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Identifying and Estimating Neighborhood Effects

  • Bryan S. Graham
Journal of Economic Literature
vol. 56, no. 2, June 2018
(pp. 450-500)
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Abstract

Residential segregation by race and income are enduring features of urban America. Understanding the effects of residential segregation on educational attainment, labor market outcomes, criminal activity, and other outcomes has been a leading project of the social sciences for over half a century. This paper describes techniques for measuring the effects of neighborhood of residence on long-run life outcomes.

Citation

Graham, Bryan S. 2018. "Identifying and Estimating Neighborhood Effects." Journal of Economic Literature, 56 (2): 450-500. DOI: 10.1257/jel.20160854

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JEL Classification

  • C51 Model Construction and Estimation
  • I24 Education and Inequality
  • J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
  • K42 Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
  • R23 Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics