“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.
Heirs’ Property: Preventing Loss and Promoting Effective Utilization
- Thomas Mitchell and Jennie L. Stephens
- Webinar
- August 6 2014
The social contexts of adolescent romantic relationships
- Lloyd Grieger, Yasamin Kusunoki, and David J. Harding
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Immigrants balance local labor markets
- Brian Cadena and Brian Kovak
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
Child Support Receipt and the Quality and Stability of Housing
- Marah A. Curtis and Emily J. Warren
- Report
- June 2014
Housing Voucher Receipt and the Quality of Schools Available to Recipient Children
- Deven Carlson, Robert Haveman, Thomas Kaplan, and Barbara Wolfe
- Discussion Paper
- March 2014
Promise Neighborhoods as Education Reform: A Social Frontier
- Peter Miller, Lisa Curless, and Alexis Bourgeois
- Webinar
- January 22 2014
Results of the federal urban Empowerment Zone program
- Matias Busso, Jesse Gregory, and Patrick Kline
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
Waiting tables for a living: How employers and geography affect working conditions
- Anna Haley-Lock
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2013
Local food prices: Effects on child eating patterns, food insecurity, and overweight
- Taryn W. Morrissey, Alison Jacknowitz, and Katie Vinopal
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2013
Food Assistance and Children’s Eating Patterns, Food Insecurity, and Overweight: The Influence of Local Food Prices
- Taryn W. Morrissey, Alison Jacknowitz, and Katie Vinopal
- Discussion Paper
- January 2013