Research
Interests
Population/Urban/Economic
Geography: residential
mobility and migration; population and
household change; union formation and divorce; 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; housing market behaviour and housing
choice.
Selected
publications
- Stillwell
J. and Van Ham M. (eds) (2010) Ethnicity and
Integration. Understanding Population Trends and
Processes: volume 3. Springer: Dordrecht.
- Permentier M., Bolt G.
and Van Ham M. (forthcoming)
Determinants of neighbourhood satisfaction and perception of
neighbourhood reputation. Urban
Studies.
- Niedomysl
T.,
Östh J. and
Van Ham M. (2010) The Globalisation of Marriage Fields: The Swedish
Case. Journal
of
Ethnic and Migration Studies 36(7), 1119-1138.
- Feijten P.
and
Van Ham M. (2010) The
impact of splitting up and divorce on housing careers in the UK . Housing Studies
25, 483-507.
- Van Ham M. and
Manley D. (2010) The effect of
neighbourhood housing tenure mix on labour market outcomes: a
longitudinal investigation of neighbourhood effects. Journal
of Economic
Geography 10, 257-282.
- 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
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.
- 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.
Selected
research grants
-
Reuschke,
D., Van Ham M. (PI) (2010) Labour market behaviour and migration: a
cross-national comparison of the relationship between occupational and
geographical mobility in late-modern societies. EU grant
(FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF
MOBILITY). €87,702.
- 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., Van Ham M.
(PI)
& others (2008)
Non-labour market implications of family migration. Project within the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC)
(RES-625-28-0001).
£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.
|
st-andrews.ac.uk