Silva Laura
Labour and Public Economics Unit, Paris School of Economics, Paris, France.
Center for Research on Social Inequalities, Sciences Po, CNRS, Paris, France.
Br J Sociol. 2025 Jun;76(3):511-531. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.13187. Epub 2025 Jan 20.
This paper analyses the enduring impact of neighbourhood deprivation on youth development, exploring multigenerational aspects often overlooked in existing research. I investigate how neighbourhood environments experienced across two generations impact youth outcomes, focussing on cognitive skills and socio-emotional behaviour. Using data from the 1958 National Child Development Study in the UK, this study employs a Regression with Residuals (RWR) design to comprehensively assess any long-lasting effects. The results point to an enduring impact of neighbourhood deprivation on both outcomes, revealing that sustained exposure to disadvantage drives persistently different developmental trajectories. I find evidence for a transmission mechanism, indicating that exposure to neighbourhood deprivation during parental own formative years affects their offspring's outcomes, directly and indirectly. While parental formative neighbourhood environments significantly shape cognitive development through mechanisms related to education and income, socio-emotional outcomes are also influenced by the legacy of neighbourhood context across generations. While conventional approaches focus on a single point in time, this study contributes to neighbourhood effects literature by taking a lengthier perspective and acknowledging the protracted and influential role that neighbourhoods as social institutions may play in shaping individual opportunities and inequality dynamics over time.
本文分析了邻里贫困对青少年发展的持久影响，探讨了现有研究中常常被忽视的多代际因素。我研究了两代人所经历的邻里环境如何影响青少年的发展结果，重点关注认知技能和社会情感行为。本研究使用来自英国1958年全国儿童发展研究的数据，采用残差回归（RWR）设计来全面评估任何长期影响。结果表明，邻里贫困对这两个发展结果都有持久影响，揭示了持续处于不利环境会导致持续不同的发展轨迹。我发现了一种传递机制的证据，表明父母在成长阶段接触邻里贫困会直接或间接地影响其子女的发展结果。虽然父母成长阶段的邻里环境通过与教育和收入相关的机制显著塑造认知发展，但社会情感发展结果也受到几代人邻里环境遗留影响的作用。虽然传统方法关注某一个时间点，但本研究通过采用更长远的视角，并认识到邻里作为社会机构在随着时间推移塑造个人机会和不平等动态方面可能发挥的长期和有影响力的作用，为邻里效应文献做出了贡献。
