Where, when, why, and for whom do residential contexts matter? Moving away from the dichotomous understanding of neighborhood effects

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 40, Issue , 2014, Pages 559-579

  Sharkey, Patrick ^a   Faber, Jacob W ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Cognitive development; Effect heterogeneity; Neighborhood effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905220108     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-071913-043350     Document Type: Review

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