Abstract
The objective of this paper is twofold: first, to investigate residential mobility and housing changes among immigrants, their descendants, and the native population, and second, to examine the association between family/employment changes and residential mobility among immigrants, their descendants, and native-born individuals. We apply discrete-time event history analysis to rich French administrative panel data covering the period 2011-2019. The results show distinct patterns of residential moves among migrant groups and generations. Immigrants from North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa are less likely to move to homeownership and more likely to move to social renting compared to French natives. By contrast, immigrants from South East Asia, Turkey, and Europe have a similar likelihood of moving to
homeownership than French natives. We find little changes in the probability of moving to homeownership across migrant generations. The descendants of immigrants from North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa are the least likely to move to homeownership and most likely to move to social renting. This suggests that either structural barriers or cultural norms shape the mobility patterns of immigrants and their descendants in the same way. Finally, we do not find any differences in the association between family/employment changes and residential mobility across migrants, their descendants, and the natives, suggesting that important life events play a similar role on residential mobility across all population groups.