摘要：This paper explores the notion of information filtering and integrates it into an analysis of human capital efficiency and economic growth in poor neighbourhoods. It is argued in this paper that neighbourhood information filtering; that of removing or reducing less useful information from neighbourhood streams, can lead to greater opportunities for economic growth in poor neighbourhoods. The results established in this paper indicate that the filtering of neighbourhood information is not that important for neighbourhood economic growth. However, what does appear to be important for neighbourhood economic growth is the existence of a stock of neighbourhood human capital that has a high degree of efficiency in the conversion of information into income.
关键词：Poverty; human capital efficiency; neighbourhood economic growth; information filtering
