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Geography of intergenerational mobility and child development

Author(s): Donnelly, Louis J.; Garfinkel, Irwin; Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Wagner, Brandon G.; James, Sarah A.; et al

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dc.contributor.authorDonnelly, Louis J.-
dc.contributor.authorGarfinkel, Irwin-
dc.contributor.authorBrooks-Gunn, Jeanne-
dc.contributor.authorWagner, Brandon G.-
dc.contributor.authorJames, Sarah A.-
dc.contributor.authorMcLanahan, Sara-
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-02T00:42:49Z-
dc.date.available2020-04-02T00:42:49Z-
dc.date.issued2017-08-29en_US
dc.identifier.citationDonnelly, Louis, Garfinkel, Irwin, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne, Wagner, Brandon G, James, Sarah, McLanahan, Sara. (2017). Geography of intergenerational mobility and child development. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114 (35), 9320 - 9325. doi:10.1073/pnas.1700945114en_US
dc.identifier.issn0027-8424-
dc.identifier.urihttp://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/pr12r4d-
dc.description.abstractRecent research by Chetty and colleagues finds that children’s chances of upward mobility are affected by the communities in which they grow up [Chetty R, Hendren N (2016) Working paper 23002]. However, the developmental pathways through which communities of origin translate into future economic gain are not well understood. In this paper we examine the association between Chetty and Hendren's county-level measure of intergenerational mobility and children’s cognitive and behavioral development. Focusing on children from low-income families, we find that growing up in a county with high upward mobility is associated with fewer externalizing behavioral problems by age 3 years and with substantial gains in cognitive test scores between ages 3 and 9 years. Growing up in a county with 1 SD better intergenerational mobility accounts for ∼20% of the gap in developmental outcomes between children from low- and high-income families. Collectively, our findings suggest that the developmental processes through which residential contexts promote upward mobility begin early in childhood and involve the enrichment of both cognitive and social-emotional development.en_US
dc.format.extent9320 - 9325en_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesen_US
dc.rightsFinal published version. This is an open access article.en_US
dc.titleGeography of intergenerational mobility and child developmenten_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.1073/pnas.1700945114-
dc.date.eissued2017-08-15en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1091-6490-
pu.type.symplectichttp://www.symplectic.co.uk/publications/atom-terms/1.0/journal-articleen_US

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