Counterfactual Models of Neighborhood Effects: The Effect of Neighborhood Poverty on Dropping Out and Teenage Pregnancy

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 676-719

  Harding, David J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 1842426356     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/379217     Document Type: Article

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