Abstract
AbstractLast decades' non‐western immigration to Europe has resulted in culturally and religiously more diverse populations in many countries. One manifestation of this diversification is new features in the cityscape. Using a quasiexperimental approach, in which an unexpected political process that led way to the first public call to prayer from a mosque in Sweden is combined with rich, daily, information on housing sales and detailed monthly information on internal migration, this paper examines how one such new feature affects neighborhood dynamics. While our results indicate that the calls to prayer increased house prices closer to the mosque, we find no evidence of increased residential segregation between natives and immigrants.
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IntroductionThe increased immigration has resulted in a culturally and religiously more diverse European population
Over the last decades, immigration to western European countries has increased substantially, and in most EU 27 countries immigration is the main driver of population growth (European Commission, 2011).J Regional Sci. 2020;60:929–958.| wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/jors | 930BLIND AND DAHLBERGIn 2010, 9.4% of the population in EU 27 was foreign‐born and of those about two‐thirds were born outside EU 27 (Eurostat, 2011).1The increased immigration has resulted in a culturally and religiously more diverse European population
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of public calls to prayer from a mosque in a Western country on neighborhood dynamics in terms of house prices and migration behavior among native‐ and foreign‐ born individuals, respectively
Summary
The increased immigration has resulted in a culturally and religiously more diverse European population. This diversification manifests itself in several ways, but one way is through new features in the cityscape. A much debated example is the emergence of mosques and with them minarets and public calls to prayer.. In Denmark, the unexpected political consent to a new mosque in Copenhagen, for example, stirred up strong feelings (see, e.g., The Economist, August 17, 2013).. Calls to prayer have been a frequent issue around mosques and minarets (see, e.g., Allievi, 2009; Arab, 2015, Gale, 2005; Landman & Wessels, 2005) A much debated example is the emergence of mosques and with them minarets and public calls to prayer. In Denmark, the unexpected political consent to a new mosque in Copenhagen, for example, stirred up strong feelings (see, e.g., The Economist, August 17, 2013). In Switzerland, a constitutional amendment banning the construction of new minarets was even subjected to a national referendum in 2009 and approved. Calls to prayer have been a frequent issue around mosques and minarets (see, e.g., Allievi, 2009; Arab, 2015, Gale, 2005; Landman & Wessels, 2005)
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