Despite growing interest in understanding how social factors drive poor health outcomes,
many academics, policy makers, scientists, elected officials, journalists, and others …

The literature on neighborhood effects frequently is evaluated or interpreted in relation to the
question,“Do neighborhoods matter?” We argue that this question has had a …

We show that the neighborhoods in which children grow up shape their earnings, college
attendance rates, and fertility and marriage patterns by studying more than 7 million families …

That prenatal events can have life-long consequences is now well established.
Nevertheless, research on the fetal origins hypothesis is flourishing and has expanded to …

Place-based policies commonly target underperforming areas, such as deteriorating
downtown business districts and disadvantaged regions. Principal examples include …

Over the last twenty or so years, it has become standard to require policy makers to base
their recommendations on evidence. That is now uncontroversial to the point of triviality--of …

Schedule control and supervisor support for family and personal life may help employees
manage the work-family interface. Existing data and research designs, however, have made …

Nearly 9 million Americans live in extreme-poverty neighborhoods, places that also tend to
be racially segregated and dangerous. Yet, the effects on the well-being of residents of …

Inequalities among individuals and households in achieved socioeconomic status (income,
wealth, and so on) in the United States have reached levels not observed for almost a …

Theory suggests that neighborhood effects depend not only on where individuals live today,
but also on where they lived in the past. Previous research, however, usually measures …