Employment of Low-Income African American and Latino Teens: Does Neighborhood Social Mix Matter?

Housing Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 192-227

  Galster, George ^a   Santiago, Anna ^b   Lucero, Jessica ^c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

logistic regression; natural experiments; neighborhood effects; social mix; teen employment

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; EMPLOYMENT; LATINO PEOPLE; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COLORADO; DENVER COUNTY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84931029532     PISSN: 02673037     EISSN: 14661810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02673037.2014.953447     Document Type: Article

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