Neighborhood disorder and individual economic self-sufficiency: New evidence from a quasi-experimental study

Social Science Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 802-819

  Casciano, Rebecca ^a   Massey, Douglas S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder; Neighborhood effects; Poverty; Self sufficiency; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862196389     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2012.02.005     Document Type: Article

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