Understanding the relationship between income inequality and residential segregation of socioeconomic groups
T. Tammaru (OLD Urban Renewal and Housing)
Szymon Marcińczak (Uniwersytet Lodzki, University of Tartu)
Raivo Aunap (University of Tartu)
Maarten Van Van Ham (OLD Urban Renewal and Housing)
Heleen J. Janssen (OLD Urban Renewal and Housing)
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Abstract
This paper provides new insights into the relationships between income inequality and residential segregation between socioeconomic groups by undertaking a comparative study of European urban regions. In Europe, income inequalities are the lowest in North Europe and the highest in South Europe. In many East European countries, a switch from low inequality to high inequality has taken place. The main findings show that changes in the levels of residential segregation between socioeconomic groups correlate to changes in the levels of income inequality found approximately 10 years earlier, that is, with a time lag.
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