Neighbourhood ethnic composition and outcomes for low-income Latino and African American children

Urban Studies

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 482-500

  Galster, George ^a,b   Santiago, Anna ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

child development; natural experiments; neighbourhood effects; racial segregation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LOGIT ANALYSIS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEIGHBORHOOD; RACIAL SEGREGATION; RESIDENT POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

COLORADO; DENVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85009461611     PISSN: 00420980     EISSN: 1360063X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042098015598067     Document Type: Article

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