Freedom from the Tyranny of Neighbourhood

Rethinking Socio-Spatial Context Effects

Discussion Paper (2018)
Author(s)

A Petrović (TU Delft - OLD Urban Renewal and Housing)

David J. Manley (University of Bristol)

M Ham (TU Delft - OLD Urban Renewal and Housing, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA))

Research Group
OLD Urban Renewal and Housing
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© 2018 A. Petrović, D.J. Manley, M. van Ham
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Publication Year
2018
Language
English
Copyright
© 2018 A. Petrović, D.J. Manley, M. van Ham
Research Group
OLD Urban Renewal and Housing
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Abstract

Theory behind neighbourhood effects suggests that different geographies and scales affect individual outcomes. We argue that neighbourhood effects research needs to break away from the tyranny of neighbourhood and consider alternative ways to measure the wider socio-spatial context of people, placing individuals at the centre of the approach. We review theoretical and empirical approaches to place and space from a multitude of disciplines and the geographical scopes of neighbourhood effects mechanisms. Ultimately, we suggest ways in which micro-geographic data can be used to operationalise socio-spatial context for neighbourhood effects, where data pragmatism should be supplanted by a theory-driven data exploration.Unexpectedly, children who lived in an affluent neighbor-hood throughout childhood were most likely to engage in delinquent behavior.

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