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“I didn't think I could get out of the fucking park.” Gay men's retrospective accounts of neighborhood space, emerging sexuality and migrations

Frye, Victoria; Egan, James E.; Tieu, Hong Van; Cerdá, … - In: Social Science & Medicine 104 (2014) C, pp. 6-14

four New York City (NYC) neighborhoods, we present accounts of neighborhood space, examining how space can both physically …

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Neighborhood context and racial/ethnic differences in young children's obesity: Structural barriers to interventions

Kimbro, Rachel Tolbert; Denney, Justin T. - In: Social Science & Medicine 95 (2013) C, pp. 97-105

neighborhoods contributes to racial/ethnic disparities in young children's obesity. Utilizing restricted geo-coded data from the … in neighborhoods with higher levels of poverty, lower levels of education, and a higher proportion of black residents is … in neighborhoods with a higher proportion of foreign-born residents is associated with reduced child obesity risk …

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“You can run but you can't hide”: How formerly incarcerated young men navigate neighborhood risks

Abrams, Laura S.; Terry, Diane L. - In: Children and Youth Services Review 47 (2014) P1, pp. 61-69

Young adult men who have spent time in the juvenile justice system, who are disproportionately young men of color, are at high risk for re-incarceration, violent victimization, and premature mortality. Different from their same-aged peers, the transition to adulthood among formerly incarcerated...

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Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment

Katz, Lawrence; Liebman, B. Jeffrey - Industrial Relations Section, Department of Economics - 2000

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From interaction economics to economic geography : theories and evidences (In French)

VICENTE, Jérome - Groupement de Recherches Économiques et Sociales (GRES) - 2003

The paper focuses on the prospects interaction economics opens in the economic geography field. The first part is devoted to the conditions in which interaction economics emerges and develops. The second one focuses on the main concepts and models. In the third one, we show through a recent...

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Neighborhood and Network Effects

Topa, Giorgio; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

In this chapter, we provide an overview of research on neighborhoods and social networks and their role in shaping … behavior and economic outcomes. We include discussion of empirical and theoretical analyses of the role of neighborhoods and …

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Use of health care among the urban poor in Africa: Does the neighbourhood have an impact?

KONE, Georges; Lalou, Richard; Audibert, Martine; … - HAL - 2013

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the relative influence of neighbourhood and individual practices of care utilization in Dakar (Senegal). The data from a research program on urban malaria, made in Dakar, Senegal between 2008 and 2009. The sample was based on a two-stage sampling. A...

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