Moving to opportunity in Boston: Early results of a randomized mobility experiment

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 607-654

  Katz, Lawrence F ^a   Kling, Jeffrey R ^b   Liebman, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001761368     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/00335530151144113     Document Type: Article

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