Abstract In 1992, Housing Policy Debate published John Kain's comprehensive review of
the extensive scholarly literature on the spatial mismatch hypothesis. This hypothesis …

The role of transport in providing access to employment has received considerable attention.
Since transport policies may be motivated by assumed effects on employment probability …

Spatial separation of racial and ethnic groups may theoretically have positive or negative
effects on the economic performance of those groups. We examine the effects of segregation …

This article synthesizes findings from a wide range of empirical research into how
neighborhoods affect families and children. It lays out a conceptual framework for …

This paper considers the heterogeneity and diversity of cities as sources of economic
growth. It links modern notions of economic growth to the distinguishing characteristics of …

We use a sample of tenth-graders to test for peer-group influences on the propensity to
engage in five activities: drug use, alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, church going, and the …

Transportation scholars are challenging traditional formulations of the spatial mismatch
hypothesis because previous studies have disregarded the considerable difference …

In this paper we examine the importance of local spillovers—such as network externalities
and learning from others—in the diffusion of home computers. We use data on 110,000 US …

This paper identifies neighborhood peer effects on children's school enrollment decisions
using experimental evidence from the Mexican PROGRESA program. We use exogenous …

The idea of neighbourhood effects implies that the demographic context of poor
neighbourhoods instills' dysfunctional'norms, values and behaviours into youths, triggering a …