Neighbourhood Effects in Large and Small Neighbourhoods.

This paper uses data from a sample of Australian teenagers to test for neighbourhood effects on school dropout rates. The data allow us to test for neighbourhood effects at two different spatial scales. We find that the educational composition of the larger neighbourhood can influence the dropout ra...

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Published in:Urban Studies (Routledge) Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 117 - 131
Main Author: Overman, Henry G.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2002
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