Ethnic Segregation During Public and National Holidays: A Study Using Mobile Phone Data

Abstract

This paper contains an analysis of ethnic differences in activity locations during public and national holidays. Holidays relate to identity, and the celebration of holidays can be a very important part of acculturation processes and are therefore relevant to ethnic integration policies. We study the out‐of‐home nonemployment activity locations of 12,500 respondents in Estonia, using mobile phone positioning data. The results show that during holidays, ethnic segregation, measured using an index of dissimilarity, is significantly higher than it is on regular days, especially outside the capital city. The type of holiday, such as whether it is a national or international holiday, has a particular effect on people's spatial behaviour. On Estonian public holidays, Estonians are more likely to leave Tallinn than Russian speakers. There are 77 per cent more Estonians and 33 per cent more Russian speakers outside the capital than on non‐holidays. The paper depicts different temporal layers of segregation, which also indicates different integration potential in leisure spaces under various time frames.

Geografía y segregación socioespacial urbana. Una mirada desde Iberoamérica

“…Alguns estudos voltados a analisar a segregação com base no indivíduo têm incorporado dados orgânicos, como aqueles provenientes de telefone móvel, Twitter, Facebook, entre outros, conhecidos como Big Data (Dannemann et al, 2018;Mooses et al, 2016;Moro et al, 2021;Netto et al, 2018;Östh et al, 2018;Silm et al, 2018;Silm & Ahas, 2014). Esses dados são volumosos, gerados em tempo real e apresentam resoluções cada vez mais refinadas sobre a circulação e atividades da população no território.…”