Community Inequalities and Children’s Life Chances in the United States

Authors

  • Lawrence M. Eppard
  • Kayla Dalhouse
  • Erik Nelson
  • Jenna Robbins

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13001/jwcs.v8i2.8409

Keywords:

Americans, Chetty, Children, Communities, Concentrated Disadvantage, Educational Attainment, Environment, Family Structure, GIS, Gun Homocides, Health, Incarceration, Income, Inequality, Intergenerational, IRS, Life Chances, MTO, Neighbourhoods, New York City, Opportunity, Opportunity Insights, Philidelphia, Pittsburgh, Place, Poverty, Putnam, Racial Inequality, Sampson, Segregation, Sharkey, Single Parenthood, Social Capital, Social Mobility, Stratification, Teen Pregnancy, The Truly Disadvantaged, United States, Violence, Wealth, Wilson, Working-Class

Abstract

This piece discusses the growing empirical evidence that the communities where American children spend their formative years—not just the households they are raised in but where those households are located—matter for their prospects of success in subsequent stages of their lives. The authors explore the various community characteristics—including social capital, family structure, school quality, and income—associated with educational attainment, health, teen pregnancy, social mobility, violence, crime victimization, and more.

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Published

2023-12-24

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2 (2023)

Section

Analysis/Commentary

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Copyright (c) 2023 Eppard et al

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