Social housing, neighborhood quality and student performance

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 12-31

  Weinhardt, Felix ^a,b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Education; Neighborhood externalities; Urban policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903525635     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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