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Stable Size, Changing Composition: Recent Migration Dynamics Of The Dutch Large Cities

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  • MARCO BONTJE
  • JAN LATTEN

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The number of inhabitants of the four largest Dutch cities, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht, has stabilised since the mid‐1980s. This stability in population size, however, hides considerable dynamics in population composition, especially regarding ethnicity, household type and socio‐economic status. In this paper, we focus on the influence of international migration and residential migration flows on changing ethnic population structure. A selective residential outflow of natives and influx of foreigners, together with higher natural growth of ethnic minority groups, have contributed to very fast changes in ethnic composition of the four largest Dutch cities. The latest national population forecasts of Statistics Netherlands in December 2004 indicate an ongoing influx of foreign population groups into the Netherlands for the decades to come, despite the recent more restrictive immigration policy. One can expect from this a continuous international migration towards the large Dutch cities in particular. If the observed trend in native outflow continues, the foreign city population will soon cross the 50 per cent mark.

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  • Marco Bontje & Jan Latten, 2005. "Stable Size, Changing Composition: Recent Migration Dynamics Of The Dutch Large Cities," Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG, vol. 96(4), pages 444-451, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:tvecsg:v:96:y:2005:i:4:p:444-451
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2005.00475.x
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    1. Cheng Boon Ong, 2017. "Tipping points in Dutch big city neighbourhoods," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 54(4), pages 1016-1037, March.
    2. Ong, C., 2014. "Tipping points? Ethnic composition change in Dutch big city neighbourhoods," MERIT Working Papers 2014-011, United Nations University - Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (MERIT).
    3. Aslan Zorlu & Jan Latten, 2009. "Ethnic Sorting in The Netherlands," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 46(9), pages 1899-1923, August.

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