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Peer reviewedMayer, Susan E. – Social Forces, 2002
Analysis of data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics combined with census data found that an increase in income inequality among census tracts in the same state had little effect on overall educational attainment but exacerbated inequality of attainment between high-income and low-income children. Within-tract inequality had little effect on…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Attainment, Neighborhoods
