2025/07/22 by Anna Piil Damm, Ahmad Hassani, Marie Louise Schultz-Nielsen · 1 voice
Social Sciences · #Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies #Migration and Labor Dynamics #Urbanization and City Planning
paper · doi:10.1016/j.cities.2025.106209
openalex publication_date 2025/07/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/02
We analyse the determinants of ethnic residential segregation using full population data from Denmark during 1985–2015. Exploiting within municipality variation from policy reforms, we find that higher income among immigrants and descendants, as well as years of residence in the host-country, contribute to a more even spatial distribution, as predicted by the spatial assimilation model, but only among Western immigrants and descendants. In contrast, an even spatial distribution of non-Western immigrants and descendants is promoted by non-refugee status and an even spatial distribution of the public housing stock, as non-Western immigrants and descendants often live in public housing. Our findings provide evidence that immigration, integration and housing policies can be designed to promote residential segregation of immigrants and descendants.