SN Durlauf - Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2002 - Elsevier
This paper is a critical review of Robert Putnam's influential analysis of social capital in America: Bowling Alone. The review argues that Bowling Alone reflects many of the …
The last decade witnessed the growth of the rate of unemployment in China. Being a vulnerable group, the employed faced social disadvantages as the consequences of …
RM Carpiano - Social science & medicine, 2006 - Elsevier
Within the past several years, a considerable body of research on social capital has emerged in public health. Although offering the potential for new insights into how …
GC Galster, SP Killen - Housing policy debate, 1995 - Taylor & Francis
We present a conceptual framework for metropolitan opportunity and a model of individual decision making about issues affecting youth's future socioeco‐nomic status. Decision …
Moving to Opportunity tackles one of America's most enduring dilemmas: the great, unresolved question of how to overcome persistent ghetto poverty. Launched in 1994, the …
Urban theorists have tried for decades to define exactly what a neighborhood is. But behind that daunting existential question lies a much murkier problem: never mind how you define …
D Houston - Employability and Local Labour Markets, 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
'Employability'is increasingly being seen as necessary for individuals to ensure continuous life-time employment in the face of decreasing job security offered by firms (Hillage and …
Expanding employment opportunities for citizens has become an increasingly central goal of public policy in the United States. Prior work has considered that the inability of households …
Thorough and authoritative, Regional and Urban Economics and Economic Development: Theory and Methods provides students with a sound approach to analyzing the economic …