The Effects of Mobility on Neighbourhood Social Ties

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This research examines the strength of people's ties with close neighbours and the sensitivity thereof to changes in residential mobility, access to modes of public and private transport, and changes in the availability of modern communications technologies using the German Socio-economic Panel Study (SOEP). All forms of mobility have increased over time and are negatively associated with visiting neighbours. With further increases in mobility, close neighbours may become less relevant. Nevertheless, presently the incidence of visits with neighbours is sizeable; in contrast to the frequent assertion in the literature that the neighbourhood is of no importance.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research ; No. 175

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Demographic Economics: Other ; Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Household Analysis: Other ; Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification
• Subject: Neighbourhood ; Social interactions ; Mobility ; Transport ; Internet ; Family ties

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Knies, Gundi
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2009

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/150722
• Last update: 10.04.2025, 2:54 PM CEST