This article reviews recent advances in causal inference relevant to sociology. We focus on
a selective subset of contributions aligning with four broad topics: causal effect identification …

Robust literatures separately estimate school effects and neighborhood effects on children's
educational, economic, health, and other outcomes that measure well-being. A growing …

American cities today are simultaneously the same and different from Wilson's classic
portrayal in The Truly Disadvantaged ([1987] 2012), first published over 30 years ago …

This article develops and assesses the concept of triple neighborhood disadvantage. We
argue that a neighborhood's well-being depends not only on its own socioeconomic …

Neighbourhoods and schools are both important contexts for children's wellbeing. While
often posited, little evidence documents inequalities in schools serving high-and low-income …

This paper estimates the long-term impact of growing up in better neighborhoods and
attending better schools on educational attainment. First, I use a spatial regression …

The extent and causes of trends and cross-national variation in social class and
occupational status mobility have been major topics of sociological research for decades …

This study empirically analysed the contagion of health using data from China Family Panel
Studies. We first controlled variables related to health behaviour, medical conditions …

Research shows that exposure to local neighborhood violence is associated with students'
behavior and engagement in the classroom. Given the social nature of schooling, these …

Background While the relationship between school socioeconomic composition and student
academic outcomes is well established, knowledge about differential effects is not extensive …