scholarly journals Crime Is Down and so Is Fear? Analyzing Resident Perceptions of Neighborhood Unsafety in Rotterdam, the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Glas
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Residential Mobility ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Crime Rates ◽  
Sudden Increase ◽  
Ethnic Heterogeneity ◽  
Resident Perceptions ◽  
Status Level ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Dutch City

AbstractThere is little research on how resident perceptions of neighborhood unsafety develop over time and how changes in these perceptions relate to decreasing crime rates. The present study analyzes and explains trends in perceived neighborhood unsafety within the Dutch city of Rotterdam, based on survey and register data collected in the years 2003–2017 (N = 148.344, 62 neighborhoods). In addition to crime, we also assess to what extent (changes in) the economic status, level of ethnic heterogeneity, degree of residential mobility, and amount of disorder in the neighborhood play a role in how safe or unsafe inhabitants have felt in a 15-year period. We find that unsafety levels steadily declined in the years up to 2007. This decrease was best explained by changes regarding the economic status, victimization rates and disorder level of neighborhoods. After a sudden increase in feelings of unsafety between 2007 and 2008, explained by the shift towards using more self-administrated questionnaires, fear levels stabilized during the remaining years (2008–2017) although recorded crime levels continued to decrease in this period.

Refugees

2020 ◽  
pp. 42-64
Author(s):  
Francis J. Bremer
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Urban Environment ◽  
Church Of England ◽  
Religious Toleration ◽  
The Church ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Dutch City

Growing pressure on English separatists led many to seek refuge in the Netherlands, where there was greater religious toleration. After a few attempts that were prevented by English authorities, the Scrooby congregation migrated to Amsterdam, joining briefly with the English Ancient Church there. Shortly thereafter they moved on to Leiden, a Dutch city that Brewster was familiar with. They struggled to adapt to an urban environment, new occupations, and a different culture. With John Robinson as their pastor and William Brewster as lay elder, the congregation perfected its practices, including lay prophesying. Robinson engaged in debates with Arminians, who challenged orthodox Calvinism. Brewster started a press that published puritan books. Over time they abandoned a strict separatism that rejected all contacts with those who had not left the Church of England, to a greater openness to contacts with other godly believers.

scholarly journals Socio-economic inequality in long-term care: a comparison of three time periods in the Netherlands

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Jens Abbing ◽  
Bianca Suanet ◽  
Marjolein Broese van Groenou
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Informal Care ◽  
Long Term Care ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Term Care ◽  
Care Givers ◽  
Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam ◽  
Over Time

Abstract As a result of the rapid ageing of societies, meeting the demands for long-term care has become increasingly difficult. In the Netherlands, informal care is recognised as a key element to compensate for cut-backs in formal care provision. Formal, informal and privately paid long-term care services, however, are not used equally across socio-economic status (SES) groups and whether these inequalities have been reduced or exacerbated over time has not been researched. This study investigates to what extent educational and income inequalities in the use of formal, informal and privately paid care have changed over time. Data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA) was used from three points in time: 1995 (N = 787), 2005 (N = 550) and 2015 (N = 473). Participants were between 75 and 85 years of age and living independently. The results indicate that lower SES groups are consistently more likely to use formal and informal care, and less likely to use privately paid care compared to higher SES groups. An increase in inequality was only found in the use of informal care; while informal care use is stable among lower SES groups, it decreases steeply among higher SES groups. These findings highlight the importance of education for explaining variation and changes over time in care use. Governmental efforts to mobilise informal care-givers might be outweighed by trends towards less long-term care.

scholarly journals Who Are the Squatters? Challenging Stereotypes through a Case Study of Squatting in the Dutch City of Leiden, 1970-1980

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (6) ◽  
pp. 1368-1385
Author(s):  
Bart van der Steen ◽  
Charlotte van Rooden ◽  
Merel Snoep
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Dutch City ◽  
Newspaper Articles

