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The ongoing problem of urban poverty has resisted almost all attempts at finding a solution. This paper proposes that by mobilizing the available labor in a poor urban neighborhood, poverty can be alleviated. This will require a motivated community organizer along with community leaders who...
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RTB are by no means solely beneficial. -- Right to Buy ; tenure mix ; neighbourhood effects ; urban renewal ; residential …
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The literature on neighbourhood effects suggests that the lack of social mobility of some groups has a spatial … because of a range of negative neighbourhood effects. Most studies investigating such effects only identify correlations … literature by investigating neighbourhood effects on occupational mobility separately for social renters, private renters and …
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According to the neighbourhood effects hypothesis, there is a negative relation between neighbourhood wealth and youths … relative wealth. Our central question was whether the economic position of adolescents' families relative to the neighbourhood …, moving to a more affluent neighbourhood was related to increased levels of depression, social phobia, aggression, and …
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We estimate the longer-run effects of minimum wages, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and welfare on key economic indicators of economic self-sufficiency in disadvantaged neighborhoods. We find that the longer-run effects of the EITC are to increase employment and to reduce poverty and public...
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While economists and others have studied the impact of abandoned foreclosed homes on nearby home prices and crime, very few scholars have attempted to understand the impact of abandonment and rehabilitation on neighborhood social conditions. The foreclosure crisis of 2005-2010 led to a...
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Research on neighbourhood effects indicates that neighbourhood poverty is related to educational outcomes of youth …, however, much less attention is spend on studying neighbourhood and school effects simultaneously. Because the demographic … of each other. Throughout the early teenage years the neighbourhood and school contexts can vary, advocating for a life …
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Research on neighbourhood effects indicates that neighbourhood poverty is related to educational outcomes of youth …, however, much less attention is spend on studying neighbourhood and school effects simultaneously. Because the demographic … of each other. Throughout the early teenage years the neighbourhood and school contexts can vary, advocating for a life …
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