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Hanging Out with the Usual Suspects

Neighborhood Peer Effects and Recidivism

View ORCID ProfileStephen B. Billings and View ORCID ProfileKevin T. Schnepel
Journal of Human Resources, September 2022, 57 (5) 1758-1788; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.58.1.0819-10353R2
Stephen B. Billings
Stephen B. Billings () is a professor of real estate at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder.
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Kevin T. Schnepel () is a professor of economics at Simon Fraser University.
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