Neighborhoods, employment, and welfare use: Assessing the influence of neighborhood socioeconomic composition

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 544-558

  Casciano, Rebecca ^a   Massey, Douglas S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concentrated affluence; Concentrated poverty; Neighborhood effects; Segregation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTHER; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VALIDATION STUDY;

EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049085222     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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