Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180434 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 11416
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
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.
Subjects: 
neighbourhood effects
socio-spatial context
micro-geographic data
bespoke neighbourhoods
spatial scale
JEL: 
I30
J60
P46
R23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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