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Evaluating Contradictory Experimental and Non-Experimental Estimates of Neighborhood Effects on Economic Outcomes for Adults

Harding, David J.; Sanbonmatsu, Lisa; Duncan, Greg J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

Although non-experimental studies find robust neighborhood effects on adults, such findings have been challenged by …-linear effects of neighborhood conditions, magnitude of the change in neighborhood context, frequency of moves, treatment effect …, the findings suggest that selection bias might account for evidence of neighborhood effects on adult economic outcomes in …

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Neighborhood Effects on Crime for Female and Male Youth : Evidence from a Randomized Housing Voucher Experiment

Kling, Jeffrey R. - 2004

in five cities. We use the exogenous variation in residential locations generated by MTO to estimate neighborhood effects … new neighborhood environments …

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Long-Term Neighborhood Effects on Low-Income Families : Evidence from Moving to Opportunity

Ludwig, Jens - 2013

We examine long-term neighborhood effects on low-income families using data from the Moving to Opportunity (MTO …

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Imitative Obesity and Relative Utility

Blanchflower, David G. - 2008

If human beings care about their relative weight, a form of imitative obesity can emerge (in which people subconsciously keep up with the weight of the Joneses). Using Eurobarometer data on 29 countries, this paper provides cross-sectional evidence that overweight perceptions and dieting are...

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Hypertension and Happiness across Nations

Blanchflower, David G. - 2007

A modern statistical literature argues that countries such as Denmark are particularly happy while nations like East Germany are not. Are such claims credible? The paper explores this by building on two ideas. The first is that psychological well-being and high blood-pressure are thought by...

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The Rising Well-Being of the Young

Blanchflower, David G. - 1997

Many observers believe that times are growing harder for young people in Western society. This paper looks at the evidence and finds that conventional wisdom appears to be wrong. Using the U.S. General Social Surveys and the Eurobarometer Surveys, the paper studies the reported happiness and...

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Improving Educational Outcomes for Poor Children

Jacob, Brian - 2008

This review paper, prepared for the forthcoming Russell Sage volume Changing Poverty, considers the ability of different education policies to improve the learning outcomes of low-income children in America. Disagreements on this question stem in part from different beliefs about the problems...

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The Benefits and Costs of Head Start

Ludwig, Jens - 2007

In this essay we review what is known about Head Start and argue that the program is likely to generate benefits to participants and society as a whole that are large enough to justify the program's costs. Our conclusions differ importantly from those offered in some previous reviews because we...

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Does Head Start Do Any Lasting Good?

Gibbs, Chloe - 2011

Head Start is a federal early childhood intervention designed to reduce disparities in preschool outcomes. The first randomized experimental study of Head Start, the National Head Start Impact Study (NHSIS), found impacts on academic outcomes of .15 to .3 standard deviations measured at the end...

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