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This paper surveys the modern economics literature on the role of neighborhoods in influencing socioeconomic outcomes. Neighborhood effects have been analyzed in a range of theoretical and applied contexts and have proven to be of interest in understanding questions ranging from the asymptotic...
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Using unique geo-coded information on the residential address of a representative sample of American adolescents and their friends, we revisit the importance of geographical proximity in shaping education outcomes. Our findings reveal no evidence of residential neighborhood effects. Social...
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Selective mobility into and out of neighbourhoods is one of the driving forces of segregation. Empirical research has … little attention so far is that some residents will have a desire to leave their neighbourhood, but are unable to do so. The … neighbourhood are actually successful, and to which neighbourhoods they move. A more thorough insight in who wants to leave which …
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on contextual and neighbourhood effects. We address some of the main challenges in modelling contextual effects and … presentation of the vicious circle of the segregation model and suggest some ways in which this vicious circle of spatial … inequality and segregation can be broken. …
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. Since there is no empirical evidence about the extent of residential segregation within the cities of the Ruhr Area, I use … residentiellen Segregation innerhalb der Städte des Ruhrgebietes gibt, verwende ich Mikrodaten auf Hauskoordinatenebene, um die …
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neighbourhood-level demographic change over the period 1998-2008 is examined using KOSTAT, an annual time series compiled by … the influx is low, particularly low-density housing areas of the outer urban zone. Neighbourhood-level demographic sorting … Dusseldorf). In the process of regional adaptation to demographic change, greater diversity in the age structure of neighbourhood …
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This paper studies neighborhood effects using a dynamic general equilibrium model. Households choose where to live and how much to invest in their child's human capital. The return on parents' investment is determined in part by their child's ability and in part by a neighborhood externality. We...
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