The Effect of Neighborhood Characteristics on Young Adult Outcomes: Alternative Estimates.

摘要: Since the influential work of William Julius Wilson, there has been much research examining effect neighborhood and peer characteristics on adolescents' young adults' social economic outcomes. Still uncertain, however, are independent effects neighborhoods families. This paper uses an innovative methodology to examine this issue isolate these two effects. In addition a standard model that includes controls for family background, we estimate fixed-effect models allow us also control unobservable constant within may affect adult To do this, use sample sisters drawn from Panel Study Income Dynamics, relate their outcomes different in which they lived. observed background only, find evidence consistent with other recent work. Fixed-effect models, reveal no statistically significant hypotheses about The findings suggest one should be cautious accepting derived not account possible selection neighborhood.