in Life Course Research, 2010, 15 (2-3), 109 - 120

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