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The interconnections between socio‐spatial factors and labour market integration among Arabs in Israel
Author(s) -
Shdema Ilan,
AbuRayya Hisham M.,
Schnell Izhak
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
papers in regional science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 64
eISSN - 1435-5957
pISSN - 1056-8190
DOI - 10.1111/pirs.12332
Subject(s) - market integration , metropolitan area , geography , ethnic group , index (typography) , social integration , economic geography , space (punctuation) , demographic economics , regional science , political science , sociology , economics , archaeology , anthropology , world wide web , computer science , macroeconomics , linguistics , philosophy
The current study investigated labour market integration of Arabs in Israel using Schnell et al.'s ([Schnell I, 2015]) global segregation/integration index (GSI) that assesses minorities’ socio‐spatial integration in multi‐ethnic contexts. The merit of this approach lies in being multifaceted and systematically incorporating socio‐spatial spheres. The study also conducted structured interviews with the respondents ( n = 142), and employed GPS loggers to track their weekly movements. GSI socio‐spatial indicators emerged significantly associated with integration in the labour market, with movement in space being the prominent. The study signifies the socio‐spatial approach's application to the study of minorities’ labour market integration in metropolitan areas.