Social mobility in Amsterdam Nieuw-West continues to lag structurally behind other parts of Amsterdam, and people who experience upward mobility from Nieuw-West are increasingly less likely to remain living in their own district as adults. These are some of the key findings in the latest report prepared for the Kenniscentrum Ongelijkheid (Knowledge Centre for Inequality) by researchers Mathieu Steijn en Agata Troost from the Department of Spatial Economics, in collaboration with Hester Booi, Najib El Moussaoui, and Sjoerdje van Heerden (Research & Statistics Amsterdam).
The National Programme Samen Nieuw-West (Nieuw-West together), developed for the district, identifies improving limited social mobility and housing career opportunities for local upwardly mobile residents as a priority. However, this has never been measured before. Using CBS microdata, the researchers map social mobility at the neighbourhood level and trace housing careers since 1982. Read report (in Dutch) >>>
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