The Ethnic Dimensions of Suburbanisation in Estonia

Tammaru, Tiit; Ham, Maarten van; Leetmaa, Kadri; Kährik, Anneli

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2013.756697

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“…Nevertheless, during the period 2000-2011, 70% of Russian-speaking people who moved to the suburbs moved to rural neighbourhoods which were mainly Estoniandominated (4169 persons). This figure increased compared to the previous intercensus period of 1989-2000 when half the Russian-speaking suburban movers moved to satellite towns (Tammaru et al 2013) and another half to rural suburbs (Leetmaa and Tammaru 2007). Accordingly, because more Russian speakers now move to Estoniandominated rural neighbourhoods, suburbanisation of minorities contributes more to their exposure to Estonian speakers and, hence, to their spatial integration.…”

Section: Ethnic Differences In Moving Intensity and Destinationsmentioning

confidence: 83%

“…These Soviet-era "urban suburbs" hosted large Soviet enterprises or military facilities, and many migrants settled there (Tammaru 2001;Bruns 1993;Leetmaa and Tammaru 2007). The rest of the urban hinterland remained rural, mainly inhabited by ethnic Estonians (Tammaru et al 2013). Although suburbanisation in the 1990s and 2000s has considerably transformed the surroundings of the larger cities in Estonia, two types of suburbs, ethnically diverse urban and native Estonian rural areas, are clearly distinguishable around the capital city until today.…”

Section: Ethnic Residential Landscapes In Estoniamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many studies have shown that suburbs become ethnically more heterogeneous over time (Timberlake, Howell, and Staight 2011;Alba et al 1999;Farrell 2014), facilitating residential integration. However, it cannot be claimed that suburbanisation marks the end of segregation -over time the suburbanisation of minority groups can also have an increasingly segregative effect within the suburb itself (Li 1998;Farrell 2014;Tammaru et al 2013). Alba et al (1999) argued that when the proportion of ethnic minorities in a suburb increases, it becomes easier for other members of that ethnic group to settle there, because the networks and social infrastructure that exist in those suburbs are now more likely to meet their expectations.…”

Section: Different Forms Of Spatial Mobility and Neighbourhood Outcomesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Types of spatial mobility and the ethnic context of destination neighbourhoods in Estonia

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BACKGROUNDMost studies of the ethnic composition of destination neighbourhoods after residential moves do not take into account the types of moves people have made. However, from an individual perspective, different types of moves may result in neighbourhood environments which differ in terms of their ethnic composition from those in which the individuals previously lived. OBJECTIVEWe investigate how the ethnic residential context changes for individuals as a result of different types of mobility (immobility, intra-urban mobility, suburbanisation, and longdistance migration) for residents of the segregated post-Soviet city of Tallinn. We compare the extent to which Estonian and Russian speakers integrate in residential terms. (2000-2011) we tracked changes in the individual ethnic residential context of both groups. METHODS Using unique longitudinal Census data RESULTSWe found that the moving destinations of Estonian and Russian speakers diverge. When Estonians move, their new neighbourhood generally possesses a lower percentage of Russian speakers compared with when Russian speakers move, as well as compared with their previous neighbourhoods. For Russian speakers, the percentage of other

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Section: Ethnic Differences In Moving Intensity and Destinationsmentioning

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“…As has been observed in many other countries, (Tammaru et al 2013;Bonvalet et al 1995;Clark 2006;Simpson and Finney 2009;Hiebert 2000) the ethnic majority population is often overrepresented among those who suburbanize. This is not different in the case of Vilnius where Lithuanians suburbanize to the surrounding city region where Polish identity residents are traditionally the largest group.…”

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Ethno-Political Effects of Suburbanization in the Vilnius Urban Region: An Analysis of Voting Behavior

Ubarevičienė

Burneika

Ham³

2015

Journal of Baltic Studies

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Abstract.We use electoral data to analyze the ethno-political consequences that may arise from the fact that the region surrounding the city of Vilnius is dominated by residents with a Polish identity while those who move to the suburbs are mainly ethnic Lithuanians. In the suburban ring we found increasing voting turnout, a decreasing share of votes for the Polish party, and an increase of the absolute number of votes for this party. The changing electoral behavior might be an indicator of growing ethno-political tensions and the zones of the most intense changes identify areas of potential social tensions between ethnic groups.

