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- Mutgan, Selcan, 1984-, et al.
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Income Inequality and Residential Segregation in “Egalitarian” Sweden: Lessons from a Least Likely Case
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Ingår i: Sociological Science. - : Society for Sociological Science. - 2330-6696. ; 10, s. 348-373
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Drawing on individual-level full-population data from Sweden, spanning four decades,we investigate the joint growth of income inequality and income segregation. We study Sweden asa “least likely” case comparison with the United States, given Sweden’s historically low levels ofinequality and its comprehensive welfare state. Against the background of U.S.-based scholarshipdocumenting a close link between inequality and segregation, our study provides an importantinsight into the universality of this relationship. Using entropy-based segregation measures, weanalyze trends and patterns of income segregation between and within income groups along differentsociodemographic dimensions—migration background and family type. Our findings reveal thatgrowing income inequality in the last 30 years has been accompanied by a sharp uptake in incomesegregation, especially for the bottom quartile of the income distribution who are facing increasingisolation. Income segregation is most extensive for individuals with children in the household, amongwhom it has increased at a higher rate than those without children. Interestingly, income segregationis lower among non-Western minorities than among majority-group Swedes. We conclude thatchanges to the welfare state, liberalization of the housing market, and rapid demographic changeshave led Sweden onto a path that is difficult to distinguish from that taken by the United States
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