Template-type: ReDif-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Ong C. 
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT
Title: Tipping points? Ethnic composition change in Dutch big city neighbourhoods
Abstract: Micro-level studies using individual and household data have shown that  residential location choices are influenced by neighbourhood ethnic  composition. Using three conurbation samples in the Netherlands -  Amsterdam metropolitan area, Rotterdam-The Hague metropolitan area, and  the countrys largest conurbation, the Randstad metropolitan area -  this paper analyses the evolution of neighbourhood ethnic composition as  a social interaction outcome of disaggregated household behaviour. The  potential tipping point in neighbourhood ethnic composition, beyond  which white flight or the departure of native or advantaged  households occurs, is tested. The share in neighbourhood population of  native Dutch and western minority did not exhibit the hypothesised  tipping behaviour in its growth rate with respect to initial share of  non-western minority. This paper argues that the large social housing  sector, centralised tax regime, and strong regulatory role of the state  in housing and urban planning, are the main explanatory factors for the  relative constancy in Dutch neighbourhood ethnic composition.    Keywords Ethnic segregation; Neighbourhood; Tipping point; Urban  renewal; Regression discontinuity
Keywords: Economics of Minorities, Races, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: General; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Housing Demand; Housing Supply and Markets; Regional Development Planning and Policy; 
Classification-JEL: J15; R00; R21; R31; R58; .
Series:  Working Papers
Creation-Date: 2014
Number: 011
File-URL: http://pub.maastrichtuniversity.nl/4ebe45c8-cd7c-45ab-9760-448db05faa3f
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Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2014011