Abstract
Residential mobility patterns of immigrant and majority groups are key in understanding immigrants’ spatial integration. This article explores the spatial integration dynamics of immigrants from the Former Soviet Union in Tel-Aviv, Israel, as reflected in changing residential mobility behaviour. Unlike previous research, the article investigates the simultaneous effect of the relocations of both immigrants and majority members, with treatment of ethnic and socioeconomic dimensions of residential sorting considered simultaneously. Using a unique data set that spans the period 1997–2008, the analysis reveals a dynamic interplay of both groups’ mobility patterns. Their joint effect decreased residential sorting across both neighbourhood dimensions over time. Despite the decreasing magnitude, residential sorting processes remained active by the end of the research period, delaying the spatial integration of immigrants.
Highlights
Immigrant-receiving societies are concerned with the integration of immigrants who often experience persistent disadvantage and exclusion
This article focuses on immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) to the TelAviv metropolitan area in Israel
We address the following questions: which sorting trends are reflected in residential mobility patterns of FSU immigrants and native Israelis over time? How did distinctive mobility patterns of each group shape these trends? And how do immigrants’ residential mobility patterns in relation to the ethnic dimension interact with patterns concerning the socioeconomic dimension? We address these questions by applying a socio-spatial mobility approach which focuses on outcomes of relocations in terms of neighbourhood ethnic and socioeconomic make-ups
Summary
Immigrant-receiving societies are concerned with the integration of immigrants who often experience persistent disadvantage and exclusion. This article focuses on immigrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) to the TelAviv metropolitan area in Israel. It explores the dynamics of their spatial integration, as reflected in residential relocations through time. Residential mobility patterns which underlie the spatial integration or segregation of immigrants are shaped by various social and economic mechanisms. In the context of FSU immigrants in Israel, this article seeks to investigate sorting dynamics generated by simultaneous mobility of immigrants and natives, and by their moves across both the socioeconomic and ethnic continuums of the urban hierarchy. We address the following questions: which sorting trends are reflected in residential mobility patterns of FSU immigrants and native Israelis over time? The analysis is applied to a unique database on individuals’ residential relocations within the Tel-Aviv metropolitan area, during the period 1997–2008
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