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Urban expansion and neighbourhood commuting patterns in the Beijing metropolitan region: A multilevel analysis by Cecilia Wong, Wei Zheng, Miao Qiao

Wong, Zheng and Qiao adopt a spatial perspective to analyse the commuting patterns of four neighbourhoods in the Beijing metropolitan region.

Read the accompanying blog on Urban Studies blog: What matters to complex commuting patterns in Beijing? Individual attributes vs spatial factors

Long-term neighbourhood effects on immigrant self-employment by Sofia Wixe

Wixe finds that while the short-term effects of segregation on self-employment are negative, individuals that grow up in ethnically segregated neighbourhoods are more likely to become self-employed later in life.