Converging evidence for neighborhood effects on children's test scores: An experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational comparison

Whither Opportunity?: Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 255-276

  Burdick Will, Julia ^a   Ludwig, Jens ^b   Raudenbush, Stephen W ^a   Sampson, Robert J ^c   Sanbonmatsu, Lisa ^d   Sharkey, Patrick ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^e NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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