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Title: Adolescent Exposure to Community and Family in Neighborhoods with High Intergenerational Mobility

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Publication Year: 2018

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Abstract: While certain neighborhoods stand out above others for improving future outcomes for low-income children, little is known about how neighborhood effects are transmitted or what day-today mechanisms are at play. Do neighborhoods primarily influence children through exposure to quality community programs, mentors, and resources, or do they influence children through improved parenting practices and family processes? This research addresses this question by combining data from the American Time Use Survey and the Equality of Opportunity Project to compare daily time use in areas with high and low economic mobility. I find differences in parenting practices; parents living in areas of high intergenerational mobility more often spend time obtaining government services, spend more time at home, more time with household members, and more time in high quality care of children. This suggests that social norms governing parenting practices may contribute to improved opportunity for children more than previously realized. In contrast, I find no differences between areas with high and low economic mobility in the amount of community exposure time among adolescents, suggesting that community exposure may be operating through undetected differences in the quality of interactions.

Url: https://www.popcenter.umd.edu/research/sponsored-events/tu2018/papers/wikle

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Authors: Wikle, Jocelyn S

Publisher: Brigham Young University

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS, IPUMS Time Use - ATUS

Topics: Work, Family, and Time

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