Bence Boje-Kovacs, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, defends his PhD thesis:<\/p>\n
Residential segregation and neighborhood externalities<\/strong><\/p>\n Supervisors Assessment Committee After the PhD defence there will be a reception in R\u00f8d Stue, \u00d8ster Voldgade 10, Area 6, First floor \u2013 everybody is welcome.<\/p>\n Summary The thesis is available from the PhD administration office on IGN, Rolighedsvej 23, 1958 Frederiksberg C.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bence Boje-Kovacs, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, defends his PhD thesis: Residential segregation and neighborhood externalities Supervisors Professor Lars Winther, IGN Senior Researcher Cecilie Dohlmann Weatherall, KRAK Assessment Committee Professor Roger Andersson, Uppsala University Professor Jos van Ommeren, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Associate Professor H\u00f8gni Kals\u00f8 Hansen (chair), IGN After the PhD defence there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":91540,"template":"","class_list":["post-91539","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_category-phd-thesis-defense"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>Professor Lars Winther, IGN
\nSenior Researcher Cecilie Dohlmann Weatherall, KRAK<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Professor Roger Andersson, Uppsala University
\nProfessor Jos van Ommeren, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
\nAssociate Professor H\u00f8gni Kals\u00f8 Hansen (chair), IGN<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>The idea that residential areas that are socioeconomically homogenous create externalities, which in turn reproduce the area\u2019s composition, has characterized Danish politics for several decades. However, empirical evidence of this phenomenon is sparse. This thesis investigates the dynamics and consequences of residential segregation. Overall, it explores whether and to what extent the composition of the residential social environment we are exposed to affects our behavior. One of the main findings of the thesis is that deprived neighborhoods function to a certain extent as a transit state in residents\u2019 housing trajectories. On average residents\u2019 unemployment rates increase before they enter such neighborhoods and sharply decline two years before moving out. The results suggest that an increase in economic resources is positively associated with leaving a deprived neighborhood and hence contributes to maintaining its relative position. The second main finding is that being exposed to employed neighbors on the short-term significantly increases income and the likelihood of finding a job after the forced relocation. On the opposite, exposure to unemployed peers increases the chances to remain unemployed. Third, exposure to deprived neighborhood as an adult has a significant negative impact on mental health among vulnerable men. We find that, besides high percentages of people without employment and with low incomes the percentage of people with mental health problems is an important characteristic of the neighborhood, one that has a negative impact on mental health among men. Fourth, the impact of the concentration of non-Western immigrants on immigrants\u2019 mental health is stratified within residence-based social networks that are defined by having the same spoken language. We find further that the composition of one\u2019s own social network, such as the share of residents without attachment to the labor market and the share of residents with basic education, increases the probability of mental health problems among men.<\/p>\n