Neighborhood effects on the long-term well-being of low-income adults

Science

Volumn 337, Issue 6101, 2012, Pages 1505-1510

  Ludwig, Jens ^a,b   Duncan, Greg J ^c   Gennetian, Lisa A ^d   Katz, Lawrence F ^b,e   Kessler, Ronald C ^f   Kling, Jeffrey R ^b,g   Sanbonmatsu, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BROOKINGS INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g Congressional Budget Office ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; RACIAL SEGREGATION;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCOME; MENTAL HEALTH; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 84866460264     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1224648     Document Type: Article

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