Low-Income Housing Development, Poverty Concentration, and Neighborhood Inequality

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 805-834

  Freedman, Matthew ^a   Mcgavock, Tamara ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

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EID: 84941657674     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.21856     Document Type: Article

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