Recent residential differentiation in the municipality of Malaga. An application of Theil Index

Abstract

The ammount of foreigners living at the municipality of Malaga has been shrinking since 2013, reversing the trend they had shown since the beginning of the century, and we can ask about the impact these losses have had on the foreigners´s levels of residential differentiation. To get into this issue, we will use the Theil Index, which not only indicates the levels of residential differentiation, but also allows us to identify the extent that segregation between groups (Spanish/foreigners, foreigners/foreigners) contibutes to the levels of total segregation. Using the municipal macroareas as a spatial unit, the application of the index indicates that levels of residential differentiation, albeit low, have declined in these three years. Along with that, the index has registered the influence of the erection of new residential complexes, and the existence of macro areas where the main amount of differentiation is due to residential differences between foreigners.

Keywords

• diferenciación residencial multigrupo
• índice de theil
• inmigrantes extranjeros.