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Book/Printed Material Experimental analysis of neighborhood effects

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Title

  • Experimental analysis of neighborhood effects

Summary

  • "Families, primarily female-headed minority households with children, living in high-poverty public housing projects in five U.S. cities were offered housing vouchers by lottery in the Moving to Opportunity program. Four to seven years after random assignment, families offered vouchers lived in safer neighborhoods that had lower poverty rates than those of the control group not offered vouchers. We find no significant overall effects of this intervention on adult economic self-sufficiency or physical health. Mental health benefits of the voucher offers for adults and for female youth were substantial. Beneficial effects for female youth on education, risky behavior, and physical health were offset by adverse effects for male youth. For outcomes exhibiting significant treatment effects, we find, using variation in treatment intensity across voucher types and cities, that the relationship between neighborhood poverty rate and outcomes is approximately linear"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

Names

  • Kling, Jeffrey R.
  • Katz, Lawrence F.
  • Liebman, Jeffrey B.
  • National Bureau of Economic Research

Created / Published

  • Cambridge, MA : National Bureau of Economic Research, c2005.

Headings

  • -  Moving to Opportunity (Program)--Evaluation
  • -  Housing policy--United States--Evaluation
  • -  Juvenile delinquency--United States--Prevention
  • -  Low-income housing--United States
  • -  Neighborhoods--Economic aspects--United States
  • -  Neighborhoods--Psychological aspects--United States
  • -  Quality of life--United States

Notes

  • -  Title from PDF file as viewed on 8/30/2005.
  • -  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

  • 2005619176

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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, Jeffrey B Liebman, and National Bureau Of Economic Research. Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005619176/.

APA citation style:

Kling, J. R., Katz, L. F., Liebman, J. B. & National Bureau Of Economic Research. (2005) Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2005619176/.

MLA citation style:

Kling, Jeffrey R, et al. Experimental Analysis of Neighborhood Effects. Cambridge, MA: National Bureau of Economic Research, 2005. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2005619176/>.