This paper develops a model of crime analyzing how such behavior is associated with individual and neighborhood poverty …. The model shows that even under relatively minimal assumptions, a connection between individual poverty and both property … with the empirical evidence. -- Poverty ; crime ; neighborhood effects ; segregation ; instrumental variables ; public …

importance of neighbourhood stability. However, amongst the vast number of studies on the effect of neighbours on a child …'s education, none has tested whether neighbourhood stability matters. We fill this gap by estimating the causal effect of … residential turnover on student test score gains. We show that high neighbourhood turnover reduces value added for students who …

We analyse the extent of intergenerational transmission through parental capital, ethnic capital and neighbourhood …

Research on neighbourhood effects indicates that neighbourhood poverty is related to educational outcomes of youth … examine the timing and duration of exposure to poverty in neighbourhood and school contexts between ages 10 and 16, to predict … educational achievement of adolescents at age 16. Our results indicate that neighbourhood poverty impacts on educational …

This paper takes a fresh look at child poverty at the neighbourhood level in the three metropolitan regions of Sweden …. Regression analysis shows that high neighbourhood poverty rates are mainly due to parents’ low employment and to low parental … education. -- Child poverty ; neighbourhood ; Sweden …