New paper: growing up next door to a doctor in 1910 raised your odds of becoming one by ~30%
alex_peys · x · 2026-09-29
A new paper on the "neighborhood effect": kids living next door to a doctor around 1910 were 30% more likely to become doctors by 1940 than peers living five doors down.
The author chimes in that they grew up next to a linear algebra mathematician. The study highlights the long-term influence of childhood occupational role models.
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