Place

“Place” refers to where people live, learn, and/or work, and/or the characteristics thereof. It is often used interchangeably with “geography” and “location” in the poverty studies arena. Common measures of place include urbanicity (urban, exurban, suburban, rural), neighborhood, census tract, and region.

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Brain Drain: A Child’s Brain on Poverty

  • Neil Damron
  • Poverty Fact Sheet
  • 2015
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Educational opportunity for homeless students

  • Peter Miller, Alexandra E. Pavlakis, Lea Samartino, and Alexis K. Bourgeois
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2015
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Reducing inequality: Neighborhood and school interventions

  • Lawrence F. Katz
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2015
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How school quality affects the success of a conditional cash transfer program

  • Sharon Wolf, J. Lawrence Aber, and Pamela A. Morris
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2015
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Heirs’ Property: Preventing Loss and Promoting Effective Utilization

  • Thomas Mitchell and Jennie L. Stephens
  • Webinar
  • 2014
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The social contexts of adolescent romantic relationships

  • Lloyd Grieger, Yasamin Kusunoki, and David J. Harding
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2014
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Immigrants balance local labor markets

  • Brian Cadena and Brian Kovak
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2014
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Child Support Receipt and the Quality and Stability of Housing

  • Marah A. Curtis and Emily J. Warren
  • Report
  • 2014
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Housing Voucher Receipt and the Quality of Schools Available to Recipient Children

  • Deven Carlson, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan, and Barbara Wolfe
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2014
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Promise Neighborhoods as Education Reform: A Social Frontier

  • Peter Miller, Lisa Curless, and Alexis Bourgeois
  • Webinar
  • 2014