Research
Interests
Economic/ Population/
Urban Geography: geography of labour markets;
spatial mismatch of workers and employment opportunities; spatial
distribution of jobs; spatial disparities of labour market achievement;
neighbourhood
effects;
urban and neighbourhood change; population and
household change; housing market behaviour and housing choice;
residential mobility and migration.
Selected
publications
- Feijten P.
and
Van Ham M. (forthcoming) The
impact of splitting up and divorce on housing careers in the UK .
Housing Studies.
- Niedomysl
T.,
Östh J. and
Van Ham M. (forthcoming) Globalisation of Marriage Fields. Journal
of
Ethnic and Migration Studies
- Van Ham M.
and
Manley D. (2009)
Social Housing Allocation, Choice and Neighbourhood Ethnic Mix in
England. Journal
of Housing and the Built Environment.
- Van Ham M. and
Manley D. (2009) The effect of
neighbourhood housing tenure mix on labour market outcomes: a
longitudinal investigation of neighbourhood effects. Journal
of Economic
Geography, 1-26.
- Van Ham M.
and
Hooimeijer P.
(2009) Regional differences in spatial flexibility: long
commutes
and job related migration intentions in the Netherlands. Applied
Spatial
Analysis and Policy 2, 129–146
- De Meester
E.
and Van Ham M.
(2009) Symmetry and asymmetry in
working and commuting
arrangements between partners in the Netherlands: does the residential
context matter? Environment
and Planning A 41, 2181-2200.
- Permentier
M.,
Van Ham M. and
Bolt G. (2009) Neighbourhood reputation and the intention to
leave
the neighbourhood. Environment
and Planning A 41, 2162-2180.
- Feijten P.
and
Van Ham M. (2009)
Neighbourhood change… reason to leave? Urban Studies
46, 2103-2122.
- Van Ham M.
and
Clark W.A.V (2009)
Neighbourhood mobility in context: household moves and changing
neighbourhoods
in the Netherlands. Environment
and Planning A 41, 1442-1459.
- Permentier
M.,
Van Ham M. and
Bolt G. (2008) Same Neighbourhood … Different Views? A Confrontation of
Internal and External Neighbourhood Reputations. Housing Studies
23, 833-855.
- Bolt G., Van
Kempen R., Van
Ham M (2008) Minority ethnic groups in the Dutch housing market:
spatial
segregation, relocation dynamics and housing policy. Urban
Studies
45(7), 1359-1384.
- Van Ham M.
and
Feijten P.M.
(2008) Who wants to leave the neighbourhood? The effect of being
different
from the neighbourhood population on wishes to move. Environment
and
Planning A 40(5), 1151-1170.
- Van Ham M.
(2002) Job
access, workplace mobility, and occupational achievement.
Delft:
Eburon.
Selected
research grants
- Van Ham M. (PI), Manley
D.,
Bailey N., Simpson L., Maclennan D., and Jivraj S. (2009) ESRC
Seminar
Series: Challenges in neighbourhood effects research: does it really
matter where you live and what are the implications for policy?
ESRC
grant (RES-451-26-0704). £18,000.
- Boyle P.
(PI),
Van Ham M., Cassidy
S. (2008) ESRC CASE(+3) PhD Studentship: Quality of Life and Travel
Complexity
in the Changing Urban Environment. Cash value of £52,845.
- Boyle P. (PI), Van Ham M
& others (2008) Non-labour market implications of family migration.
ESRC grant as part of the ESRC Centre
for Population Change (CPC). £175,000.
- Van Ham M.
(PI),
Boyle P., Feijten
P.M. and Doherty J. (2007) Right to Buy… time to move? ESRC grant
(RES-000-22-2460).
FEC £99,862.
- Feng Z.
(PI),
Boyle P., Van
Ham M. and Raab G. (2007) Neighbourhoods and the creation, stability
and
success of mixed-ethnic unions. ESRC grant (RES-163-25-0045). FEC
£99,987.
- Van Ham M.
(PI)
and Manley D.
(2007) CORE: Trends in non-LSVT relets in England. Housing Corporation.
£19,403.
- Van Ham M.
(PI)
and Hooimeijer
P. (2005) Contract research for Netherlands Ministry of Economic
Affairs:
‘Spatial barriers to interregional labour mobility. Labour market,
housing
market and individual barriers’, €49,000.
- Van Ham M.
(2005) Contract research
for Netherlands Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment: ‘Market for
child-care in 2004’, €6,500.
- Mulder C.H.
(PI)
and Van Ham
M. (2004) Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) grant
for 4-year PhD project: ‘Residential location and the division between
partners of paid work, commuting distance, and household tasks’,
€185,221.
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