The Ethnic Composition of the Neighbourhood and Ethnic Minorities' Social Contacts: Three Unresolved Issues

Flap, Henk; Dagevos, Jaco; Vervoort, Miranda

doi:10.1093/esr/jcq029

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“…These are available yearly from the Department for Work and Pensions through the ONS. The second indicator we use is the ethnic diversity in the local area, which can affect social capital (Schaeffer 2014;Vervoort, Flap, and Dagevos 2010). We measure ethnic diversity through the inverse Herfindhal index, using the shares of each ethnic group in the local authority district from the 2001 and 2011 census and linearly imputing intra-census years.…”

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Employment and earning differences in the early career of ethnic minority British graduates: the importance of university career, parental background and area characteristics

Zwysen

Longhi

2017

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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Ethnic minorities in the U.K. are more likely than the white majority to gain university qualifications, but experience worse labour market outcomes on average. This paper compares employment and earnings of British graduates from ethnic minorities to those of white British graduates to analyse whether ethnic labour market differences exist among the highly qualified, and whether they can be explained by differences in parental background, local area characteristics or differences in university careers. These factors account for a substantial part of persistent ethnic differences in earnings, but explain very little of the differences in employment. Compared to the literature estimating ethnic labour market inequalities on people with any level of qualification, we find smaller ethnic differences in employment and almost no differences in earnings among graduates entering the labour market. The results are robust to various changes in model specification.

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Section: Characteristics Of the Area Of Residence Before Entering Unimentioning

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Employment and earning differences in the early career of ethnic minority British graduates: the importance of university career, parental background and area characteristics

Zwysen

Longhi

2017

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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“…Section 4 discusses the econometric results, and, finally, section 5 presents some brief conclusions. There is a large body of evidence in the literature which suggests that people prefer to interact with those who resemble them and, more specifically, with others who share the same ethnic heritage, have the same social status, have the same cultural background, speak the same language, and, hence, share common experiences and tastes (Coffé and Geys, 2006;Tolsma et al, 2009;Vervoort et al, 2011). They are less likely to share resources with those whom they perceive as 'different' from themselves (Twigg et al, 2010).…”

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Local social engagement, satisfaction, and embeddedness in the Netherlands: which effects matter and for whom?

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This paper examines to what extent, and for whom, different geographical characteristics affect the levels of local social engagement, satisfaction, and embeddedness in the Netherlands. We employ a uniquely detailed dataset of individuals in Dutch neighbourhoods and municipalities, which is examined using a multilevel hierarchical model with spatial interaction effects. The analysis shows that living in a neighbourhood with a high ethnic concentration and low economic development has negative consequences for actual engagement, satisfaction, and embeddedness. However, this effect is more relevant for natives than for immigrants (ie, Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese, and Antilleans). In addition, we4 find no evidence that the relationship between locality and engagement, satisfaction, and embeddedness varies between first-generation and second-generation immigrants.

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“…Accordingly, the fact that next to affirmative findings (e.g. Vervoort et al 2010), there are also studies that question the dependence of inter-ethnic contacts on ethnic residential segregation (e.g. Drever 2004) are troubling from the perspective of this approach.…”

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Inter-Ethnic Neighbourhood Acquaintanceships of Migrants and Natives in Germany: On the Brokering Roles of Inter-Ethnic Partners and Children

Schaeffer¹

2017

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Since Allport, social scientists emphasise the importance of personal interethnic contact for overcoming prejudices and enhancing social cohesion in mixed societies. But why do some people have more contact to their neighbours of other ethnicity? Using new data from a large-scale German survey, I analyse the brokering roles of children and inter-ethnic partners in explaining inter-ethnic neighbourhood acquaintanceships. Even on a contextual level, my results suggest that people living in regions with larger shares of children have more inter-ethnic neighbourhood acquaintances, which expands earlier findings on the general integrating function of children. However, I also argue that we should recognise brokering to be contextspecific and exemplify this by showing how the brokering role of inter-ethnic partners shows particularly in interaction with inter-ethnic encounters at local bars and restaurants, while that of children shows particularly given frequent inter-ethnic encounters at public parks and playgrounds. More importantly, the brokering role of children only shows in interaction with the frequency of inter-ethnic encounters at local parks and playgrounds. On a theoretical level, my results demonstrate the importance of studying the interaction of mechanisms in explaining personal (inter-ethnic) contact.

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The Ethnic Composition of the Neighbourhood and Ethnic Minorities' Social Contacts: Three Unresolved Issues

Cited by 80 publications

References 37 publications

Employment and earning differences in the early career of ethnic minority British graduates: the importance of university career, parental background and area characteristics

Employment and earning differences in the early career of ethnic minority British graduates: the importance of university career, parental background and area characteristics

Local social engagement, satisfaction, and embeddedness in the Netherlands: which effects matter and for whom?

Inter-Ethnic Neighbourhood Acquaintanceships of Migrants and Natives in Germany: On the Brokering Roles of Inter-Ethnic Partners and Children

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