Description du projet
Effets du quartier sur le développement des enfants adoptés
Les résultats de l’enfance sont étroitement liés aux caractéristiques socio-économiques des voisins. Les études d’observation doivent tenir compte de la génétique. Cependant, la réalisation de plans expérimentaux s’avère coûteuse et ne concerne que les personnes issues de milieux socio-économiques défavorisés. Le projet PAN, financé par le programme MSCA, vise à étudier l’influence des quartiers sur les personnes adoptées, afin d’estimer l’impact potentiel des quartiers tout en contrôlant les variables génétiques et socio-économiques. Les données du registre danois offrent une occasion unique d’étudier l’influence des quartiers sur le développement de l’enfant. En utilisant les données de personnalité du registre, les chercheurs peuvent étudier comment les quartiers façonnent les attributs importants des enfants dès leur plus jeune âge. Cela est particulièrement utile pour les traits qui ont des conséquences à long terme, comme la désinhibition comportementale, qui peut finalement conduire à une implication future dans des activités criminelles.
Objectif
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.
Champ scientifique
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European FellowshipsCoordinateur
5230 Odense M
Danemark