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- Title
The Initial Residential Patterns of Immigrants across the Urban Hierarchy in Sweden: The Role of Educational Attainment.
- Authors
Khaef, Samaneh; Haandrikman, Karen
- Abstract
This study employs the aspirations‐capabilities framework to explore the intricate interplay between choices and constraints shaping migrants' settlement patterns, with a particular emphasis on the often‐overlooked aspect of educational attainment. Using Swedish register data containing information about migrants' educational level, this paper examines and typifies the initial residential sorting patterns of migrants arriving in Sweden in the period 2000–2014. Employing multinomial logistic regression to understand how migrant sorting takes place, the results show a clear distinction in settlement patterns, with higher educated migrants being more likely to settle in metropolitan areas, and lower educated migrants ending up in rural areas, even when controlling for region of origin and purpose of migration. Nordic and African migrants, resettled refugees, older migrants, and migrant families with younger children are most likely to live in sparsely populated areas. The paper concludes that these trends exacerbate existing patterns of spatial polarization.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; RESIDENTIAL patterns; EDUCATIONAL attainment; SPARSELY populated areas; LAND settlement patterns; HUMAN geography; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (Journal of Economic & Social Geography), 2024, Vol 115, Issue 3, p366
- ISSN
0040-747X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/tesg.12608