sociological research on segregation and mobility
Propinquity—the tendency to form social bonds with those who live nearby—is a key mechanism through which ethnic segregation can give rise to ethnic endogamy—the formation of romantic unions between partners with the same ethnic group membership(s). In this paper, co-authored with Jesper Lindmarker, we use discrete choice models applied to Swedish register data to quantify …
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This project examines how the intragenerational social mobility of American men between the farm and non-farm sectors during the 19th century was conditioned by the spatial distribution of economic opportunities. The main thesis of the project is that unsettled agricultural land, particularly in the Midwest, created opportunities for mobility into farming, but these social transitions …
My coauthor, Guilherme Chihaya, and I examine the links between residential segregation, residential mobility, and the spatial distribution of kin in Stockholm. Residential segregation between native Swedes and new immigrants is established when immigrants first settle in Sweden. This creates disparities in the spatial distribution of kin for immigrant children compared to native Swedes. Using a …
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Benjamin Fletcher Jarvis 