Neighbourhood Effects as Indirect Effects: Evidence from a Dutch Case Study on the Significance of Neighbourhood for Employment Trajectories

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2042-2059

  Pinkster, Fenne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Neighbourhood effect mechanisms; Social isolation; Social networks; The Hague; The Netherlands; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; LOW INCOME HOUSING; NEIGHBORHOOD; POVERTY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

NETHERLANDS; SOUTH HOLLAND; THE HAGUE;

EID: 84939268820     PISSN: 03091317     EISSN: 14682427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2012.01197.x     Document Type: Article

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