Title Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Two sides of the coin: studying neighbourhood effects and spatial selection -- Research questions -- Some notes on data, measurement and methodology -- Structure of the thesis -- References -- Confined contact: Residential segregation and ethnic bridges in the Netherlands -- Introduction -- The Rotterdam law -- Theoretical background -- Residential segregation in the Netherlands -- Data and method -- Analysis: segregation and ethnic bridges -- Different concentration effects for the deprived? -- Conclusions and discussion -- References -- Concentrating on participation: Ethnic concentration and labour market participation of four ethnic groups -- Researching neighbourhood effects -- Neighbourhood effects and operating mechanisms -- Empirical approach -- Data -- Method -- Measurement -- Results -- Understanding spatial selection: beyond exclusive individual choice selection -- Conclusion -- References -- Involuntary isolation: Ethnic preferences and residential segregation -- Introduction -- The Dutch context -- Preferences for coethnic neighbors -- Stated preferences -- Mechanisms driving preferences -- Stated preferences and residential segregation -- Motivations for ethnic preferences and its effect on actual segregation -- Data, measurement and methodology -- Measurement -- Method -- Results -- Mechanisms driving self-segregation -- Conclusion -- References -- Residential outcomes of forced relocation: Lifting a corner of the veil on neighbourhood selection -- Introduction -- Housing choice and segregation -- Residential outcomes of mobility programmes -- Data, measurements and methodology -- Data collection -- Measurement and methods -- The new neighbourhood: results of the relocation surveys -- Perceived neighbourhood improvement -- Moving into a less concentrated neighbourhood.

Conclusions and policy implications -- References -- The significance of self-selection for neighbourhood sorting and its implications for neighbourhood effect studies -- Introduction -- Two sides of one coin: spatial sorting and neighbourhood effects -- Empirical approach -- Conclusions -- References -- Conclusion -- Answering the research questions -- Overall research conclusion -- Suggestions for further research -- Policy implications -- References -- Summary -- Samenvatting -- Curriculum vitae.