Why do Black households live in neighborhoods with much lower socioeconomic status
(SES) than the neighborhoods of white households with similar incomes? The explanation is …

This paper estimates neighborhood effects on adult labor market outcomes using the
Moving to Opportunity (MTO) housing mobility experiment. We propose and implement a …

Abstract Housing Mobility Programs (HMPs) support residential mobility to reduce economic
segregation. One design feature of HMPs requires identifying areas to which moving will …

Policymakers have actively pursued urban renewal and dispersal programs to
deconcentrate poverty in urban neighborhoods. Relocation strategies lead to new housing …

Moving to Opportunity (MTO) was a housing mobility program designed to investigate
neighborhood effects, the influences of the social and physical environment on human …

Policymakers have actively pursued urban renewal and dispersal programmes in order to
deconcentrate poverty in urban neighbourhoods. Relocation strategies may encourage …

Public housing policy continues to exacerbate the concentration of poverty for low income
household adults (LIHA), preventing their mobility to achieve or sustain affordable housing …

Residential segregation is a central factor in explaining socioeconomic gaps across race
and ethnicity in the United States. Place of residence directly impacts access to schools …

Neighborhood Disadvantage is the sum of a series of socioeconomic indicators that
triangulate disadvantaged living conditions in a neighborhood (ie, poverty, unemployment …

Following the increase in foreclosures across the United States from 2007 to 2009, there
was concern that foreclosed homes could lead to higher rates of crime in certain …