abstract: 'Neighbourhood socioeconomic disadvantage has a profound impact on

  individuals'' earnings and life satisfaction. Since definitions of the

  neighbourhood and research designs vary greatly across studies, it is

  difficult to ascertain which neighbourhoods and outcomes matter the

  most. By conducting parallel analyses of the impact of neighbourhood

  deprivation on life satisfaction and earnings at multiple scales, we

  provide a direct empirical test of which scale matters the most and

  whether the effects vary between outcomes. Our identification strategy

  combines rich longitudinal information on individual characteristics,

  family background and initial job conditions for England and Wales with

  econometric estimators that address residential sorting bias, and we

  compare results for individuals living in choice-restricted social

  housing with results for those living in self-selected privately rented

  housing. We find that the effect of neighbourhood deprivation on life

  satisfaction and wages is negative for both outcomes and largely

  explained by strong residential sorting on both individual and

  neighbourhood characteristics rather than a genuine causal effect. We

  also find that the results overall do not vary by neighbourhood scale.'
affiliation: 'Knies, G (Corresponding Author), Univ Essex, Inst Social \& Econ Res
  ISER, Wivenhoe Pk, Colchester CO4 3SQ, Essex, England.

  Knies, Gundi, Univ Essex, Colchester, Essex, England.

  Melo, Patricia C., Univ Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

  Zhang, Min, Univ Cambridge, Cambridge, England.'
article-number: 0042098020956930
author: Knies, Gundi and Melo, Patricia C. and Zhang, Min
author-email: gknies@essex.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Knies
  given: Gundi
- family: Melo
  given: Patricia C.
- family: Zhang
  given: Min
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1177/0042098020956930
earlyaccessdate: NOV 2020
eissn: 1360-063X
files: []
issn: 0042-0980
journal: URBAN STUDIES
keywords: 'demographics; employment; labour; life satisfaction; longitudinal

  analysis; neighbourhood; poverty; exclusion'
keywords-plus: MENTAL-HEALTH; INCOME; DISADVANTAGE; EXPOSURE; PLACES; POLICY
language: English
month: OCT
number: '13'
number-of-cited-references: '56'
orcid-numbers: 'Melo, Patricia C/0000-0001-6722-1914

  Knies, Gundi/0000-0002-0251-2865'
pages: 2640-2659
papis_id: 863803f8a6f90ce93dc4b3bd09fce3b7
ref: Knies2021neighbourhooddepriva
researcherid-numbers: 'Melo, Patricia C/G-9132-2017

  Knies, Gundi/ABA-7097-2021'
times-cited: '12'
title: 'Neighbourhood deprivation, life satisfaction and earnings: Comparative analyses
  of neighbourhood effects at bespoke scales'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000649129100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
volume: '58'
web-of-science-categories: Environmental Studies; Urban Studies
year: '2021'