Why Do Higher-income Households Choose Low-income Neighbourhoods? Pioneering or Thrift?

Urban Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2478-2495

  Ellen, Ingrid Gould ^a   Horn, Keren Mertens ^b   O'Regan, Katherine M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HOUSING; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; PROBABILITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881047782     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098012474511     Document Type: Article

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