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“…The most important element of ethnic infrastructure in Estonia pertains to separate Estonianlanguage and Russian-language schools established during the Soviet period (Lindemann and Saar 2011;Verschik 2005;Tammaru et al 2013). Since the share of Russian-speaking minorities in the Estonian population is relatively high, it proved very difficult-mostly because of political reasons-to fundamentally restructure the Estonian school system upon regaining independence and, therefore, such ethnicity-based dual school system is still in place today (Hogan-Brun et al 2007;Lindemann 2013).…”

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Does Ethnicity Matter in Intentions to Study Abroad? Analysis of High School Students in Estonia

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Acknowledgements: We are very grateful to the helpful comments of the anonymous referees. The research leading to these results has also received funding from the Institutional Research Grant No. IUT2-17 of the Ministry of Education and 1250 Science Estonia, Grant No. 9247 of the Estonian Science Foundation, and from European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007(FP/ -2013) / ERC Grant Agreement n. 615159 (ERC Consolidator Grant DEPRIVEDHOODS, Socio-spatial inequality, deprived neighbourhoods, and neighbourhood effects). This is the author's Post-print version (final draft post-refereeing as accepted for publication by the journal). The definitive, peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published as: Pungas, E., Täht, K., Realo, A. & Tammaru, T. (2015) DOES ETHNICITY MATTER IN INTENTIONS TO STUDY ABROAD? ANALYSIS OF HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES IN ESTONIAAbstract. This paper examines factors that shape intentions to study abroad. Previous research highlights the importance of various forms of capital-human, economic, social, cultural and mobility capital-as well as of personality traits in the formation of the intention to complete education in foreign countries. Our specific focus is on ethnic differences in going to study abroad. The data comes from a representative survey of high school graduates in Estonia. We apply multilevel binary regression in order to capture both individual and school effects in the formation of study intentions. Our key findings reveal, first, that there exist significant ethnic differences in the willingness to continue studies abroad despite controlling for individual characteristics, including various forms of capital and the personality traits. Second, ethnic differences disappear once we control for the study language of the school. The institutional context thus 3 DOES ETHNICITY MATTER IN INTENTIONS TO STUDY ABROAD? ANALYSIS OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN ESTONIAAbstract. This paper examines factors that shape intentions to study abroad. Previous research highlights the importance of various forms of capital-human, economic, social, cultural and mobility capital-as well as of personality traits in the formation of the intention to complete education in foreign countries. Our specific focus is on ethnic differences in going to study abroad. The data comes from a representative survey of high school graduates in Estonia. We apply multilevel binary regression in order to capture both individual and school effects in the formation of study intentions. Our key findings reveal, first, that there exist significant ethnic differences in the willingness to continue studies abroad despite controlling for individual characteristics, including various forms of capital and the personality traits. Second, ethnic differences disappear once we control for the study language of the school. The institutional context thus plays an important role in the formation of ethnic differences in educational aspirations.

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The Ethnic Dimensions of Suburbanisation in Estonia

Abstract: Large-scale suburbanisation is a relatively recent phenomenon in East Central

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Types of spatial mobility and the ethnic context of destination neighbourhoods in Estonia

Types of spatial mobility and the ethnic context of destination neighbourhoods in Estonia

Ethno-Political Effects of Suburbanization in the Vilnius Urban Region: An Analysis of Voting Behavior

Does Ethnicity Matter in Intentions to Study Abroad? Analysis of High School Students in Estonia

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