TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Tammaru, Tiit
AU  - Ham, Maarten van
AU  - Leetmaa, Kadri
AU  - Kährik, Anneli
        TI  - Ethnic Dimensions of Suburbanisation in Estonia
        PY  - 2011/Apr/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 5617
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp5617
        AB  - Large scale suburbanisation is a relatively recent phenomenon in East Central Europe and responsible for major socio-spatial changes in metropolitan areas. Little is known about the ethnic dimensions of this process. However, large minority population groups, mainly ethnic Russians, remained into the former member states of the Soviet Union after its dissolution in 1991. We use individual level Estonia Census data in order to investigate the ethnic dimensions of suburbanisation. The results show that ethnic minorities have a considerably lower probability to suburbanise compared to the majority population, and minorities are less likely to move to rural municipalities – the main sites of suburban change – in the suburban ring of cities. Individual characteristics that measure strong ties with the majority population and host society exert a positive effect on ethnic minority suburbanization, and on settling in rural municipalities.
        KW  - Estonia
KW  - Census data
KW  - suburbanisation
KW  - East Central Europe
KW  - ethnicity
        ER  -