How Much does Place Matter?
Environment and Planning A Economy and SpacePublished 1 August 2001
Danny Dorling
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Abstract
Anecdote is the singular of data Danny Dorling Do we care about area effects? George Smith, Michael Noble, Gemma Wright Evidence-based policy and practice Roger Burrows, Jonathan Bradshaw Is there a place for area-based initiatives? Heather Joshi On reinvented wheels Charles Pattie Multilevel modeling might not be the answer Richard Mitchell Unemployment, nonemployment, and labour-market disadvantage Anne E Green Reply: Ward-level deprivation and individual social and economic outcomes in the British Household Panel Study Andrew McCulloch
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