Forty Years of Immigrant Segregation in France, 1968-2007: How Different Is the New Immigration?

Jean-Louis Pan Ké Shon () and Gregory Verdugo
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Jean-Louis Pan Ké Shon: CREST-LSQ

No 8062, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Analysing restricted access census data, this paper examines the long-term trends of immigrant segregation in France from 1968 to 2007. Similar to other European countries, France experienced a rise in the proportion of immigrants in its population that was characterised by a new predominance of non-European immigration. Despite this, average segregation levels remained moderate. While the number of immigrant enclaves increased, particularly during the 2000s, the average concentration for most groups decreased because of a reduction of heavily concentrated census tracts and census tracts with few immigrants. Contradicting frequent assertions, neither mono-ethnic census tract nor ghettoes exist in France. By contrast, many immigrants live in census tracts characterised by a low proportion of immigrants from their own group and from all origins. A long residential period in France is correlated with lower concentrations and proportion of immigrants in the census tract for most groups, though these effects are sometimes modest.

Keywords: France; spatial segregation; immigration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2014-03
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-ger, nep-his, nep-lab, nep-mig and nep-ure
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Published - published in: Urban Studies, 2015, 52 (5), 823-840

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Journal Article: Forty years of immigrant segregation in France, 1968–2007. How different is the new immigration? (2015)
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Working Paper: Forty years of immigrant segregation in France, 1968-2007 How different is the new immigration? (2015)
Working Paper: Forty years of immigrant segregation in France, 1968-2007 How different is the new immigration? (2015)
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