The Neighbourhood is not What it used to be
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9705718 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oddbjørn Raaum (Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research), Kjell G Salvanes (0000-0002-6381-4496, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration), Erik Ø Sørensen (0000-0002-7155-4188, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 116 |
| Issue | 508 |
| Pages | 200-222 |
| Publication date | 2006-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Economic Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0133 • E-ISSN: 1468-0297 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2006.01053.x |
| OpenAlex | W2152372686 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 38 |
| References cited | 30 |
Using a variance decomposition framework that bounds the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics and residential location on adult education and earnings in Norway. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as the correlations among siblings are significantly higher than among children growing up in the same local community. The impact of neighbourhoods is reduced by half from 1960 to 1970. We link this result to several policy changes in the 1960s aimed at increasing equality of opportunity in Norway. Neighbour correlations in Norway are found to be significantly lower than in the US. Copyright 2006 Royal Economic Society
Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Earnings · Economic geography · Economics · Geography · Grandparent · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Norwegian · Sibling · Sociology · Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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Intergenerational Income Mobility and the Role of Family Background
A Bayesian analysis of the spatial concentration of individual wealth in the US North during the nineteenth century
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Genetic nurture in educational attainment
Sibling correlations in schooling around the world
Socioeconomic effects and the role of public spending decomposition on income mobility
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Sibling similarities and economic inequality in the US
Cognitive skills, non-cognitive skills, and family background
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The transmission of longevity across generations
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Sibling Similarity in Education Across and Within Societies
Long-term Neighbourhood Effects on Education, Income and Employment among Adolescents in Oslo
Geographies of class advantage
Neighbourhood Poverty and Individual Earnings
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Nonlinearities in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility
Family, Community and Long-Term Socio-Economic Inequality
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Intra-generational and Intergenerational Social Mobility
Class origin and sibling similarities in long-term income
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Brother correlations in earnings in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden compared to the United States
Identification Problems in the Social Sciences
Paying for Good Neighbours
Sibling Models and Data in Economics
Family Matters
Intergenerational Mobility in Britain
Against the Wind
Take the Money and Run
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| Unique citing works | 38 |
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| Citations per year | 1,46 |
| Citation span | 2000 - 2026 (27) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 38 |