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Selectivity and destinations of ethnic minorities leaving the main gateway cities of Estonia
Author(s) -
Tammaru Tiit,
Kontuly Thomas
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
population, space and place
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1544-8452
pISSN - 1544-8444
DOI - 10.1002/psp.623
Subject(s) - estonian , redistribution (election) , ethnic group , citizenship , immigration , destinations , demographic economics , geography , population , census , political science , gateway (web page) , economic geography , development economics , sociology , demography , economics , politics , philosophy , linguistics , archaeology , tourism , law , world wide web , computer science
Abstract Changes in the spatial distribution of minority populations and factors responsible for such changes form an important research topic in the study of the contemporary immigrant societies of Europe and North America. This paper clarifies both the trends and determinants of the spatial redistribution of mainly Russian‐speaking ethnic minorities in Estonia by focusing on out‐migration from the gateway cities or the main minority concentration areas. We use individual data from the 2000 census. The main results show that the dominant flow of migration among members of ethnic minorities is out of the main gateway cities in Estonia, and this trend is very different from the situation during the Soviet period. All of the personal characteristics that measure intentional ties with the majority population and the host country, such as proficiency in Estonian, having an Estonian partner, and Estonian citizenship, exert a positive influence on both leaving these areas and settling in non‐ethnic destinations, while the mere passage of time (generation replacement) has no straightforward influence on minority spatial redistribution. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.