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Income Inequality and Residential Segregation in European Cities

Book Chapter (2021)
Author(s)

T. Tammaru (University of Tartu)

Anastasia Sinitsyna (University of Tartu)

Alireza Akhavizadegan (University of Tartu)

M Van Ham (TU Delft - Urbanism)

Szymon Marcińczak (Uniwersytet Lodzki)

Sako Musterd (Universiteit van Amsterdam)

Research Group
Urban Studies
Copyright
© 2021 T. Tammaru, Anastasia Sinitsyna, Alireza Akhavizadegan, M. van Ham, Szymon Marcińczak, Sako Musterd
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-74544-8_3
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Publication Year
2021
Language
English
Copyright
© 2021 T. Tammaru, Anastasia Sinitsyna, Alireza Akhavizadegan, M. van Ham, Szymon Marcińczak, Sako Musterd
Research Group
Urban Studies
Pages (from-to)
39-54
ISBN (print)
978-3-030-74543-1
ISBN (electronic)
978-3-030-74544-8
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Abstract

Based on extensive research with distinguished scholars within the book project ‘Socioeconomic Segregation in European Capital Cities’, this chapter summarizes the key trends in income inequality and socioeconomic segregation in Europe. We draw our data from the two last census rounds, and we focus on the most common indicators of income inequality (Gini Index) and residential segregation (Dissimilarity Index). We find that levels of residential segregation grew between the two last censuses in most of the cities included in our study. Changes in residential segregation follow changes in income inequality with a time lag, and it tends to happen in both directions. Low levels of income inequality relate to low levels of segregation after 10 years, and high levels of inequality relate to high levels of segregation after 10 years.