TY - JOUR
T1 - Residential segregation in Israel, 1961-2008
T2 - The spatial assimilation of immigrants
AU - Keidar, Noga
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Association for Israel Studies.
PY - 2019/3/1
Y1 - 2019/3/1
N2 - While scholars study residential segregation dynamics in order to understand minorities' assimilation into mainstream society, less is known about these mechanisms in ethno-national migration contexts. This article examines Israel's demographic dynamics from 1961 to 2008 in order to evaluate and provide a framework for the process of spatial assimilation of Mizrahim and Ashkenazim in the context of segregation from the Palestinian citizens of Israel. By using the Theil index (H), I assess the level of segregation in different geographic layers and then explore how internal migration has reduced spatial distance within the Jewish society. The analysis demonstrates that despite the disadvantaged position of Mizrahim as of 1961, levels of residential segregation had decreased by 1983. Also, boundaries changed from a variance between Mizrahim and Ashkenazim into a variance among Mizrahim only, with those who relocated as the most spatially assimilated group and those who remained as the most segregated one.
AB - While scholars study residential segregation dynamics in order to understand minorities' assimilation into mainstream society, less is known about these mechanisms in ethno-national migration contexts. This article examines Israel's demographic dynamics from 1961 to 2008 in order to evaluate and provide a framework for the process of spatial assimilation of Mizrahim and Ashkenazim in the context of segregation from the Palestinian citizens of Israel. By using the Theil index (H), I assess the level of segregation in different geographic layers and then explore how internal migration has reduced spatial distance within the Jewish society. The analysis demonstrates that despite the disadvantaged position of Mizrahim as of 1961, levels of residential segregation had decreased by 1983. Also, boundaries changed from a variance between Mizrahim and Ashkenazim into a variance among Mizrahim only, with those who relocated as the most spatially assimilated group and those who remained as the most segregated one.
KW - Ethnic boundaries
KW - Immigrants
KW - Internal migration
KW - Israel
KW - Residential segregation
KW - Social boundaries
KW - Spatial assimilation
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85065769346&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3167/isr.2019.340108
DO - 10.3167/isr.2019.340108
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AN - SCOPUS:85065769346
SN - 2159-0370
VL - 34
SP - 131
EP - 153
JO - Israel Studies Review
JF - Israel Studies Review
IS - 1
ER -
