Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find …. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as the correlations among siblings are significantly higher than among children …

primary schools and neighbourhoods on adult educational attainment controlling for family characteristics. Instead of …

bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics as well as … residential location on educational attainment and adult earnings in Norway. Families are more important than neighbourhoods as … increasing equality of opportunity in Norway. Our results differ from previous US studies, suggesting that the role of families …

Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find …. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as the correlations among siblings are significantly higher than among children …

Proximity augments homeless students' educational outcomes. Homeless K-8 graders whose families are placed in shelters … near their schools have 8 percent (2.4 days) better attendance, are a third (18 percentage points) less likely to change … schools, and exhibit higher rates of proficiency and retention. Homeless high schoolers have 5 percent (2.5 days) better …

child increases with the share of families with three or more children in the neighborhood. This relationship remains …