The Effect of Microneighborhood Conditions on Adult Educational Attainment in a Subsidized Housing Intervention

Housing Policy Debate

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 380-397

  Tach, Laura ^a   Jacoby, Sara ^b   Wiebe, Douglas J ^b   Guerra, Terry ^c   Richmond, Therese S ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c ACHIEVEability   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood effects; self sufficiency; subsidized housing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84955162937     PISSN: 10511482     EISSN: 2152050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10511482.2015.1107118     Document Type: Article

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