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Book/Printed Material Neighborhood effects on crime for female and male youth evidence from a randomized housing voucher experiment

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Title

  • Neighborhood effects on crime for female and male youth evidence from a randomized housing voucher experiment

Summary

  • "The Moving to Opportunity (MTO) demonstration assigned housing vouchers via random lottery to public housing residents in five cities. We use the exogenous variation in residential locations generated by MTO to estimate neighborhood effects on youth crime and delinquency. The offer to relocate to lower-poverty areas reduces arrests among female youth for violent and property crimes, relative to a control group. For males the offer to relocate reduces arrests for violent crime, at least in the short run, but increases problem behaviors and property crime arrests. The gender difference in treatment effects seems to reflect differences in how male and female youths from disadvantaged backgrounds adapt and respond to similar new neighborhood environments"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Kling, Jeffrey R.
  • Katz, Lawrence F.
  • Ludwig, Jens
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2004.

Headings

  • -  Crime prevention--Youth participation
  • -  Housing policy--United States--Evaluation
  • -  Juvenile delinquency--Prevention
  • -  Low-income housing--United States

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 1/21/2005.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references.
  • -  Also available in print.
  • -  Mode of access: World Wide Web.
  • -  System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader.

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  • HB1

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2005615856

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  • Unrestricted online access

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  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Kling, Jeffrey R, Lawrence F Katz, Jens Ludwig, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005615856/.

APA citation style:

Kling, J. R., Katz, L. F., Ludwig, J. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2004) Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005615856/.

MLA citation style:

Kling, Jeffrey R, et al. Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2004. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005615856/>.