The effects of ethnic and social segregation on children and adolescents: Recent research and results from a German multilevel study

Dietrich Oberwittler

Discussion Papers, Programme on Intercultural Conflicts and Societal Integration (AKI) from WZB Berlin Social Science Center

Abstract: This paper, in a first part, reviews current literature on the effects of ethnic and social segregation on children and adolescents. In a second part, it reports results of an empirical study on this issue conducted by the author in two German cities. In recent research, the effects of segregation have been framed as possible ‘contextual effects’ of neighbourhoods, i.e. as separate factors beyond the individual effects of social disadvantage. The paper discusses theoretical and methodological underpinnings of recent studies that use nested samples of individuals in different types of neighbourhoods and multilevel analyses. While there is some evidence of detrimental effects of segregation on outcomes like health, education and crime, this mostly comes from the US. In Europe few relevant studies have been conducted and support for these hypotheses is much weaker.

Date: 2007
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