The association between neighbourhoods and educational achievement, a systematic review and meta-analysis

Journal of Housing and the Built Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 321-347

  Nieuwenhuis, Jaap ^a,b   Hooimeijer, Pieter ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Meta analysis; Neighbourhood effects; Parental characteristics; Schools; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; GENDER RELATIONS; LITERATURE REVIEW; META-ANALYSIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84937819273     PISSN: 15664910     EISSN: 15737772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10901-015-9460-7     Document Type: Article

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