Living in concentrated poverty

The social consequences of concentrated poverty are a recurring theme in urban policy and have received much attention in academic research in the form of neighborhood efffect studies. This dissertation explores the ways in which living in a disadvantaged neighborhood negatively affects residents' labour market participation and long term socio-economic prospects. By way of a case study in the Netherlands, the research focuses on explanations for neighbourhood effects relating to the population composition of low-income neighborhoods. These include neighborhood-based processes of social isolation, negative socialization, social disorganization and mechanisms relating to the formal social infrastructure.