Descripción del proyecto
Los efectos de la vecindad en el desarrollo de los niños adoptados
Los resultados de la infancia están estrechamente relacionados con las características socioeconómicas de los vecinos. Los estudios observacionales deben tener en cuenta la genética. Sin embargo, la realización de diseños experimentales resulta cara y se limita a personas de entornos socioeconómicos bajos. El equipo del proyecto PAN, financiado por las Acciones Marie Skłodowska-Curie, pretende investigar la influencia de los barrios en las personas adoptadas, con el objetivo de estimar el posible efecto de los barrios controlando al mismo tiempo las variables genéticas y socioeconómicas. Los datos del registro danés ofrecen una oportunidad sin precedentes para profundizar en la influencia de los barrios en el desarrollo infantil. Utilizando los datos de personalidad del registro, los investigadores pueden profundizar en cómo los barrios moldean atributos importantes de los niños desde una edad temprana. Esto es especialmente valioso para los rasgos que tienen consecuencias a largo plazo, como la desinhibición conductual, que en última instancia puede conducir a una futura implicación en actividades delictivas.
Objetivo
Childhood outcomes across a range of domains are correlated with the socio-economic characteristics of the child’s neighbours. Yet, work on the topic is dominated by observational designs that do not consider the confounding effect of genetics. Although experimental designs exist, these are extremely expensive and usually rely on a restricted range of people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. Consequently, the overarching aim of the PAN project is to estimate the plausible effect of neighbourhoods, absent genetic confounding and restricted socio-economic range, by examining neighbourhood effects on adoptees.
Danish registry data provides a unique opportunity to pursue this aim due to its combination of adoptees placed pseudo-randomly with non-relatives across the full socio-economic spectrum, and the availability of annual personality assessments as well as classic outcomes data throughout the childhood years. The use of registry personality data allows me to explore neighbourhood effects on pertinent child characteristics from a young age, as there are domains for which the classical outcome data primarily apply at later ages even if dispositions towards particular outcomes are detectable earlier—e.g. behavioural disinhibition as a precursor to crime. The integration of adoptees and childhood personality is, therefore, a distinctively powerful and practical approach to clarify where (in the socio-economic distribution) and when (in children’s development) effects of neighbourhoods are most potent. Given the potential importance of neighbourhoods in intergenerational inequality, answers to these questions may inform effective government policies.
By completing the project under the supervision of Associate Professor Steven Ludeke at University of Southern Denmark, I will gain valuable training as well as experience on registry data, adoptees, and ‘big data’, which will make me more competitive in my pursuit of a career in academia or as a data scientist.
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinador
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