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The neighborhood effects of foreclosure [PDF]
Journal of Geographical Systems, 2009 Neighborhood quality is an important attribute of housing yet its value is rarely known to researchers. We argue that changes in nearby foreclosures reveal changes in neighborhood quality. Thus estimates of the hedonic price of nearby foreclosures provide a glimpse of values that people hold for local neighborhood quality.
Tammy Leonard, James C. Murdoch
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Neighborhood Effects and Housing Vouchers [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2021 Researchers and policy makers have explored the possibility of restricting the use of housing vouchers to neighborhoods that may positively affect the outcomes of children. Using the framework of a dynamic model of optimal location choice, we estimate preferences over neighborhoods of likely recipients of housing vouchers in Los Angeles.
Davis, Morris A. +3 more
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UNA APLICACIÓN DEL MODELO PROBIT SOBRE EL EFECTO VECINDARIO EN ENTORNOS EDUCATIVOS
Revista Ingeniería, Matemáticas y Ciencias de la Información, 2023 Being able to rely on statistical analysis methods that allow describing and predicting results in the educational field undertechnological support has become a necessity at all levels, from primary to higher education, since it allows ...
Charli Benavides Parra
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The Manifestation of Neighborhood Effects: A Pattern for Community Growth?
Societies, 2020 Neighborhood effects, or the development of community by neighborhoods, are often studied in an urban context. Previous research has neglected to examine the influence of neighborhoods in nonurban settings.
Michael R. Cope +5 more
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Sociologias, 2020 Grounded on semi-structured interviews, we seek to examine the impact of neighborhood effects on the individuals’ living conditions in four shanty-towns of Salvador, Brazil, addressing the question of under what conditions the proximity to affluent gated
Stephan Treuke
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Agency, access, and Anopheles: neighborhood health perceptions and the implications for community health interventions in Accra, Ghana [PDF]
Global Health Action, 2015 Background: Social and environmental factors are increasingly recognized for their ability to influence health outcomes at both individual and neighborhood scales in the developing urban world.
Marta M. Jankowska +4 more
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Land, 2022 In recent years, in order to improve the quality of living, China has carried out a series of urban renewal projects, such as adding elevators to old communities.
Xinjun Dai +3 more
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Neighborhood Effects of Herbivore-Induced Plant Resistance Vary Along an Elevational Gradient
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 The activation of plant defense systems in response to herbivory or experimentally applied methyl jasmonate (MeJA) involves the production of chemical defense substances functioning as warning signals to repel herbivores and protect against pathogens ...
Rafael Fonseca Benevenuto +5 more
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Incorporating Neighborhood Choice in a Model of Neighborhood Effects on Income. [PDF]
Demography, 2018 AbstractStudies of neighborhood effects often attempt to identify causal effects of neighborhood characteristics on individual outcomes, such as income, education, employment, and health. However, selection looms large in this line of research, and it has been argued that estimates of neighborhood effects are biased because people nonrandomly select ...
van Ham M, Boschman S, Vogel M.
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The Effectiveness of Neighborhood Watch
Campbell Systematic Reviews, 2008 The primary aim of this Campbell systematic review is to assess the effectiveness of neighborhood watch in reducing crime. The narrative review was based on 19 studies (covering 43 evaluations) and the meta‐analysis was based on 12 studies (covering 18 evaluations). The data used included police‐recorded crimes
Bennett, Trevor +2 more
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