Contextual effects on educational attainment in individualised, scalable neighbourhoods: Differences across gender and social class

Urban Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 2117-2133

  Andersson, Eva K ^a   Malmberg, Bo ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

contextual effects; education; Equipop; neighbourhood effects; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENDER ROLE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PARENTAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL LOCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN PLANNING;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84938516761     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098014542487     Document Type: Article

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