families vouchers to move to better neighborhoods via randomized lottery. We find higher credit scores and use among those …

experiment was a unique, large-scale experiment that offered families vouchers to move to better neighborhoods via randomized … lottery. Families received one of two types of housing vouchers: the first (Experimental) required families to move to very … delinquency and debt behaviors, particularly among those who received unrestricted Section 8 vouchers. We also find evidence that …

The number of studies investigating neighbourhood effects has increased rapidly over the last two decades. Although … many of these studies claim to have found evidence for neighbourhood effects, most 'evidence' is likely the result of … reversed causality. The main challenge in modelling neighbourhood effects is the (econometric) identification of causal effects …

behind neighbourhood choice. Most studies of neighbourhood choice only focus on one or two dimensions of neighbourhoods …: typically poverty and ethnicity. This paper argues that neighbourhoods have multiple dimensions and that models of neighbourhood … gain insight into the interaction between individual and neighbourhood characteristics which lead to the choice of a …

neighbourhood effects literature is the identification of causal neighbourhood effects. A particular problem is that individuals do … potential of individuals. To get more insight in neighbourhood effects we run separate models for social renters and owner … with multiple neighbourhood scales operationalised. Based on the results we argue that any apparent neighbourhoods effects …

The literature on neighbourhood effects suggests that the lack of social mobility of some groups has a spatial … because of a range of negative neighbourhood effects. Most studies investigating such effects only identify correlations … literature by investigating neighbourhood effects on occupational mobility separately for social renters, private renters and …