The Influence of Neighborhood Poverty During Childhood on Fertility, Education, and Earnings Outcomes

Much recent literature—emanating both from the US and Europe—has focused our attention on the plight of children growing up in neighborhoods of concentrated socioeconomic disadvantage. From a policy perspective, it is critical for the guidance of urban revitalization initiatives and assisted housing programs designed to increase access to a wider range of locations to ascertain the degree to which neighborhood characteristics affect children’s developmental context (Galster, 2002, 2005; Galster et al. 2003).