This article investigates the development of squatting and house occupations in the Dutch city of Leiden during the 1970s to challenge stereotypical images of squatting and squatter protest in the Netherlands and beyond. Based on a historical analysis of 344 newspaper articles on squatting in the middle-sized city of Leiden from 1970 to 1980, this research not only shows the diversity of the squatter population and the ways in which the authorities responded to their actions—thus challenging the radical, confrontational, and metropolitan nature of squatting—but also analyzes how squatters were portrayed and how and why their image changed over time.

scholarly journals Citizenship acquisition and spatial stratification: Analysing immigrant residential mobility in the Netherlands

Urban Studies ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 004209802110060
Author(s):  
Christophe Leclerc ◽  
Maarten Vink ◽  
Hans Schmeets
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Housing Market ◽  
Labour Market ◽  
Residential Mobility ◽  
Home Ownership ◽  
Register Data ◽  
Median Income ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Spatial Stratification

Whereas the so-called ‘citizenship premium’ in the labour market has been widely studied, we know little about how naturalisation affects immigrants’ lives beyond work and income. Focusing on the Netherlands, this paper analyses the relationship between citizenship acquisition and immigrant residential mobility, in particular the propensity of immigrants to move away from areas with high concentrations of migrants. We draw on register data from Statistics Netherlands ( N = 234,912). We argue that possessing Dutch citizenship reduces spatial stratification by diminishing the risk of housing market discrimination, thereby facilitating mobility outside of migrant-concentrated areas. Our findings show that naturalised immigrants are 50% more likely to move out of concentrated neighbourhoods, all else constant. The effect of naturalisation is especially relevant for renting without housing benefits and for home ownership, and for mid-risk immigrants who earn around the median income and hold permanent jobs, whose applications face strong scrutiny from landlords, rental agencies and mortgage lenders.

scholarly journals Trends in Wage Inequality in the Netherlands

De Economist ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colja Schneck
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Wage Inequality ◽  
Wage Distribution ◽  
Labor Market Institutions ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
Educational Degree ◽  
Over Time

AbstractIn this paper I analyze changes in the wage distribution in the Netherlands. I use a matched employer-employee dataset that covers the population of employees. Wage inequality increases over the period of 2001–2016. Changes in between-firm wage components are responsible for nearly the entire increase. Increases in the variance of workers’ skills and increases in worker sorting and worker segregation explain the majority of the rise in the variance of wages. These changes are accompanied by a pattern where variation in educational degree and firm average wages become more correlated over time. Finally, it is suggested that labor market institutions in the Netherlands play an important role in mediating overall wage inequality.

Leven met water

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-268
Author(s):  
MICHEL LASCARIS
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Digital Map ◽  
Digital Maps ◽  
Pumping Stations ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
New Research ◽  
Over Time

Living with water. The Dijkenkaart of the Netherlands De Cultural Heritage Agency made an interesting digital map (in GIS) of all the dikes in the Netherlands. This was possible by using existing digital maps, but new research was necessary to make this general overview. There was discussion about the dating of dikes, because dikes can be of medieval origin, but were adjusted over time. Besides dikes, researchers find GIS and historical information on poldermills, kolks, reclamations and pumping stations. That is why this map is called ‘Living with water’, because this information can help addressing new challenges in climate adaptation strategies dealing with water. Everyone can take a look, or download the map in GIS, on www.cultureelerfgoed.nl/onderwerpen/bronnen-en-kaarten/overzicht/levenmet-water-kaart.

Trajectories of Sport Participation Among Children and Adolescents Across Different Socio-Economic Categories: Multilevel Findings From the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 264-268
Author(s):  
Tom Perks
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Sport Participation ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
National Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
Over Time

Building upon prior theoretical and empirical work, this study explores the sport participation trajectories of children across different socio-economic status (SES) categories to assess the possibility of changes in the SES-sport participation relationship as children age. Using representative panel data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, a multilevel analysis of 4,858 children aged 6 to 9 suggests that as children age the SES effect on sport participation persists over time. However, the SES effect on sport participation appears to have relatively small predictive import compared to other factors.

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